It was rumored to be a possibility weeks ago and now it's close to becoming reality. Via Jack Magruder, the Arizona Diamondbacks have tapped Mike Harkey to become their new pitching coach. They're expected to formally announce the signing on Monday.
Harkey had been the Yankee bullpen coach since 2008 and he was one of the few coaches who had served on Joe Girardi's staff since Joe took the manager job. He was well respected in the clubhouse and in the bullpen and he's actually a pretty cool dude, evidenced by him tossing my friends and I a ball from the bullpen before the Saturday Yanks-Sawx day game in September and then laughing off our drunken razzing when he dropped another ball somebody had thrown him to sign. With Harkey leaving, the Yankees will need to find a new bullpen coach for 2014. Expect Triple-A pitching coach Scott Aldred to be the leading candidate.
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