PHILADELPHIA — Pitching coaches live in anonymity, at least from the fans’ perspective.
That anonymity lasts until ERAs start to soar, starters get lit up and the bullpen collapses. Then some fans light up Twitter, demanding to fire coaches.
This year, the Rockies haven’t had to deal with that, not with the club off to a 28-17 start with the staff sporting a 4.37 ERA entering Monday’s game at Philadelphia. Thus far, the combination of pitching coach Steve Foster and bullpen coach Darren Holmes has deftly handled a young staff.
Quite often, a big-league bullpen coach becomes an underling to the pitching coach, but that hasn’t happened with Colorado.