Talking over Zoom on Monday morning, Aaron Boone stated that he anticipated at the very least one change to the Yankees’ teaching workers this offseason. Nonetheless, the supervisor wasn’t able to make any bulletins.
Phrase got here just some hours later although, as assistant pitching coach Desi Druschel is leaving to take the identical job with the Mets beneath lead pitching coach Jeremy Hefner. SNY’s Andy Martino first reported the information.
In Queens, Druschel will reunite with former Yankees bench coach and present Mets supervisor Carlos Mendoza.
Druschel, working beneath Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake, has been an instrumental a part of the Bombers’ pitching equipment for the final a number of years. Thought-about a pitch design specialist, the 2024 season marked his third on the Yankees’ main league workers and sixth within the group.
Druschel beforehand spent three seasons because the Yankees’ supervisor of pitch growth.
Previous to that, Druschel labored as a pitching coach and director of baseball operations on the College of Iowa. The Hawkeye State native additionally had stops at Mount Mercy College, Mount St. Clare Faculty and Vinton-Shellsburg Excessive College, all of that are positioned in Iowa.
Druschel performed baseball and basketball at Higher Iowa College and Mount Mercy from 1994-1998.
With Druschel heading to the rival Mets, Boone stated that he expects the remainder of the Yankees’ workers to stay “largely intact.” They’ll simply have to discover a new assistant for Blake now.
MAJOR AWARDS FINALISTS
A number of Yankees had been named finalists for main American League awards on Monday. Most notably, Aaron Decide and Juan Soto had been named contenders for the MVP trophy. Decide is anticipated to run away with the award, which he gained in 2022, although Kansas Metropolis’s Bobby Witt Jr. can be a finalist.
In the meantime, Luis Gil and Austin Wells had been named finalists for the Rookie of the 12 months award. So was Baltimore’s Colton Cowser.
