Dodger Coaching Staff Taking Shape With Wallach, Honeycutt On Board
by Eric Stephen on Oct 25, 2010 6:46 PM PDT
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PrintThe 2011 Dodgers coaching staff is beginning to take shape, as two spots appeared to be filled today with the return of Rick Honeycutt and Tim Wallach out of the running for the managerial job in Milwaukee. ESPN LA's Tony Jackson reported on Wallach:
Wallach confirmed via text message Monday that he is out of the running for the Brewers job. Brewers general manager Doug Melvin has narrowed his search to four finalists -- with former Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin and Chicago White Sox bench coach Joey Cora widely reported to be two of them -- and Wallach isn't among them.
Wallach will likely be the third base coach under Don Mattingly in his first season as manager, and will be joined by pitching coach Rick Honeycutt, per Ken Davidoff of Newsday:
Rick Honeycutt has agreed to return to the #Dodgers as their pitching coach.
Honeycutt is the longest tenured Dodger coach in uniform, and 2011 will be his sixth season as pitching coach of the Dodgers. He has been with the team since 2001, and was a pitcher with the Dodgers from 1983 to 1987.
Jackson also reported that former Royals manager Trey Hillman is the leading candidate to be Mattingly's bench coach, something that has also been reported by Ken Gurnick of MLB.com. Last week, Gurnick outlined the rest of the staff, speculating Jeff Pentland, Chili Davis, and Manny Mota as hitting coaches/instructors, and Ken Howell returning as bullpen coach. Gurnick also noted:
It's unclear who the Dodgers are considering as first-base coach, but it figures to be someone well-regarded in base running. Mariano Duncan, who has had the role since 2006, was told he could seek a Major League job elsewhere and, if he didn't find one, would have a role in the organization, but not likely on the Major League staff.
The Dodgers haven't yet made an announcement on any of the coaching staff, but will likely do so once all positions are set.
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Tony Jackson also reported in that article that Lorenzo Bundy could be Albuquerque bound
Meanwhile, Wallach’s replacement as manager at Albuquerque has been tentatively set. Lorenzo Bundy, who preceded Wallach in that job, also will succeed him, according to multiple sources. But one of those sources said that will change if Bundy lands a major league coaching position.
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Per the Dodger media guide and Baseball-Reference.com
Here’s Bundy’s coaching history:
1990-94: manager in Expos’ minor league system
1995-96: coach in Marlins’ system
1997: manager of A+ temam in Marlins’ system
1998: Marlins’ OF and baserunning coach
1999: Rockies’ bullpen coach
2000-02: coach in Rockies’ system
2002: coach in Red Sox system
2007-2008: manager of Triple A Las Vegas
2009: D-Backs 1B coach
2010: manager of Arizona League Dodgers
He has also managed in the Mexican Winter League (I’m guessing 2003-2006), twice winning manager of the year
by Eric Stephen on Oct 25, 2010 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions
thebaseballcube.com lists the following for Bundy
1990 Gulf Coast Expos GCL Rk mtl Manager 1991 Sumter SAL A mtl Manager 1992 Albany SAL A mtl Manager 1993 Burlington Midw A mtl Manager 1994 Burlington Midw A mtl Manager 1995 Brevard County FSL A+ fla Hitting Coach 1996 Brevard County FSL A+ fla Hitting Coach 1997 Brevard County FSL A+ fla Manager 1998 Florida Marlins NL MLB fla Minor league outfield and baserunning coach 1999 Colorado Rockies NL MLB col Bullpen Coach 2000 Colorado Rockies NL MLB col Minor league outfield and baserunning coach 2001 Colorado Rockies NL MLB col Minor league outfield and baserunning coach 2002 Pawtucket IL AAA bos Hitting Coach 2003 El Paso Tex AA ari Hitting Coach 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks NL MLB ari Bench Coach 2004 Tucson PCL AAA ari Hitting Coach 2005 Tucson PCL AAA ari Hitting Coach 2006 Tucson PCL AAA ari Hitting Coach 2007 Las Vegas PCL AAA lad Manager 2008 Las Vegas PCL AAA lad Manager 2009 Arizona Diamondbacks NL MLB ari First Base Coach 2010 Arizona Dodgers Ariz Rk lad Manager
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Oooh that's cool
I didn’t know they went that deep on the coaching tree. Outstanding. Thanks.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 25, 2010 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
thebaseballcube
keeps trying harder. The baseball jobs section is nice.
