Earlier this week, news broke that Wes Johnson, the well-regarded pitching coach for the Minnesota Twins, was leaving the Twins to become the new pitching coach for LSU.
The news was unexpected and, really, pretty strange. Major league coaches — particularly a hitting or pitching coach — generally aren’t going to jump ship mid-season. That’s especially true when its a coach for a playoff contender, where the team is happy with the coach and isn’t giving any indications that they are going to make a change.
But to go from the major leagues — the pinnacle of the sport — to college baseball?