The Marlins intend to hire Daniel Moskos as pitching coach, as first revealed by Kyle Sielaff and Stephen Strom of the team’s radio network (X link). It’ll be the first lead pitching coach job for the 38-year-old.
Selected fourth overall by the Pirates in the 2007 draft, Moskos reached the majors for 31 relief appearances four years later. That was the extent of his big league playing experience. The Clemson product pitched in the upper minors and in Mexico through 2018 before moving into the coaching ranks. He worked in the Yankees’ system for a couple seasons before joining the Cubs as an assistant pitching coach over the 2021-22 offseason.
Moskos has spent the past three seasons on staff in Chicago. He worked under David Ross and kept that position for Craig Counsell’s first year on the North Side. Tommy Hottovy has held the top pitching coach role in Chicago for the last six seasons.
Miami has begun to build out the staff under first-year manager Clayton McCullough. The Marlins have reportedly tabbed Seattle field coordinator Carson Vitale as bench coach and are naming Giants’ assistant hitting coach Pedro Guerrero as their top hitting instructor.
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Holy cow, that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long, long time.
…I still don’t get why they got rid of Mel, but obviously far from the only issue going on…
Hope he can coach better than he can pitch.
What a huge disappointment as the fourth overall pick by the Pirates in the first round.
Must have been willing to sign for a low bonus. Think he was a relief pitcher in college which makes zero sense.
Wasn’t his fault. He should’ve never been drafted that high.
It was that fiasco GM Littlefield
and the Pirates cheapskate ways.
Good luck to him though.
Hope he’s successful in coaching
after a not so great time in a playing career.
Interesting that MLBTR has not had an article about Kim Ng taking on a role with the professional softball league. I remember multiple times I stated that she seemed more in line with being a part of MLB’s league office as an ambassador for the game, and how i felt she was using the Marlins gig as a stepping stone for other things, but there is no article about her making this move to the softball league, which kind of is a role I would’ve expected her doing with MLB…and her having other aspirations other than being a baseball exec.