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1B coach
first-base coach … someone well-regarded in base running
Former Mattingly teammate Roberto Kelly? He’d have to be hired away from the Giants though.
I guess Davey Lopes has no interest in leaving Philly to come to LA.
Brett Butler? He managed AAA for Arizona last year (in Reno) and was the DBacks 1B coach in ’05.
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Lopes would come to LA with Werth?
Seems unlikely.
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Trade for Leinart = Super Bowl.
Slightly kidding.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 25, 2010 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
We will take Jay Ratcliffe plz
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or any CB on your roster as I'm sure they are all better then ours.
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Watch the second half and see if you still want Orlando Scandrick or Alan Ball.
Jenkins and Newman are hurt, or are playing very little because of injury.
I don't think you understand how bad
the texans secondary is right now. We have one CB who could start on any another teams roster, a rookie who might be good next year starting alongside him, a 2nd year 5th round pick as the nickle, and a 5th round pick rookie as the dime. Yeah, I’ll take them for leinart, if Schuab goes down we are fucked anyways.
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woops 6th round pick sophomore as nickel
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Question for you
and I don’t mean to antagonize you with the Cowboys struggling, especially since this also applies to the Chargers…
Was everyone just wrong about Dallas and/or San Diego in their preseason predictions? I mean, I get that they could definitely be overrated, but they aren’t this bad, right?
Is it just time to blow out the coach and/or some assistants and try to salvage this season, if not try to build for next year?
by Eric Stephen on Oct 25, 2010 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions
The defense has had injuries. The offensive line has been poor. The play calling is atrocious.
They are the most penalized team in football.
I am all for blowing up the coaching staff, but Jerry isn’t gonna do that because that is what everyone wants and he does what HE wants.
Wade Phillips is horrible. Jason Garrett is not much better. Hope we finish 1-15 and get a good draft pick and a new staff in the offseason.
It's a city thing
They were wrong about the Rangers and Padres too
I don't always walk, but when I do, it's into Mordor.
Chargers haven't been able to put points on the board
losing Vince Jackson has hurt
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lots of fumbles and penalties
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a lot of it is that holes were plugged with inexperienced people
by Josie Becker on Oct 25, 2010 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
20 year olds
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and don't tell me that wasn't planned
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not mint specifically
That comment was like low hanging fruit
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FYI
Tim Wallach wore #25 with the Dodgers in 2004, and #29 in 2005.
Since Lilly is back for 2011, I would guess Wallach would wear #25 in 2011. Then again, I can’t remember what number Wallach was wearing when he was on the coaching staff at the end of the year. Maybe 26?
Technically Wallach wasn’t in uniform at the end of the year, because the team can only have 6 uniformed coaches during the game, so I guess that part is moot.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 25, 2010 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Lilly wore #30 with the Cubs though
(XPaul’s number this past year) and #31 with Toronto and Oakland (Jay Gibbons), so who know what he’ll want for 2011.
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Wallach wore #25 in '93, #29 in '94-'96
and #29 with the Expos. 29 has gotta be his preference.
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I am so sad I missed most of last thread
I was giggling and started to comment…and then I realized no one would see it. Dang.
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Life as a mod
I read all the late comments in the old threads. Lately, a lot of them are by IVironAndSteel.
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Cool Dudes is another notorious late machine gun poster.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 25, 2010 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Stupid job :(
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
speaking of a iviron moment
i had a brief conversation with THE EX (not recent, just the white whale ex who got away etc etc) and IT WAS AN AMAZINGLY CATHARTIC EXPERIENCE! WOOHOOO! I feel great. Jackass is done!
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You mean his life is shitty
and your glad you bailed when you did?
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I still go back and check the old threads
they don’t have to die immediately, people are just trained to let it happen that way. I’ve gotten used to monitoring multiple threads at once on other blogs.
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So....
Anybody know anything about Pentland if he becomes hitting coach? He’s got a lot of work to do around here.
He was the hitting coach for the Mariners but got fired in mid 2008. And then he was the temporary Dodgers hitting coach for a short while alongside Mattingly came back in 2008. Then he was the roving Instructor in the minors for the Dodgers for the next two years.
Pentland was on the major-league
coaching staff this season. He is a pretty old dude, having been a college teammate of Reggie Jackson’s at ASU. He was also the hitting coach at ASU from 1985 – 1993.
