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mlb.mlb.com — ARLINGTON -- The Rangers are looking to replace the top two pitching instructors in their Minor League system after Rick Adair was hired to be the Mariners' pitching coach Wednesday. Adair spent the past four seasons as the organization's Minor League pitching coordinator and oversaw the rapid ...
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NEWSFLASH: Adair Tabbed As Mariners' New Pitching Coach
Baseball Time in Arlington — According to Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News, Texas Rangers minor league pitching coordinator Rick Adair has accepted the Seattle Mariners' offer to become their new pitching coach under recently hired manager Don Wakamatsu. Additionally, former All-Star Rangers closer and Washington Nationals bullpen coach John Wetteland has been announced as the Mariners' new bullpen coach, completing the pitching instruction component of Wakamatsu's coaching staff and leaving just the third base and hitting coach spots vacant. No word yet on whether Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik will next move to pilfer the handsomely paid Rudy Jaramillo from Texas, or perhaps look to further corner ...

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Lone Star Ball — ... T.R. Sullivan says the Rangers are now looking to fill the role of minor league pitching instructor and AAA pitching coach, after Rick Adair's leaving to join the Mariners as their pitching coach.  Andy Hawkins, the AAA pitching coach last season, is now the Ranger bullpen coach, and Frisco pitching coach Terry Clark is expected to fill either Adair's old job or Hawkins' old job. ...

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