Full Phillies Player Development Staff and Other Notes

Earlier we told you that Mark Parent is the new manager of the BlueClaws, taking over for Clearwater-bound Dusty Wathan. You can read the Q&A with Parent here. But there are a lot more coaches around the entire organization. Here’s the list.

Lakewood

Manager: Mark Parent (1st season)

Pitching Coach: Steve Schrenk…was with the BlueClaws in 2005 and 2006. He spent last year with Double-A Reading.

Hitting Coach: Greg Legg…the popular “Legger” returns for a 4th season in Lakewood (he was the manager in 2001 and the hitting coach the last two years), his third straight as hitting coach.

Lehigh Valley

Mananger: Dave Huppert…the only manager in IronPigs history is back. He managed the BlueClaws to a 2006 Championship with Schrenk as his pitching coach.
Pitching Coach: Rod Nichols…his 5th straight year in AAA with the Phils, he was Lakewood’s original pitching coach in 2001.
Hitting Coach: Greg Gross…the 1973 NL Rookie of the Year completes a coaching staff identical to the 2009 version.

Reading

Manager: Steve Roadcap…Lakewood’s manager in 2007 and 2008 begins his 5th year in the system, and second in BaseballTown.
Pitching Coach: Bob Milacki…He flips places with Schrenk, and starts his second year in Double-A. He spent one year with Altoona while with the Pirates.
Hitting Coach: Frank Caccitore…His third year with Reading and in the organization.

Clearwater

Manager: Dusty Wathan…Lakewood’s manager during the Championship season of 2009, Wathan begins his third season as a Phillies manager after retiring from playing.
Pitching Coach…Dave Lundquist…With the BlueClaws in 2008, Lundquist begins his second year with Clearwater.
Hitting Coach…Kevin Jordan…the former Phillie begins his fourth season as a coach in the organization, and his 3rd with Clearwater.

Williamsport

Manager: Chris Truby…thought he might be coming to Lakewood this year but he’ll return to Williamsport for a second season…Spent four years in the big leagues, this is his second as a manager.
Pitching Coach…Lance Carter, former big league reliever in his first season as a coach.
Hitting Coach: Jorge Velandia…utility player spent part of last year with Lehigh Valley…this is his first season as a coach.

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Two other notes

Our buddy Ben Hill from MiLB.com (and this blog) tweeted over to us today the following: I once attended a Phils-Marlins DH in which both games went 12 innings. Mark Parent was behind the plate the entire time.
Mark Parent spent one year as a manager in the Mariners system when Dusty Wathan played for the Mariners organization in 1999.