Matt Blake Is New York's New Pitching Coach

Last Monday New York released Larry Rothschild from his duties as pitching coach.

This week they found his replacement in Matt Blake who isn’t switching leagues but rather divisions as he will go from the American League Central to the American League East.

The Yankees will hire Indians director of pitching development Matt Blake as their next pitching coach, a source has confirmed to MLB.com's Mark Feinsand “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/matt-blake-new-yankees-pitching-coach

The hiring of Blake fits with New York's desired change in direction with its pitching staff to incorporate more analytics and technology. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/matt-blake-new-yankees-pitching-coach

Trevor Bauer who was a starting pitcher for Cleveland for six full years and part of 2019 before being traded to Cincinnati had this to say about New York’s new pitching coach.

He’s awesome. One of the smarter guys I know. Knows a lot about pitching. A lot about development. Good communicator. Etc. Really excited for him getting this opportunity and pumped to see the results.” “according to https://elitesportsny.com/2019/11/08/yankees-trevor-bauer-has-high-praise-for-bombers-new-pitching-coach/