Orioles pitching coach Doug Brocail and third base coach José Flores, two of the initial hires on manager Brandon Hyde’s staff two winters ago, won’t return in 2021, according to an industry source.
Brocail oversaw a year-to-year improvement for several members of the pitching staff in the shortened 2020 season, with the team’s ERA dropping over a full run from 5.67 to 4.51 from 2019 to 2020.
The veteran pitching coach, working this year with bullpen coach Darren Holmes and director of pitching Chris Holt, also oversaw a staff whose strikeout rate climbed from 7.8 strikeouts per nine to 8.