Matt Herges

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13 scoreless innings in relief against the Boston Red Sox.

Cleveland Indians

He signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians that contained a spring training invite on January 16, 2009. [11] He began the season with the Columbus Clippers and was promoted to the Indians on May 6. [12] In 21 games with the Indians, he was 2–1 with a 3.55 ERA before he was designated for assignment on July 4. [13]

Return to the Colorado Rockies

After his release by the Indians, he re-signed with the Rockies to a minor league deal on July 20, 2009. [14] He pitched in 13 games for Colorado Springs and another 9 for the Rockies.

Kansas City Royals

He signed as a minor league free agent with the Kansas City Royals on January 10, 2010. He did not play for the Royals but spent the entire season in AAA with the Omaha Royals, where he was 9–4 with a 4.63 ERA in 43 appearances and also started 5 games. He retired after the season.

Coaching career

He was hired by the Los Angeles Dodgers as a minor league pitching instructor in 2011 [15] and was the pitching coach for the Arizona League Dodgers. For 2012 he was promoted to be the pitching coach for the Class-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. After three seasons with the Quakes, he was promoted to be the pitching coach with the Double-A Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League. [16] In 2016, Herges was promoted again, to the AAA Oklahoma City Dodgers of the Pacific Coast League. [17] He was the bullpen coach for the San Francisco Giants in 2018 and 2019. [18]

Herges was hired as the Arizona Diamondbacks pitching coach on October 31, 2019. [18] He spent the 2020 and 2021 seasons with the team. In October 2021, the Diamondbacks announced that several coaches, including Herges, would not be retained. [19]

Steroid use

After he was mentioned in the Mitchell Report, Herges admitted that he had used steroids and human growth hormone during his career. [20]

See also

References

  1. "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  2. "Flintoff and Dunn Alamanac". Pflintoff.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  3. Jason Reid (August 14, 2003). "Shaw Mentoring Herges as Closer". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  4. "Matt Herges Los Angeles Dodgers, Right-hander". Articles.orlandosentinel.com. March 14, 2002. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  5. Sarah's Take: Eric Gagne [ dead link ]
  6. "Pirates trade for Matt Herges". Upi.com. December 20, 2002. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  7. "Herges cut despite 1.93 ERA". Reds.enquirer.com. March 27, 2003. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  8. Notes: Life goes on for Herges [ dead link ]
  9. San Francisco Giants (July 13, 2003). "Giants trade Matt Herges to Diamondbacks for Doug DeVore". Sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  10. Yanik, Kevin. "Notes: Shuffling up the 'pen". Arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com. Retrieved October 26, 2017.[ dead link ]
  11. "Cleveland Indians invite right-handers Jack Cassel and Matt Herges to spring training". Cleveland.com. January 16, 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  12. "Cleveland Indians promote Matt Herges, option Rafael Perez to Columbus". Cleveland.com. May 6, 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  13. "Indians – DFAed Herges". Baseballthinkfactory.org. July 4, 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  14. Renck, Troy E. (March 3, 2015). "Rockies bring back Herges on minor league deal". Denverpost.com. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  15. Gurnick, Ken (January 20, 2016). "Davis joins Dodgers as an instructor". Losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  16. Weisman, Jon (January 12, 2015). "Dodgers announce 2015 minor-league coaching staff". Dodgers.com. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  17. Oklahoma City Dodgers (January 14, 2016). "OKC Dodgers Announce 2016 Coaching Staff". Minor League Baseball . Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  18. 1 2 Nick Piecoro (October 31, 2019). "Matt Herges eager to teach, learn as Arizona Diamondbacks' pitching coach". Arizona Republic . Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  19. McLennan, Jim (October 9, 2021). "Diamondbacks officially confirm coaching departures". azsnakepit.com. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  20. "Rockies' Herges, Hill admit using steroids, HGH". Cbc.ca. February 13, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
Matt Herges
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Herges with the Rockies
Pitcher
Born: (1970-04-01) April 1, 1970 (age 55)
Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 3, 1999, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
October 4, 2009, for the Colorado Rockies