Following a 13-year career spent mostly in the minors, though he did play 17 games in the majors, and a 20-year career as a coach and manager in the Mexican League, where he left as the fourth-winningest manager in league history, a call from Dusty Baker last winter changed Dan Firova’s life.
Baker and bench coach Chris Speier spotted Firova at a mini-camp for prospects of the team Firova worked for as a coach in 2015, and offered him a job on Washington’s staff, as the bullpen coach.
“Having this opportunity, No. 1 was a big surprise for me,” Foriva told reporters earlier this month, looking back on his first season as a major league coach.