8:41pm: The D-Backs also struck out when they offered the gig to TCU pitching coach Kirk Saarloos, according to Zach Buchanan of The Athletic (via Twitter). Saarloos, a seven-year MLB veteran, will evidently stay on for a seventh year at Texas Christian.
7:34am: Former Reds manager Bryan Price turned down an offer at a second stint as the Diamondbacks’ pitching coach, Zach Buchanan of The Athletic reports (via Twitter). The 57-year-old Price managed the Reds from 2014-18 and spent the 14 previous seasons as a pitching coach in Seattle (2000-06), Arizona (2007-09) and Cincinnati (2010-13).
That Price even took the interview obviously suggests that he’s open to coaching again, though it’s possible he’s holding out hope of landing a role with a different organization or simply didn’t feel that a return to Arizona was the right fit after sitting down with the current regime. In addition to the D-backs, the Red Sox are also considering Price in their search for a new pitching coach, but it’s not clear that he’s any kind of favorite for that job.
Other pitching coach vacancies throughout the league include the Pirates, Phillies, Mets and Dodgers (although Los Angeles may stick internal and elevate Mark Prior to replace the newly retired Rick Honeycutt). The Angels had been searching for a replacement for Doug White, but they’re reportedly set to hire Mickey Callaway. Other vacancies could yet open up, as there are still several ongoing managerial searches — the outcome of which will assuredly impact the composition of those teams’ coaching staffs.
Something must’ve been wrong with the fit because Zona would not be a bad place to work. They have some nice arms with potential.
Especially since Price owns a home in Scottsdale
As a DBacks fan, I’m okay with this. I’m not sure he would’ve been the right fit anyways
He would have been perfect!
He left Arizona frustrated the first time. He did not like how they treated the coaches. He went on record saying he was upset. To be honest I rather someone new anyway. He was good though.
He left because the D’Backs fired Melvin and wanted to keep him. Out of loyalty to Melvin he left.
Love to see him in Boston.
If that occurred then I will throw out everything I own that’s redsox related.
Odd. By all accounts he’s had a positive influence on a pitching staff. Spoke to two people just today who say they miss having him in their teams dugout (CIN/AZ). Take the Cincy manager thing out and the guy is solid. You toughed it out through Bobby Valentine and John Farrell…you and your Sox stuff will be just fine.
Thanks for the opinion of the batboy and security officer Gotham. He can use them as references if needed
Seems like an overreaction
Maybe the red sox gear should throw you out!
Diamondbacks and Mets hafta be considered the most attractive spots for a pitching coach based on talent and potential, no ?
Depends. Do you wanna win games and make a playoff run? If so, the Mets are not where you wanna be, and while AZ is better it’s still not a big payroll perennial contender
Very disappointed, he was the best PC AZ has had.
He was great with the lowly Mariners for his seven years there.
Though the Mariners weren’t as lowly back then….
Want to see him get hired somewhere so I can see his tirades again.
NYY?
That’s possible. Price was the pitching coach in Seattle when Boone’s brother was there.
Can’t believe it helps the D’Backs cause to announce to the world that 2 candidates turned down the job. Whoever takes it knows they are at least the 3rd choice.
Unless Bryan Price and Kirk Saarloos get named the Yanks and Red Sox new pitching coaches tomorrow.
I also doubt the team announced it. Leaks happen all the time.
Are you saying adam schiff works for the Diamondbacks?
Anyone that’s spent any time on a dating website knows you aim high, just don’t crash and burn with a catfish. Let BOS and NYY make their choices then all of a sudden ARZ will look a little studlier.
Not a lot of good ways to spin being spurned by two guys they offered the job to now. Those guys wouldn’t have interviewed and ultimately been offered the job if they weren’t interested and the D’backs didn’t want them. It has to be something about the other side of the interview process, where the candidate is also interviewing the perspective employer and gets turned off. And the only likely places to look there are at Hazen and Lovullo.
You can bet your bottom dollar that if this were happening to somebody other than the anointed ones (such as regimes past) in the echo chamber you’d be hearing the shrill ridicule from where you sit filling the internet space of places like the az snake pit and republic (and current baseball establishment at large).. But these scantily clad emperors are universally approved, so all this incident tells us is that Pryce and Saarloos must not be thinking correctly or have reluctantly declined for the Yankees and Red Sox..