Brian Kaplan will replace Brent Strom as the Diamondbacks' pitching coach for 2025
The Arizona Diamondbacks have sent out the following release, announcing the hire of Brian Kaplan as their new pitching coach:
Spent the previous 3 seasons as the Phillies’ Assistant Pitching Coach and Director of Pitching, where he oversaw pitching development with the Major League club as well as throughout the organization, integrating multiple groups within player development to create individualized plans for success.In 2024, Phillies’ starting pitchers ranked among the NL in BB/9.0 IP , groundball pct. , fWAR , innings , ERA and K/9.0 IP .
In 2024, Phillies’ relievers ranked among the NL in K/9.0 IP , fWAR and ERA .From 2019-21, served as an integrative baseball performance consultant with the Phillies. Co-founder of Cressey Sports Performance , a highly regarded training facility for professional baseball players, including pitchers Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander and Corey Kluber and Devin Williams.Resides in Jupiter, Fla.
Stay tuned to Arizona Diamondback ON SI for further updates as we'll be speaking with Kaplan and manager Torey Lovullo later today.Jack Sommers is the Publisher for Arizona Diamondbacks ON SI. Formerly a baseball operations department analyst for the D-backs, Jack also covered the team as a credentialed beat writer for SB Nation and has written for MLB.com and The Associated Press.
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