Dodgers Hire Mark Prior To Be Bullpen Coach
- Updated: January 2, 2018
According to Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports, the Los Angeles Dodgers have hired former bullpen coach Mark Prior to be their bullpen coach.
Source says Dodgers have hired Mark Prior. Club has not confirmed. For the past few years Prior has served as Padres minor-league pitching coordinator and by all accounts has been very good at that job.
— Tim Brown (@TBrownYahoo) January 3, 2018
Brown reported more information.
Mark Prior will serve as Dodgers’ bullpen coach, source says.
— Tim Brown (@TBrownYahoo) January 3, 2018
Andy McCullough of the Los Angeles Times reported further information on the news.
Mark Prior will be the Dodgers new bullpen coach, as @TBrownYahoo reported. Prior had been the Padres pitching coordinator.
— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughTimes) January 3, 2018
Prior pitched in the league for five seasons being named an All-Star in 2003. That season he went 18-6 with a 2.43 ERA in 211 innings of work and struckout a career high 245 batters.
Prior battled injuries for much of his career but was one of the best young pitching prospects in the early 2000’s. As more information surfaces on the Dodgers and their offseason news we will keep you up to date.
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