NewsGM interviews third coaching candidate
Hernandez in running for team's pitching coach vacancy
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
10/12/09 7:05 PM EST
MILWAUKEE -- Brewers general manager Doug Melvin has interviewed a third candidate for the team's pitching coach vacancy, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. In addition to former A's and Mets coach Rick Peterson, who interviewed last Monday on the East Coast, and former D-backs coach Bryan Price, who interviewed in Arizona on Thursday or Friday, Melvin has met with veteran Chuck Hernandez, who spent 2009 as Cleveland's bullpen coach, according to the newspaper. Hernandez, 48, who has been a big league pitching coach for the Angels (when he served alongside current Brewers manager Ken Macha from 1992-94), Rays and Tigers, was rumored to be a candidate last year when Milwaukee was searching for a replacement for Mike Maddux. But Melvin urged incoming manager Macha to pick longtime Brewers bullpen coach Bill Castro. The move didn't work. Castro was dismissed on Aug. 12, and Melvin opted not to offer his interim replacement, Chris Bosio, or bullpen coach Stan Kyles a contract for 2010. Price, 47, has been the pitching coach for the Mariners and D-backs. He was with Arizona from 2006-09 but resigned in June after Arizona fired manager Bob Melvin.Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
