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Keeping Martinez as hitting coach was Dipoto's best move for M's

Keeping Martinez as hitting coach was Dipoto’s best move for M’s

Keeping Martinez by far Dipoto’s smartest move When Jerry Dipoto took over as the new general manager of the Seattle Mariners prior to the season he made more than a few changes. Edgar Martinez & Robinson Cano. Rob Leiter/Getty Images. He flipped over 40% of the Mariners roster between mid-September and mid-December. Dipoto kept a handful of the front office staff in assistant GM Jeff Kingston…

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Mark Kotsay returning to A's as new bench coach!

Mark Kotsay returning to A’s as new bench coach!

Mark Kotsay is headed back to Oakland to be the Athletics’ new bench coach! And I couldn’t be more excited! I have been as I like to say – a HUGE “Marky K” (we had Mark Ellis during part of Kotsay’s time with Oakland) fan! HUGE! I love this guy!! It is clear that the A’s really are trying to reshape the clubhouse and get the chemistry back that was lost in 2015. Some of the new players I guess…

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New York Yankees promote Alan Cockrell and Marcus Thames

New York Yankees promote Alan Cockrell and Marcus Thames

Although many names were floated around as to who would become the next New York Yankees hitting coach, the organization decided to stay in-house, as they promoted last year’s assistant Alan Cockrell to hitting coach.

Taking his place as assistant will be former Yankee Marcus Thames, who served as the organization’s Single-A hitting coach in 2013, their Double-A hitting coach in 2014 and their…

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Dipoto needs to hire Edgar Martinez for Seattle's new skipper

Dipoto needs to hire Edgar Martinez for Seattle’s new skipper

Martinez is Seattle’s best choice for new skipper With the firing of Seattle Mariners’ manager Lloyd McClendon, even in the midst of the playoffs the question is beginning to be asked. Who will be the next manager of the Seattle Mariners? Whoever it is will have to take on a win-now mentality with so much money invested in players like Robinson Cano, Nelson Cruz, Kyle Seager and Felix Hernandez.…

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