Pirates Fire Pitching Coach Jeff Andrews

The dismissal of Andrews had to be done, and the fact that it was done immediately is a feather in Huntington’s cap.

As for Frazier, he always made me uncomfortable and a little nervous every time a runner reached first base, he went over and grabbed him by the shoulders and then whispered in his ear.

Huntington’s taking immediate action - I like it!!!

When a pitching staff with so much “potential” performs so poorly failing to live up to expectations then something needs to be done. I’ve been an advocate that pitching coaches can have a profound impact upon their pitchers and Andrews simply had too many “underachievers” to be kept around for another year. Anytime your two best starters completely fall apart then the blame has to be left at the feet of the pitching coach for failing to make adjustments to improve their performance. Snell was signed to a long contract based upon the belief he was on the verge of a breakout season and instead he became one of the worst pitchers in all of baseball. I’m glad Andrews is gone and hope we can sign a replacement that has some ideas on what went wrong with Snell and Gorzo.

…should each donate 1/2 a year salary to Andrews for costing him his job. I can’t argue that the change had to be made. Maybe the next guy can explain to those three that their sizable paychecks are for being professional athletes 365 days a year…not just on the 32 days they are starting a major (or minor) league game.

Get in shape. Stay in shape. Be ready to go when spring training begins. Don’t come into the season overweight and out of shape.