This doesn't come as a particular surprise, even if the team's overall ERA did improve from 4.26 to 4.04. We never got any sense of confidence from Harkey, to the extent that his trips to the mound became an anti-meme in Gameday Threads, with bad results being predicted to follow. The team doesn't seem to have had a very good record for "fixing" pitchers in general, and it appears to be something La Russa wants to change. :"We think there's a better fit," he said. The rest of the coaching staff have been offered contracts for next season, but the Padres have requested permission to talk to our third-base coach, Andy Green, about their managerial vacancy.
The Diamondbacks off-season starts here
