Indians Hire Tim Belcher as Pitching Coach

[OSUFan_88]

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Cleveland Indians name Tim Belcher pitching coach for new manager Manny Acta By Paul Hoynes, The Plain Dealer Chuck Crow, The Plain DealerTim Belcher, in 2002 CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Tim Belcher is the Cleveland Indians' new pitching coach under first-year manager Manny Acta. Belcher, 48, has served the Indians as a special assistant to the baseball operations department for the last eight years. He will replace Carl Willis, who was fired along with manager Eric Wedge and the rest of his coaching staff on Sept. 30. In 14 big-league seasons, the native of Sparta, Ohio, went 146-140 with 4.16 ERA. Belcher pitched with seven big league teams, winning 10 or more games in nine seasons. As a special assistant, Belcher worked with the Indians player development system in instructing and evaluating pitching talent at every level in the minor league system. He also scouted other teams, providing advance scouting reports for the last several years for the Tribe's big-league coaching staff. Belcher pitched at Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, Ohio and was the No.1 pick in the 1983 draft by the Minnesota Twins. He did not sign and was the No.1 pick of the Yankees in the now defunct secondary phase of the draft in January of 1984.

http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index...e_tim_bel.html

Certainly not the, IMO, high profile pitching coach that they need, but does have knowledge of the system.

[SPTO]

Hm I always wondered what he was up to. He was never one of my favorites but he did have a few good seasons in the big leagues. Here's to hoping he does well as the Indians' pitching coach.

[Mr. Franchise]

What happened to the old pitching coach that brought up Lee and Sabathia?

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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Franchise

What happened to the old pitching coach that brought up Lee and Sabathia?

Carl Willis is still asleep in the dugout, I'm certain.

The fact that they produced so well had very little to do with Willis teaching and much more to do with the fact that they matured as pitcher.

Willis is also very much responsible for Carmona's mechanics being such a wreck that he was sent to ROOKIE BALL in the middle of the season to get fixed. It was very common that if a pitcher had mechanical problems with his delivery, they would send them to AAA immediately because Willis couldn't do it.

[Mr. Franchise]

I predict Carmona as 2010 Cy Young winner.

[rsox]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Franchise

I predict Carmona as 2010 Cy Young winner.

And then in 2011 he will get traded and lead an NL team to the postseason.