Marcel Lachemann
Marcel Lachemann
Marcel Ernest Lachemannis an American professional baseball executive and a former player, manager and pitching coach in Major League Baseball. As a player, he was a relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. He is currently a special assistant to the general manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...
ahead along batting brought early expected farther handle normal physically pitchers practice rest start step sure throwing
We brought the (WBC) pitchers in early because we want to make sure they are farther along than normal so they can physically handle what is going to be expected of them. I'd expect them to start throwing batting practice (before the rest of the pitchers). Once we get them ahead (in conditioning), we don't want them to take a step back.