Boston Globe reporter Nick Cafardo is reporting that Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux “is expected to join a West Coast team – likely the Dodgers – as a part-time special assistant.”
Cafardo made it clear, however, that the 49-year-old San Angelo, TX native and longtime Las Vegas, NV resident is not interested in a full-time gig, saying that the 2014 Hall of Fame inductee wants to spend time watching his son Chase – a freshman pitcher at UNLV – compete and wants to travel with his family.
“I enjoy working with pitchers,” Maddux told Cafardo “If there’s something I can do to help a young guy think about the game more and what he’s throwing and why he’s throwing it, I can help like that.”
Maddux spent parts of two seasons with the Dodgers – first in 2006 and again in 2008 – after which he retired, thus ending his brilliant 23-year MLB career.
There has been no official announcement or confirmation from the Dodgers or any other NL or AL West team regarding Maddux.
(h/t to dodgerblue.com’s Matt Borelli for first reporting this breaking story)
We could sure use him in the rotation, if he can still pitch like he did.
I’m more interested in his kid, who will no doubt be drafted within a year or two.
And if you don’t have Greg’s autograph already I will warn you that it is not readable as Greg Maddux but he signs the same way every time 🙂
Indeed:
thanks for the h/t, Ron
Would love to see him transition to pitching coach if Honeycutt moves to another role after the season.
My guess is that it wouldn’t happen before his son Chase is drafted (or graduates) from UNLV. That being said, this is something that I have hoped for since the day he retired.