Brendan Sagara

Brendan Masayoshi Sagara (born January 25, 1975) is an American professional baseball coach. He is a pitching coach for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Brendan Sagara
Texas Rangers – No. 85
Coach
Born: (1975-01-25) January 25, 1975
Wahiawa, Hawaii
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Teams
As coach

Career

Sagara attended Leilehua High School in Wahiawa, Hawaii, and the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, where he played college baseball for the Hawaii–Hilo Vulcans from 1992 to 1996.[1] He pitched in four games for the Evansville Otters of the Frontier League in 1999.[2] From 2000 through 2012, Sagara served as a pitching coach and as an assistant director of player procurement for various independent professional leagues.[3][4] Sagara served as an assistant coach for Hawaii–Hilo during the 2003–2004 season.[1] From 2006 through 2010, he served as an assistant scout for the New York Mets.[1] He served as a scout for the Atlanta Braves from 2010 through 2012.[1] Sagara then joined the Miami Marlins organization and from 2011 through 2015, served as a pitching coach in their minor league system.[1] Sagara was the Marlins assistant pitching coordinator from 2016 through 2017.[1] Sagara was hired by the Chicago Cubs and served as their minor league pitching coordinator for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.[5] Sagara was then hired by the Texas Rangers to serve as the pitching coach for the Nashville Sounds in 2020.[6] He instead served as special assistant for player development at the Rangers 2020 alternate training site.[7][8]

On October 26, 2020, Sagara was promoted to co-pitching coach for the Rangers.[9]

References
  1. Kevin Jakahi (September 2, 2020). "Where are they now? Former Vul Sagara climbed baseball coaching ladder to Texas Rangers' system". Hawaii Tribune-Herald. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  2. Ryan Witry (October 28, 2020). "Former Otters pitcher, coach named Texas Rangers co-pitching coach". WEHT. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  3. Frontier League (October 29, 2020). "Rangers name FL alum Sagara Co-Pitching Coach". Frontier League. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  4. Bucky Dent (November 6, 2020). "Former pitching coach Sagara's impact still felt". The Southern Illinoisan. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  5. Michael Cerami (January 15, 2018). "Cubs Name Brendan Sagara New Minor League Pitching Coordinator". Bleacher Nation. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  6. John Blake (January 21, 2020). "Rangers announce eight invitations to Major League Spring Training camp". MLB.com. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  7. "Sagara named Rangers Co-Pitching Coach". Hawaii–Hilo Vulcans. October 30, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  8. Kevin Jakahi (November 4, 2020). "UHH alum Sagara sees patience payoff as Rangers' co-pitching coach". Hawaii Tribune-Herald. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  9. T.R. Sullivan (October 26, 2020). "Rangers blaze trail with co-pitching coaches". MLB.com. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
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