For most of 2021 and 2022 I - along with many Royals fans - suggested, demanded, and even begged the Royals, “Fire your pitching coach, Cal Eldred!” When they finally did it this past offseason they were met with their next challenge: hiring a pitching coach who could actually help the pitchers improve.
The Royals replaced Eldred with multiple people. Brian Sweeney came from Cleveland, Zach Bove from Minnesota, and Mitch Stetter took over bullpen coaching duties after serving a variety of other pitching coaching duties for the Royals. During his end-of-season press conference, Royals General Manager J.