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Derek Lilliquist is out. Paul Menhart is in as the Washington Nationals’ new pitching coach. GM Mike Rizzo and manager Davey Martinez discussed the decision.

“I feel we’re a very process-oriented organization,” St. Louis Cardinals’ President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak told reporters, as quoted by St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer Derrick Goold, after deciding to part ways with pitching coach Derek Lilliquist in October of 2017.

“And when you’re thinking about where we are, and what we need to do moving forward, we felt that this was an opportunity to improve.