According to Nick Piecoro of azcentral sports and Steve Gilbert of MLB.com, the Arizona Diamondbacks are looking to bring back the popular Matt Williams as the team’s third base coach. The Diamondbacks have officially offered the job to Williams, and he is said to be considering the offer. Another source told Piecoro said Arizona is “working on bringing him back.”
According to a baseball source #Dbacks have made offers to Matt Williams (3b) and Garvin Alston (bullpen) to join coaching staff.
— Steve Gilbert (@SteveGilbertMLB) November 6, 2015
Williams, a former minority owner of the team, spent the final 6 seasons of his remarkable 17 major-league seasons in Arizona and served four seasons on the D-backs’ coaching staff, the final three of them as the third-base coach.