Darren Balsley
Darren Balsley
Darren Balsleyis the current pitching coach at Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres franchise. He was a minor-league pitcher before he decided to go into coaching. He went to Mount Carmel High School in San Diego and attended Palomar College. He has been in his current role since May 17, 2003. Under his tutelage, the Padres pitching has greatly improved, with the team ERA going from 4.87 in 2003 to a Major-League best 3.70 in 2007 to now a Major-League...
good seen stuff
His stuff is as good as I've ever seen from him.
couple hard looks mechanics mound takes
It's hard to tell off one session, but he looks a lot better. It usually takes him a couple mound sessions to get his mechanics straight.
ball fastball small worked
We worked on some very small things. We just went back to basics, worked on getting the ball down, better fastball command, fastballs down and away.