Steve Merriman is reportedly on his way out as a Rockies minor league pitching coordinator. He has accepted the pitching coach job with the University of Michigan, and the Rockies are now left without a key source for pitching development.
Merriman was the pitching coach in Double-A Hartford in 2019. At the conclusion of that season, Darryl Scott was promoted from minor league pitching coordinator to the Rockies’ bullpen coach. Merriman filled his coordinator spot and wasted no time in implementing technology for pitching development purposes. The Rockies were his fifth big league employer (Tigers, Mets, Diamondbacks, Cubs), and it was his early coaching days with the University of Michigan that led him “fascinated by the potential of technology in baseball.