The Rockies announced a few changes to Bud Black’s coaching staff this afternoon. Reid Cornelius has joined the team as bullpen coach. Previous bullpen coach Darryl Scott is stepping up to take on the pitching coach position, as had already been reported, a role vacated when Steve Foster resigned to spend more time with his family.
Colorado is also bringing on Andy González and P.J. Pilittere as assistant hitting coaches. (Nick Groke of the Athletic reported González was assuming a role on staff shortly before the club’s announcement). They’ll work alongside Dave Magadan, who is returning as hitting coach in 2022. Also reprising the same roles they held this past season are third base coach Stu Cole, first base coach Ron Gideon and bench coach Mike Redmond.
Cornelius comes over from the Marlins, where he spent the 2021 campaign as the pitching rehab coach. The 51-year-old, who pitched in the big leagues with the Expos, Mets and Marlins from 1995-2000, has spent the better part of two decades in various coaching positions. That includes a seven-year run as Miami bullpen coach from 2010-16, giving him ample familiarity with the role he’ll be assuming in Colorado.
González also has a bit of MLB playing experience, having suited up for the White Sox, Indians and Marlins between 2007-09. The 39-year-old has been in the Rockies’ organization for some time, having spent the past seven seasons in coaching and player development on the minor league staff.
Pilittere comes over from the Yankees, where he’d held the same assistant hitting coach title for the past four seasons. The 40-year-old’s contract with New York was not renewed at the end of the 2021 season, setting him up to land in Colorado. Prior to his stint on the Yankees’ big league coaching staff, Pilittere spent five seasons coaching in the New York farm system.
Well if anything it’s some beautiful country around the Denver area. The new coaches and their families should enjoy that. I first started visiting Estes Park which is only 60 miles from Denver 30 some years ago as a kid with my family on vacations. It’s quite the crazy busy tourist trap now but I like to get back every 5-10 years or so. That’s probably part of the problem is that it’s beautiful country out there and lots of people would probably rather be doing other things than sitting in a ballpark.
The Rockies actually attract a large fanbase to their games. I’m not sure how they do now with such a bad team but when they were good, they were top 10 in the league for attendance.
Coloradoans have always had interest in the Rockies. They led the NL in attendance in their debut 1993 season while playing sub-.500 ball
Everytime I visited Colorado I tried to visit Coors Field. I always enjoyed that ballpark.
It is guys like you who perpetuate the losing. Montfort s make millions from fans going to a loser, there is no need to build a winner.
Live 40 minutes from Estes, good views from the golf courses.
I see the draw. Get high and watch a ballgame. Seems like a pleasant Colorado summer afternoon. Who cares who wins because the organization sure doesn’t
I’ve only been to Colorado once, @McGriffHOF.
But can’t argue about how beautiful it is. & yeah, camped in Estes. It *was* fairly commercialized. Pretty spectacular anyway though, man. Not to mention the cutthroat trout fishing. I think it’s their state fish.
Some pretty unique wingshooting opportunities too; ptarmigan, chukar, & band tailed pigeons. Birds I have never seen let alone gone after. It’s not a “bucket list” thing or whatever, but I wouldn’t mind a chance to see how the dog & I would fare on that particular field.
I can think of a bunch of worse places to live & work. That’s for sure.
Lipstick on a pig. They need talent for the coaches to work with first.
I had no idea that Dave Magadan was the Rockies hitting coach. Guys like Mags have to really love the game in order to coach after a long, successful career. You are away from home/family for at least 5 months a year (2 months of Spring Training & 3 out of 6 months for 81 road games), and you are working crazy hours for 8 months and then studying/preparing during the 4 months of ‘downtime’. Hopefully the family is able to travel with you a bit but being away from home so much has to get old at some point unless you’re single or despise the spouse ;-).
Thought the same thing when I read that Magadan was the hitting coach. Really surprised me that he’s still around the game. Good for him and those he helps out.
At somepoint, you almost have to ask yourself when a team is so bad if they should just completely disband move and start over, like Montreal, theirs atleast 5 teams in baseball that are always bad and never, ever try to get better at any point of the season, they just go year in and year out with loosing seasons, im not even talking about the fans of these teams, eventually as a team you need to sit back and just realize what simply isnt working, its terrible for the game in every-way you can think about it.
It’s not the environment that’s the problem with the Rockies . They can win at coors field consistently if they put a competitive team on the field . For example the 2017 and 2018 Rockies both had competitive teams and they were in back to back years .it’s the poor ownership and general managers that don’t know how to put this team together . They hold onto players to long and they also don’t know how to draft and develop well at all . They never know how to hire a gm from a successful organization like the rays etc . Bad Ownership is the problem at coors field not the environment . I am tired of hearing that coors field is the problem it is not !
So I guess we now know why Puig hasn’t land a job since 2019.
Puig is THAT guy at the party. Wild ass pervert on the loose
If the Rockies were interested in winning, they wouldn’t hire from within or ex-players
The most recent World Series winning manager was Brian Snitker, a man that is the epitome of “hiring from within.” The one before that was Dave Roberts, ex-player.
So what exactly is your point?