Department: Baseball Operations โ Player Development
Job Title: Minor League Affiliate Pitching Coach
Reports To: Minor League Pitching Coordinators
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Help our pitchers achieve the best possible outcomes
- Embrace and coach with a balanced approach โ valuing both the arts and the sciences
- Hold pitchers accountable for their own development
- Maintain standards of throwing program, pitch execution, and pitching metrics
- Monitor player plans and ensure that goals and processes are being executed:
- Aid in the creation of player plans
- Provide video feedback
- Complete post-game and post-bullpen reports
- Fulfill post-game and post-bullpen expectations
- Communicate at a high level:
- Solid written skills for reports, emails, presentations, content for coaches and players
- Fast response times on critical issues
- Align pre game and pre series preparations with organizational standards (meetings, advance report review, TruMedia usage).
- As assigned, report to team facilities and provide high-quality on-field instruction at offseason mini-camps, Arizona Fall League, or other organized team minor league activities.
- Accountability for individual growth:
- Timely and completion of assignments designed for personal education and alignment with organizational philosophies
- Seeks own personal growth goals, shares content with other coaches, acts as a leader in self- improvement
- Demonstrate familiarity and improved knowledge in the following areas:
- Mechanical instruction (pitching mechanics, communication to players, constraint-led training)
- Pre-Throw/Throwing/Post-Throw Programs and drills
- Pitching technology (Edgertronic, Rapsodo, TrackMan)
- Biomechanics
- TruMedia
- Slack, Zoom, Excel/Google Sheets
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Independent judgment and ability to multitask is required to plan, prioritize, and organize diversified workload.
- Strong work ethic and willingness to work long, flexible hours including weekends and holidays.
- High level of attention to detail.
- Job involves a high amount of travel. Willingness to work from the road is essential.
- Must be trustworthy and discreet.
- High level of interpersonal skills and be able to effectively communicate with wide range of departments, seniority levels and personalities.
- Understanding of typical baseball data structures, plus knowledge of current baseball research and traditional baseball statistics and strategy.
Experience, Education, and Licensure:
- Bachelorโs degree preferred.
- Player Development and/or Scouting experience with a professional baseball club preferred.
- Experience playing college and/or professional baseball preferred.
Requirements:
- Spoken and written fluency in English.
- Conversational Spanish preferred.
- Ability to travel within the United States and internationally.
- Willing to relocate.
Expectations:
- Adhere to Cincinnati Reds Organization Policies and Procedures.
- Act as a role model within and outside the Cincinnati Reds Organization.
- Perform duties as workload necessitates.
- Demonstrate flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize workload.
- Meet Department productivity standards.
- Willingness to learn. Open to new methodologies.
Disclaimer:
The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the employee in this position. The duties listed does represent the intent to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of a person in this position.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
The Cincinnati Reds are an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of the Cincinnati Reds to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or creed, sex, age, disability, citizenship status, marital status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.
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