The Los Angeles Dodgers were forced to find a replacement for bullpen coach Josh Bard this offseason as he left the organization to become bench coach of the New York Yankees.
The Dodgers turned to a familiar face for Southern California baseball fans to be Bard’s replacement, hiring former USC and Chicago Cubs pitcher Mark Prior. He spent the past four seasons in the San Diego Padres organization.
Prior began with San Diego as an assistant in their baseball operations department, then was the organization’s pitching coordinator the last three seasons.
The position with the Dodgers is his first as a Major League coach, and in an interview on Dodger Talk with David Vassegh on AM 570 L.