Before the Cardinals had addressed two vacancies on manager Mike Matheny’s coaching staff a third opened Friday, giving the club a chance to retool its dugout by choice, and now necessity.
David Bell, Matheny’s longtime bench coach, notified the team this week that he would be leaving to accept the job as San Francisco’s farm director, multiple sources confirmed Friday before the Giants made the official announcement. The Cardinals, already in need of a pitching coach and bullpen coach, said they intend to fill all those roles in the near future.
“We are happy for him and thank him for his time here,” said John Mozeliak, the Cardinals’ president of baseball operations.