Kaplan and Lovullo answered a myriad of questions in a lengthy ZOOM session today. Here is the transcript to get to know the newest member of the D-backs staff.
As reported earlier today, the Arizona Diamondbacks have named Brian Kaplan as their pitching coach. Formerly an assistant pitching coach with the Philadelphia Phillies, as well as Director of Pitching development, Kaplan has a varied background. He was also the co-founder of Cressey Sports Performance in Florida.
Kaplan met not only with the front office and Lovullo, but the rest of the coaching staff, the medical and strength staff, and the analytics team. He described his overall approach as follows: "He talked about performance. Just now he addressed that as well. It is about being able to key up that guy, get him on the mound and go out there and help him get outs. And today, that conversation about how you're going to do it may look different than tomorrow."
"But as the season progresses, you're shifting more into a compete mode. So I think it was that recognition of like, hey, I know there's some things that we want to work on or some things that we want to adjust, but ultimately we need to focus on the mentality that you need to go out and compete today and win the game today."
"At some point in the year you're going to have 25, 30 . All of them are a little bit different. They move a little differently. They're built a little bit differently. So mentality aside, you have to learn a little bit about what makes each guy unique."
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