DK's Daily Shot of Pirates: The wrong pitching coach just left

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4.8 • 778 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have had numerous pitchers struggle in recent memory especially once they were called up from the minors. The one pitching coach in the organization who was able to help those guys get better - former closer Joel Hanrahan - just left the organization for a job elsewhere. Hear award-winning columnist Dejan Kovacevic's Daily Shots of Steelers, Penguins and Pirates -- three separate podcasts -- every weekday morning on the DK Pittsburgh Sports podcasting network, available on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/dkpghsports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This holiday season, Amazon brings you an unmissable month of festive football.
0:07.0	What a fantastic night of football.
0:10.0	Including 10 Premier League games.
0:13.0	It doesn't get much better than that.
0:17.0	And Tuesday's UEFA Champions League must watch match.
0:22.3	The biggest live games from the biggest leagues all wrapped up.
0:28.0	It's on Prime.
0:33.4	One pitching coach just helped Mitch Keller and other youngsters get better.
0:44.4	The other pitching coach is the one who still has the major league job.
0:50.0	Good morning to you.
0:50.9	Good Thursday morning.
0:51.9	I'm Dan Kovachievich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports.
0:54.4	This is Daily Shot of Pirates. It comes your way bright and early every weekday.
0:58.7	If you're into football and or hockey, I also offer up daily shots of Steelers and Penguins where you found this.
1:06.8	I was not expecting anything to take place related specifically to the baseball team that could set me ablaze during the scope of this lockout where you're really not even allowed to do things.
1:26.1	But yesterday, Joel Hanrahan, the former terrific closer here in Pittsburgh, and the now
1:34.5	former terrific coach of the pitchers at AAA Indianapolis, announced his departure from the pirates yesterday on Twitter.
1:47.5	He also spoke with our Alex Stump from D.K. Pittsburgh Sports last night and explained
1:55.0	that he felt there were better opportunities elsewhere.
1:59.8	He'll announce what that will be in the near future.
2:05.9	But most distressing by far was that the pirates very clearly made zero attempt to get him to Pittsburgh.
2:21.1	Now, I'm not talking about this out of the blue after the fact.
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