Matt Herges

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1⁄3 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

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]

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Matt Herges
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Herges with the Rockies
Pitcher
Born: (1970-04-01) April 1, 1970 (age 54)
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