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If PEDs are reason #1 for Sammy Sosa’s rise in 1998, Pentland was reason #2.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 25, 2010 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think strawberries are really a berry
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Strawberries are really a berry. They aren’t really a straw.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 25, 2010 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I just assume these days anything with berry in the name isn't a berry
I’m right more often then not.,
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an eggplant is a berry
BOOM, YOUR MIND IS BLOWN
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I don't even know
what to believe anymore
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He has been on the Dodgers’ coaching staff since July 1, 2008.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 25, 2010 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Eli Manning
sucks.
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Dallas D has to be getting worn out
21 minutes on the field to 12 for their offense
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Offensive Guard
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That's almost a haiku
Dallas makes me drink
Heading to the liquor store
Back in an hour
I don't always walk, but when I do, it's into Mordor.
31 consecutive points scored by the NY Giants, eh?
I hope the Giants / Dallas matchup in the WS goes better for the Texas side.
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I just saw on the screen
Total yards:
NYG: 407
Dallas: 78
Wow.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 25, 2010 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Wade Phillips is ome-goner
"I still love my ex-wife, but only when we're not talking"
by angelofdeath on Oct 25, 2010 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Coach’s job to make sure the backup is ready, GM’s job to make sure said backup is not Jon Kitna. Who gets more blame?
I don't always walk, but when I do, it's into Mordor.
I don't follow football
but I seem to remember the Cowboys having QB related problems a few years back and people were calling for Romo…kind of, I guess the opinions were ambivalent.
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C'mon now
Jerry Jones will never point the finger at himself… Not saying it’s Phillips fault, but he’ll take the fall for it…
"I still love my ex-wife, but only when we're not talking"
by angelofdeath on Oct 25, 2010 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Jon Kitna is probably one of the better backup QBs in the game
lets be realistic, there are probably half a dozen to a dozen teams in the NFL that aren’t happy with their STARTING QB position, let alone their backups.
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I don’t see why the Cowboys don’t just sign Matt Barkley, that guy seems pretty good
by Josie Becker on Oct 25, 2010 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually
I"m pretty sure based on the commentators I listened to last year, Barkley is already in the HoF.
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The Giants are just like Sean Avery's ex-girlfriends...
"I still love my ex-wife, but only when we're not talking"
just the sloppy part… not the seconds
"I still love my ex-wife, but only when we're not talking"
by angelofdeath on Oct 25, 2010 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Question
Does Rod Barajas get an arbitration offer? If so, does he accept? If so, how much can he expect to make? He is a Type-B, for what it’s worth.
I don't always walk, but when I do, it's into Mordor.
He should, unless management really does buy into Ellis' improvement...
And yes, he accepts… Not sure how much he’ll make…
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by angelofdeath on Oct 25, 2010 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes and yes.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see them work out a deal beforehand. Probably anywhere in the $1-2m range.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 25, 2010 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Along these lines
I hope Raffy gets 599 amazing ABs next year so his option doesn’t vest, but that he stays a Type-A and we can offer him arbitration. If things stay the way they are, there’s not a chance in hell we get anything from him but a pat on the back and a ‘Thanks for the 60mil’
I don't always walk, but when I do, it's into Mordor.
Which would probably be pricey
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I still don't get what happened there
where the braves stupid, or did some shady stuff actually happen?
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thats it?
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Essentially, IIRC, Furcal’s agent left a message for Frank Wren, saying something like, “looks good, I’ll talk to Rafael and get back to you tomorrow,” and Wren heard “looks good” and nothing else, forgetting that signed contracts are needed in MLB apparently. :)
That is a loose interpretation, admittedly.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 25, 2010 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
From the Chattanoogan:
At Kinzer’s request, Wren faxed a signed term sheet that outlined the offer. This was the action that gave the Braves every reason to believe a verbal agreement was, indeed, in place.
A Major League general manager who wasn’t involved in these negotiations confirmed on Tuesday that term sheets aren’t sent to the agent until a verbal agreement has been made.
From the ATL Journal-Constitution:
The Braves believed they had reached an agreement with Furcal on a three-year, $30 million contract with a fourth year vesting option. At Kinzer’s request, they faxed the agent a term sheet Tuesday morning for Furcal’s signature. A term sheet is considered the final step of negotiations. But Kinzer took the offer back to Los Angeles and used it as leverage.
