“At the time, he told me it was them wanting an older, more experienced guy, a major league-experience guy,” Menhart said during a phone conversation Tuesday. Menhart, 51, said he wanted to put an end to that. ADAD“You hear all this stuff about, ‘You don’t know what goes on behind closed doors or in a clubhouse,’” Menhart said. “We appreciate his contributions and wish him nothing but the best!”The Nationals head into the offseason looking for their third pitching coach since Martinez took over before the 2018 season. When the Nationals fired pitching coach Derek Lilliquist in May 2019, they promoted Menhart, a longtime pitching coach in their system who had spent five years as the minor league pitching coordinator.

Source: Washington Post October 06, 2020 17:37 UTC