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Cincinnati Reds 2019 season (Black Hole)

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Congratulations on the promotion David.

I'm sure it will go well.
 
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Reds hire new pitching coach Derek Johnson
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CINCINNATI -- The Reds have hired Derek Johnson from the Milwaukee Brewers as their new pitching coach, the team announced Friday.

Johnson spent the past three seasons in Milwaukee, where the team earned a cumulative 3.94 ERA, fourth-best in the National League.



Before that, Johnson was the minor league pitching coordinator for the Chicago Cubs for three seasons. He was a college pitching coach before that. Thirteen college pitchers Johnson mentored have appeared in the majors.

Johnson is the first new coach hired under new Reds manager David Bell.

https://www.wcpo.com/sports/baseball/reds/reds-hire-new-pitching-coach-derek-johnson
 
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Cincinnati Reds hire hitting coach Turner Ward away from NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers
John Fay, Cincinnati EnquirerPublished 12:20 p.m. ET Nov. 6, 2018 | Updated 12:28 p.m. ET Nov. 6, 2018


The Cincinnati Reds made another big free agent signing Monday, albeit a coach, not a player.

The team hired Turner Ward as its hitting coach – Ward spent the last three years as hitting coach with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Ward hiring comes less than a week after the Reds hired Derek Johnson as pitching coach.

Ward's Dodgers played Johnson's Milwaukee Brewers in the 2018 National League Championship Series. Both of manager David Bell's hired come from outside the organization. Ward replaces Don Long, who was the Reds hitting coach for the last five seasons.

“We went into this offseason committed to putting new leadership in place in the clubhouse," president of baseball operations Dick Williams said. "We were interested to see where that would take us. We thought that some new voices in the clubhouse and a variety of perspectives from other organizations would be a good thing. We were committed to putting together a first-class coaching staff, but these things are hard to control.

"A lot of them come up quickly, and you have to be in a position to react. Thankfully, David has a lot of good contacts in this game. Those have afforded us opportunities to speak to guys that we might not have otherwise. We think it’s really important to give our players a chance to succeed. So we did what we could so far. We saw the right fit arise and we moved quickly and boldly to put it into place."

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sp...ach-ward-away-los-angeles-dodgers/1903119002/
 
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Benavides named bench coach as Reds fill staff
DeShields, Tunnell, Pickler also join new manager Bell's crew
By Mark Sheldon MLB.com @m_sheldon
Nov. 28th, 2018
CINCINNATI -- The Reds have filled out the remaining spots on new manager David Bell's coaching staff, the club announced on Wednesday. Although there are some new additions, the faces should be mostly familiar.

Freddie Benavides will be the lone holdover from the staff of former managers Bryan Price and Jim Riggleman and will take over as bench coach.

Delino DeShields was named first-base coach. Lee Tunnell will be the bullpen coach and Jeff Pickler was added as the game planning and outfield coach.

Also announced was that former third-base coach Billy Hatcher will not return to the big league staff but is remaining in the organization as its Minor League outfield and baserunning coordinator.





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The #Reds today named Freddie Benavides bench coach, Delino DeShields first base coach, Lee Tunnell bullpen coach and Jeff Pickler game planning and outfield coach for manager David Bell.


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Previously hired to Bell's coaching staff over the past month were pitching coach Derek Johnson, hitting coach Turner Ward, third-base/catching coach J.R. House and assistant hitting coach Donnie Ecker.

Benavides, 52, spent the past five seasons as a Major League coach for the Reds, including the past three as the first-base coach. He also logged 15 years on their player-development side, including parts of four seasons as a manager, six seasons as field coordinator and seven seasons as infield coordinator.

DeShields, 49, will be familiar for much of the team as he managed in the Reds' Minor League system for Triple-A Louisville, Double-A Pensacola, Class A Dayton and Rookie-level Billings from 2010-17. In 2018, he was the organization's roving bunting and baserunning instructor in the Minor Leagues.

Tunnell is replacing Ted Power after he held the job for the past 2 1/2 seasons. The 58-year-old Tunnell worked for the Brewers the past 10 years -- the last six as that team's bullpen coach. Tunnell was Cincinnati's bullpen coach in 2006 and spent two additional years as a scout for the team.

Pickler, 42, worked in the Majors the previous two seasons for the Twins as a coach and coordinator of Major League development.

Hatcher, 58, spent the past 13 seasons as a Reds coach in the Major Leagues, the first 10 as first-base coach and the last three as third-base coach. As a player for Cincinnati, he was a key contributor to the club winning the 1990 World Series title.


https://www.mlb.com/reds/news/freddie-benavides-named-reds-bench-coach/c-301223406
 
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Cincinnati Reds hire hitting coach Turner Ward away from NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers
John Fay, Cincinnati EnquirerPublished 12:20 p.m. ET Nov. 6, 2018 | Updated 12:28 p.m. ET Nov. 6, 2018


The Cincinnati Reds made another big free agent signing Monday, albeit a coach, not a player.

The team hired Turner Ward as its hitting coach – Ward spent the last three years as hitting coach with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Ward hiring comes less than a week after the Reds hired Derek Johnson as pitching coach.

Ward's Dodgers played Johnson's Milwaukee Brewers in the 2018 National League Championship Series. Both of manager David Bell's hired come from outside the organization. Ward replaces Don Long, who was the Reds hitting coach for the last five seasons.

“We went into this offseason committed to putting new leadership in place in the clubhouse," president of baseball operations Dick Williams said. "We were interested to see where that would take us. We thought that some new voices in the clubhouse and a variety of perspectives from other organizations would be a good thing. We were committed to putting together a first-class coaching staff, but these things are hard to control.

"A lot of them come up quickly, and you have to be in a position to react. Thankfully, David has a lot of good contacts in this game. Those have afforded us opportunities to speak to guys that we might not have otherwise. We think it’s really important to give our players a chance to succeed. So we did what we could so far. We saw the right fit arise and we moved quickly and boldly to put it into place."

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sp...ach-ward-away-los-angeles-dodgers/1903119002/
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[jax] Turner Ward, Turner Gill, Turner Broadcasting System...you really think anyone can get these limpdicked titwhistles to hit? [/jax]
 
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i love Billy but he had more than enough opportunities to make it happen in Cincy. i'm salivating at the thought of COL picking him up..Coors & Chase (AZ) are the only places in baseball that can mask a garbage wOBA enough to make it worth a punt and he could put up absolutely stupid defensive & baserunning metrics here

e: i suppose you could argue the bigger outfield would be a detriment to him..i might crunch these numbers over the offseason tbh..at least now that he's a FA it'd be a worthwhile study
 
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Buck33Eye11 said:
i love Billy but he had more than enough opportunities to make it happen in Cincy. i'm salivating at the thought of COL picking him up..Coors & Chase (AZ) are the only places in baseball that can mask a garbage wOBA enough to make it worth a punt and he could put up absolutely stupid defensive & baserunning metrics here
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I don't care that he's gone.

I care that he's gone now for no return when it was obvious he should have been gone back when he had some value.

Oh well, There is a reason they are perennial cellar dwellers.....stupid shit like this.
 
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