SAN FRANCISCO – Even as the Giants nudged longtime pitching coach Dave Righetti from their dugout, they sought and heeded his recommendation for a successor.
And when they selected a hitting coach to replace Hensley Meulens, they chose a name off a short list that Meulens himself provided.
So it shouldn’t come as a surprise: both new hires, former A’s pitching coach Curt Young and former Houston Astros hitting assistant Alonzo Powell, sounded an awful lot like their predecessors while speaking on a conference call with reporters on Monday.
Young lauded the rotation’s durability and cited the importance of getting 200-inning seasons from the starting pitchers.