Darren Balsley

In the Padres bullpen 07/27/2010.

Darren Balsley (born October 27, 1964 in Newport Beach, California) is 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.^[1] 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 leading best again 3.07 ERA in 2010. Also, many pitchers have gone on to have some of the best years of their careers under his watch. These players include Heath Bell, Jake Peavy, Cla Meredith, Chris Young, Akinori Otsuka, and Kevin Cameron.

References

↑ Scarr, Mike (17 May 2003). "Padres dismiss pitching coach Club opts to promote Balsley from Double-A". MLB.com. Retrieved 7 July 2010.

External links

Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

San Diego Padres current roster

Active roster	1 Alex Dickerson 2 Luis Sardiñas 4 Wil Myers 11 Ryan Schimpf 12 Christian Bethancourt 13 José Rondón 15 Cory Spangenberg 16 Travis Jankowski 18 Austin Hedges 26 Yangervis Solarte 29 Colin Rea 32 Jabari Blash 37 Brandon Maurer 40 Ryan Buchter 41 Robbie Erlin 47 Paul Clemens 49 César Vargas 52 Brad Hand 53 Christian Friedrich 54 Keith Hessler 55 Jarred Cosart 59 Kevin Quackenbush 61 Luis Perdomo 63 Carlos Asuaje 70 Manuel Margot 71 Hunter Renfroe 76 José Torres 77 Buddy Baumann -- Carter Capps -- Franchy Cordero -- Javier Guerra -- Walker Lockett -- Jose Ruiz

Coaching staff	Manager 14 Andy Green Coach 7 Eddie Rodríguez Bench 25 Mark McGwire First base 20 Tarrik Brock Third base 30 Glenn Hoffman Hitting 22 Alan Zinter Pitching 36 Darren Balsley Bullpen 45 Doug Bochtler Bullpen catcher 80 Justin Hatcher Bullpen catcher 81 Griffin Benedict

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