Tuesday, November 28, 2006

2007 Clearwater Threshers coaching staff has been announced

The Phillies have just released the new coaching arrangements for the 2007 Minor League Season. These are some new faces for us in Clearwater, but most of them will look familiar to the fans of the Lakewood BlueClaws.

Making the jump from Lakewood to Clearwater are Dave Huppert (manager), Steve Schrenk (pitching coach), and Chris Mudd (trainer).

One new face to the Phillies organization will be joining us in Clearwater as well. He is Brad Komminsk (coach). He comes to Clearwater after several years managing and coaching throughout the Cleveland Indians organization.

Some familiar names that have moved around the organization include former manager Greg Legg (now with single-A Williamsport). Joining Legg in Williamsport is former Threshers' coach Ken Dominguez, who spent last season in Lakewood.

Former trainer Shawn Fcasni is now with triple-A Ottawa while Jason Kirkman has moved to double-A Reading. Ichiro Kitano goes to single-A Lakewood.

Updated at 12:54pm: Former coach Greg Gross is now with Reading.

2 comments:

SF Fan in FL said...

Kevin,

Thanks for the update on the coaching staff changes... I noticed there was no mention of Lovekamp. Do you know if he will be returning to Clearwater in 07? I would think not since Schrenk is listed as the new Pitching Coach. Just curious...

Kevin said...

I'm not sure where Lovekamp is headed for '07. I didn't see him on the list at all. That could mean he's no longer with the organization. If I hear anything about him I'll post it.