Last Updated: November 22, 2023, 00:30 IST
Andrew Bailey was employed Tuesday as pitching coach of the Boston Red Sox after 4 seasons in the identical position with the San Francisco Giants.
He changed Dave Bush, Boston’s pitching coach for the previous 4 seasons.
A two-time All-Star, the 39-year-old Bailey was 16-14 with a 3.12 ERA and 95 saves in eight seasons with Oakland (2009-11), Boston (2012-13), the New York Yankees (2015), Philadelphia (2016) and the Los Angeles Angels (2016-17).
He spent 2018 as an Angels teaching assistant and video replay coordinator and 2019 because the Angels bullpen coach. He switched to the Giants to work beneath supervisor Gabe Kapler, who was fired after the season and changed by Bob Melvin.
Bailey is director of growth for the Strike 3 Foundation, based in 2008 by Craig Breslow, employed final month as Boston’s chief baseball officer Craig Breslow. The group raises cash for childhood most cancers analysis. Bailey and Breslow have been teammates on the 2013 World Series champion Red Sox.
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