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Diamondbacks Hire Joe Mather As Hitting Coach

By Anthony Franco | October 28, 2021 at 5:24pm CDT

The Diamondbacks have filled a key spot on Torey Lovullo’s staff, announcing the hiring of Joe Mather as hitting coach. The 39-year-old has spent the past two seasons as the assistant hitting coach of the Reds.

A former outfielder, Mather appeared in 229 MLB games between 2008-12. He played in the minors and independent ball through 2014 before transitioning into coaching. Mather’s first instructional work began with the D-Backs, as he coached and managed in Arizona’s minor league system up through 2019 before joining David Bell’s staff in Cincinnati.

Mather’s past stint with the D-Backs makes him a known commodity for Lovullo and the Snakes’ front office, as well as a handful of players now on the big league roster. He’ll be tasked with trying to coax improvements out of a D-Backs lineup that figures to incorporate plenty of younger players on the heels of an NL-worst 52-110 season.

Lovullo is returning for his sixth season leading the Arizona dugout, but much of his coaching staff remains unsettled. The D-Backs are still in the process of finding a new bench coach and pitching coach to replace Luis Urueta and Matt Herges, respectively.

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  1. Curly Was The Smart Stooge

    4 years ago

    It doesn’t Mather who you hire, they have their work cut out for them

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  2. Monkey’s Uncle

    4 years ago

    Hitting is mind over Mather, but they hired Mather, so never mind.

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  3. lady1959

    4 years ago

    The Beaver!!⚾️

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    • Assdribble_Cabrera

      4 years ago

      “Ward, you were a little hard on the Beaver last night.”

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      Reply
    • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

      4 years ago

      By todays warped & criminal standards, that could go either of two ways

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      Reply
    • bobtillman

      4 years ago

      I also wondered what those chains and handcuffs were doing hanging off Ward and June’s bed…..

      (Not that there’s anything wrong with that)….

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      • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

        4 years ago

        I smell censorship in the wind……

        We all got a little off topic

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    • letmeclearmythroat74

      4 years ago

      Doesn’t look like the beavers I have seen!

      Reply
  4. HubcapDiamondStarHalo

    4 years ago

    Does’t make much difference what hitting coach you hire until you get better hitters.

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    Reply
  5. nentwigs

    4 years ago

    What was the position for which JERRY MATHERS was hired ??

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    • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

      4 years ago

      Assistant to Tony Dow

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      • Assdribble_Cabrera

        4 years ago

        Unfortunately, in a corresponding move, Tony Dow was traded to Perdue Chicken for Lumpy Rutherford who takes over as the new assistant to the traveling secretary.

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        • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

          4 years ago

          All under the auspices of CEO Eddie Haskell, who is rumored to be in line for the Mets new GM, thank you Mr. & Mrs. Cleaver, Wallace & Theodore.

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        • Assdribble_Cabrera

          4 years ago

          It always seems to come back to the fiasco Mets. Well played.

          1
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        • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

          4 years ago

          We got a little American culture mixed in with 2021 baseball, I found it humorous & rewarding

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  6. mack423

    4 years ago

    Man, I used to love rooting for him. He was never the same after he broke his hamate bone in that late-season game in Arizona, though. Zapped his power. Could have had a nice run as a 4th OF.

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    • misterlol

      4 years ago

      Lol

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      • mack423

        4 years ago

        What’s funny? He was a Cardinal fan favorite, even when he was still at Memphis. Tons of pop at a time when the Cardinals’ OF was super barren in the late ’00s. Forget baseball existed before 2017?

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  7. Jack Buckley

    4 years ago

    It’s shocking how bad the DBACKS are, they won’t win 50 games next year

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  8. SupremeZeus

    4 years ago

    Next season will be brutal for the snakes. Ken Kendrick is 78.

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  9. ldoggnation

    4 years ago

    Can he pitch?!?!

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  10. sufferforsnakes

    4 years ago

    “and nothing else Mathers…..”

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  11. findingnimmo

    4 years ago

    …and those who can’t, teach.

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    • getright11

      4 years ago

      Which is one of the dumbest sayings ever, mind you.

      Reply
  12. 619bird

    4 years ago

    Wasn’t his nickname bombs?

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    • mack423

      4 years ago

      Joey Bombs! Yep

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      • AA_Cardinals

        4 years ago

        He had one of the sharpest turns at third base you ever saw from a guy his size. He seemed to hit in bunches. Had an identical twin as well.

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  13. Bob333

    4 years ago

    This guy could never hit so I guess it doesn’t Mather

    Reply
  14. KingLouieLouie76

    4 years ago

    I wonder if he gets rave reviews for being a hitting coach than a pseudo Jerry Mathers?

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