David Lesky digs into the hire of Mike McFerran as assistant pitching coach.

Early in the interview, he says that being a good pitcher comes to one thing and it’s how to consistently get outs. He’s very big on a pitcher being who he is. For McFerran, he believes that his job is to help any one individual pitcher get outs, which comes down to a pitcher’s identity. Coaching more than the player (meaning the person as well) is something that sets McFerran apart. He’s certainly not the only one who does this as coaching has become much more, let’s say, human, but he does it well.

As I like to do when the Royals do something, I reach out to people much smarter than me. It was universal praise, and maybe even more than what I heard about the Connor Dawson hire. I think some of that is somethin

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