Schuerholz said he phoned Tellem on Wednesday night.
"I expressed my great disappointment to him," he said. "I watched as Frank shared with me the circumstances of his negotiations with Furcal — negotiations to the point where we increased our offer, and he [Kinzer] then asked for a signed term sheet to be sent over. We never got that signed term sheet faxed back to us, and we later found out why — because they took that offer and shopped it."
by Eric Stephen on Oct 25, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Kinzer's story
from AOL Fanhouse:
“They (Braves) know we didn’t have a signed contract, that we didn’t have even a verbal agreement,” said Kinzer, hours before Wren gave a very different account. “We had, ‘Things look very good and Raffy’s going to sleep on it.’”
“It’s not done until we sign off and there’s a physical exam,” he told ESPN.com Tuesday, “and we haven’t gotten that far. Until a letter of agreement is signed, we don’t even start the process to get him to Atlanta for a physical.”
by Eric Stephen on Oct 25, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
heh
so a little iffy, but the braves may have overreacted.
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Frank Wren turned to the J.D. Drew chapter in Ned Colletti’s Big Book of GM Overreacting
by Eric Stephen on Oct 25, 2010 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know
I think JD Drews was worse, I mean if he told them to their faces he was coming back, thats pretty lame.
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That seems so long ago
golly
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There’s a big difference in saying “my wife and I like it here” and telling Ned to his face he was coming back.
Drew opting out was plain to see coming from miles away. To everyone except Ned, apparently.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 25, 2010 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Even if Drew said during the season he had no plans to exercise the opt out, it’s not hard to realize that things in season are different than the offseason.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 25, 2010 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
What I remember
was he said to neds face after the season that he wouldn’t opt out, not that he liked it there and wasn’t leaving, but perhaps I’m wrong.
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hm
can’t find any mention of it, guess I was wrong. in other news, I love me some onion http://www.theonion.com/articles/brawl-clears-benches-of-everyone-but-jd-drew,6674/
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Law and Order SVU - Game(gta themed episode)
One of the worst hours of television all time? I contend yes. Bad acting, bad script, bad music, bad directing, bad cinemetography, bad editing, and a nonsensical depiction of technology? Yep, its all there.
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How was it GTA themed
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
The game that the kids played
and then emulated was a stupid GTA clone, where the point of the part of the game they where playing was specifically to run over and stomp on the hookers. Then they of course made the developers into the game into callous assholes.
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LMAO did this get posted? Brian Wilson punking fox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrkSElfm7Lk&feature=player_embedded#t=0m35s
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chris rose that is
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when Rose was screaming "Did you see that??!!!"
I thought he meant his putrid shirt.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
Aubrey Huff came over.
Fuck Larry Bowa in 1980
by NotJoeTorre on Oct 25, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Wouldn't surprise me if this is the last year of compensation picks
It doesn’t benefit the Player’s union and teams would probably like to get rid of it too.
If you just add two comp picks at the end of the round instead when you sign a player, you can still have the benefit of comp picks and none of the hassles.
Although I find it amusing that its a problem now when compensation is finally becoming the deterrent that it was created to be after years of teams not valuing first round picks.
The problem is a system
where any half decent reliever is worth the same as Cliff Lee.
Also, it would create more honesty when it comes to teams offering arbitration.
by bhsportsguy on Oct 25, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
If you get rid of compensation, I think you also have to let teams trade picks.
Frankly, you should let the Yankees trade their first rounder each year for players that they want and see how far that gets them.
I am not against that
but I don’t see how they are tied together.
They could tie in slotting and do that.
by bhsportsguy on Oct 25, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Shouldn't you be getting some sleep
before your interview tomorrow.
by bhsportsguy on Oct 25, 2010 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Dodger prospects in the AFL yesterday
Ivan De jesus – 0-fer, BB, 2 K’s
Trayvon Robinson – 2-4, HR
Jerry Sands – 2-3, 2B, BB
Trayvon is leading the league in walks with 9, but also tenth in strikeouts with 9 as well. Sands has walked 6 times and has struck out 3 times in 20 AB’s
by Julio Nievas on Oct 26, 2010 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Driving to work listening to police scanner
and could not believe call to gate 75b to check out car blocking United flight from departing. wouldn’t authorized cars know not to park behind a plane? crazy.
That seems like you want to get fired.
by robotmadeofnails on Oct 26, 2010 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions
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