Scott leaves for Orange County after four seasons as lead pitching coach with the Rockies. He had previously spent two years as Colorado’s bullpen coach and had been a member of the organization since 2009. The 57-year-old’s time in professional baseball began with the Angels. He signed as an undrafted free agent with the franchise in 1990 and made 16 relief appearances for the ’93 team. That ended up being his only MLB action amid a decade-long minor league career.
The Rockies had by far the worst pitching staff in the MLB in 2025. Their 5.99 earned run average was more than half a point higher than that of the 29th-ranked Nationals. They ranked last with a strikeout rate of 17.2% and a swinging strike rate of 9.8%. Their 5.44 ERA in road games was also the worst in the MLB, so the problems went well beyond the challenge of pitching at Coors Field.
Of course, all coaches are largely at the mercy of their staff, and Scott didn’t have a particularly talented group of pitchers to work with. Still, it didn’t come as a huge surprise that the Rockies shook things up at the end of the season. They are reportedly hiring Alon Leichman away from the Marlins to take over as pitching coach. Scott brings decades of experience to the Halos.
Chiti, 66, is an internal employee. He worked as a pitching coordinator in the organization’s minor league. Chiti has extensive experience on the MLB coaching staff, including a previous two-year stint as Halos bullpen coach. Over the past two decades, he has held the same position on and off with the Rangers, Orioles and Mets. Chiti replaces Steve Karsay, who held the position at Ron Washington for the past two years.
Angels relievers led only the Rockies and Nats last season with an ERA of 4.86. That’s despite some vigorous work Kenley Jansen And Reid Detmersneither of which are currently in that mix. Jansen is a free agent, while Detmers gets a ticket for a return to the rotation. A healthy season of Robert Stephenson would be a boost, but the Angels would need to acquire several relievers. Pursuing a reunion with Jansen would make sense.
Florko receives his first promotion to an MLB staff. Since 2019, he has worked as a hitting instructor in the farm system. Florko has spent the last four years working with low hitters at the team’s Arizona complex. He will work with new hitting coach Brady Anderson (a three-time All-Star as a player) and a very experienced assistant hitting coach in John Mabry.
The rest of Suzuki’s staff is as follows: pitching coach Mike Maddux, bench coach John Gibbons, first base/outfield coach Adam Eaton, third base coach Keith Johnson, infield coach Andy Schatzley and catching coach Max Stassi. Minasian also announced that former interim manager Ray Montgomery is returning to the organization in a front office role. Montgomery led the club for the final few months of the ’25 season after Washington stepped aside for health reasons.
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