Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Coach this!

  Richard Castle - contributing reporter

Overpaid old men who can't give up the game, aka the Coach. Let's just straight in by creating tiers of our ML coaching staffs. 

Joe McCarthy tier - This is the best of the best. 

  • Philadelphia Harpers

Tony LaRussa tier

  • Houston Space Cowboys
  • Atlanta Expos
  • Jackson Flaxon-Waxon
  • New Orleans Old Fashioneds
  • Salt Lake City Tabernacles

Joe Torre tier

  • Anaheim Diablos
  • Vancouver Canucks
  • Pittsburg Yinzers
  • Cincinnati Dragons
  • Los Angels Summers

Bobby Cox tier

  • Boston Massacre
  • Washington DC Nationals
  • Colorado Springs From My Lions
  • Ottawa O Faces
  • Oklahoma City Barons
  • San Juan Fudds
  • Milwaukee Metronomes

Joe Maddon tier

  • Colorado Cab Blast
  • Columbus Corgis
  • Austin Son's of Odin
  • Huntington Tropics
  • Dover Hazmats
  • Montreal Fighting Poutine Plates
  • Wichita Aeros

AJ Hinch tier

  • Scranton Hammers
  • Helena Hot Dogs
  • Chicago Gunslingers
  • Santa Fe Surf Riders VIII
  • New York Empire
Do they even have a coaching staff tier
  • El Paso Ploppies


Looking Franchise wide, here are the top 5 hitting, pitching, and bench coach staffs. A lot of the bottom tier ML franchise have some great coaching staffs in their minor league system in hopes to coach up those prospects and get them ML ready. Without further ado:

Top 5 Hitting Coaching Staff (includes minor leagues)

  1. Pittsburgh Yinzers
  2. Anaheim Diablos
  3. New Orleans Old Fashioneds
  4. Columbus Corgis
  5. Atlanta Expos

Top 5 Pitching Coaching Staff (includes minor leagues)

  1. Philadelphia Harpers
  2. New Orleans Old Fashioneds
  3. Chicago Gunslingers
  4. Ottawa O Faces
  5. Columbus Corgis

Top 5 Bench Coaching Staff (includes minor leagues)

  1. Los Angeles Summers
  2. Atlanta Expos
  3. San Juan Fudds
  4. Philadelphia Harpers
  5. New Orleans Old Fashioneds