When the Cubs announced that they had signed Mark Loretta as their new bench coach I admit I did a bit of a double take. Judging by the Twitter comments, I imagine I wasn’t alone in that double take. So I spent the last couple of days researching to try and get to know Loretta better. I was pleasantly surprised by what I found and imagine you will be too.
I’m not sure how much stats can tell us about any coach, honestly. Particularly a bench coach or manager. While I think it’s possible to get some information on things like a hitting philosophy for a hitting coach, or an approach to pitching for a pitching coach, honestly all of that information is usually more informative when looking at a coach’s record in a previous position.