“To lose one candidate for pitching coach may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two looks like carelessness.” — Oscar Wilde
The news that both Bryan Price and Kirk Saarloos have turned down the job of pitching coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks seems rather disconcerting. You would have thought that a top position on s major-league club that both improved and posted a winning record last year, with one of the better farm systems, would be of interest. And it’s not as if the candidates refused the job out of the gate. According to the reports from Zack Buchanan of The Athletic, both Price and Saarloos went through the interview process, were deemed good fits for the position and were offered the job - only then to decline it.