The 36-year-old Leichman was an assistant pitching coach and assistant pitching director for the Miami Marlins in 2025, after doing the same with the Cincinnati Reds in 2023 and 2024. Before that, he held various pitching-related roles in the Seattle Mariners organization from 2017. The Israeli native has also served as pitching coach for Team Israel in the World Baseball Classic and is expected to do the same in 2026.
Praised for his innovative approach to pitching and coaching, Leichman worked with a young pitching staff in Miami last season and even experimented with calling pitches from the dugout.
Gabe Ribas will serve as assistant pitching coach under Leichman.
Ribas, 45, spent the past five seasons as pitching director for the Detroit Tigers. Prior to his time with the Tigers, he served four seasons as the pitching coordinator for the Los Angeles Dodgers. With the Dodgers, he worked in player development, performance and analytics. He also assisted in the design and execution of comprehensive pitching development programs.
A former pitcher for the San Diego Padres organization, Ribas posted a career 4.13 ERA over four minor league seasons. Ribas also has collegiate coaching experience at Santa Clara University, the University of Northern Colorado, College of the Holy Cross and Northwestern University.
Matt Bosman41, will serve as the Rockies’ new bullpen coach after spending the past two seasons as a special player development advisor with the Chicago Cubs. He also previously served as bullpen coach and director of pitching development for the Toronto Blue Jays and as assistant director of player development for the San Francisco Giants.
Buschmann posted a 4.20 ERA over eleven minor league seasons with the San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Rays and Oakland Athletics organizations, along with a handful of other teams. He made three appearances for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2016, making his major league debut and striking out three batters in 4 1/3 innings.
The Rockies’ new pitching director is 34 years old Matt Danielswho joins the organization via the Minnesota Twins. Daniels served as the Twins’ pitching development and acquisition specialist for three seasons. From 2019 to 2022, he worked for the San Francisco Giants as pitching sciences coordinator. Daniels has also worked with Driveline Baseball, a data-driven player development facility, and was one of their first full-time employees.
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