STROM NOT RETIRING
MLB team to hire former Astros' pitching coach, Brent Strom
Nov 12, 2021, 12:45 pm
Strom is heading to Arizona. Photo by Elsa/Getty Images.
According to Ken Rosenthal, Brent Strom is not retiring and is expected to be hired as the pitching coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Brent Strom is not retiring. Diamondbacks planning to hire him as pitching coach, sources tell me and @ByMcCullough.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 12, 2021
Strom apparently had no issue with the Astros, but was just ready to move on to something new. Houston was prepared to move forward without Strom, as he announced he would not be returning after the World Series. So this doesn't change much for the Astros, but clearly Strom was not ready to retire.
Strom has indeed agreed to terms with the Diamondbacks. “Me leaving the Astros had nothing to do with any disagreements or anything like that," he said. “Just a gut feeling on my part that eight years was long enough. It's really in good shape with the people they have now."
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 12, 2021
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Key moment
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Key Stat
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