"The Royals have hired Mike McFerran as an assistant pitching coach, the club announced. The 32-year-old comes over from the Athletics organization, where he'd spent the past two seasons working with minor league pitchers. McFerran has never previously worked on an MLB staff. His two-year stint with the A's was his first in a professional organization. McFerran had previously worked in the college ranks."
"He was at Division III Skidmore College between 2017-20 before spending three years at Wake Forest, where he oversaw their pitching lab. Nine Wake Forest pitchers were drafted over that stretch. Ryan Cusick (2021) and Rhett Lowder (2023) were first-rounders in their respective draft years, while Sean Sullivan went at the top of the second round in 2023."
Mike McFerran joined the Kansas City Royals as an assistant pitching coach. He is 32 years old and spent the past two seasons with the Athletics organization working with minor league pitchers. McFerran had not previously worked on an MLB staff; his two-year stint with the A's was his first role in a professional organization. He worked in college baseball at Skidmore College from 2017–20 and then spent three years at Wake Forest overseeing the pitching lab, where nine pitchers were drafted, including first-rounders Ryan Cusick (2021) and Rhett Lowder (2023) and second-rounder Sean Sullivan (2023). McFerran joins lead pitching coach Brian Sweeney and bullpen coach Mitch Stetter after Zach Bove left for the White Sox.
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