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Report: Phillies Moving on from Pitching Coach Rick Kranitz
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From The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal:
#Phillies promoting assistant pitching coach Chris Young to pitching coach in place of Rick Kranitz, sources tell The Athletic. Team will allow Kranitz to interview elsewhere. Move prompted by multiple teams showing interest in making Young their head pitching coach.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 14, 2018
Bob says this move comes as a bit of a surprise.
Going back through the season, the Phils’ young starters took a step forward and kept the team afloat for much of the year, with those suppressed flaws finally surfacing in September when the squad collapsed.
In 2018, the Phillies were 6th in starter FIP, 7th in starter WAR, and 15th in ERA. That’s up from the year before, when they were 22nd in FIP, 21st in WAR, and 21st in ERA.
I don’t know a ton about Chris Young, but it’s interesting that Rosenthal says other teams had interest in him.
Thoughts?
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com