Rank baseball coaches in order of importance

[valley_card22]

I got to thinking. Are all coaches equal in MLB? Kinda a Knights of the Round Table thing? OR do certain ones have more importantance. Rank the following;

Pitching coach
Hitting Coach
1st base
3rd Base
Bench Coach
Bullpen Coach

Heres my list:

6. Bullpen coach: Prime job: Answer the phone. Know when a guys warm. Basically your the Pitching coaches assistant..sweet gig

5. Bench Coach: You offer ideas to the manager, and serve as someone to bounce ideas off of.

4. 1st base coach. Important but not as much as other 3.

3. Hitting coach: Very important job, but the other two rank higher

2. 3rd base coach. Tough gig. You have to know arm strength of OF, give signs, know speed of your runners...etc

1. Pitching coach. Just as important as a manager I think. He runs the whole show pitching wise. Good pitching coaches are good for about 4 more wins a year. Bad ones cost ya 10. Great ones turn water into win (Duncan, Mazzone).

What say you?

[Swatcat27]

I got to thinking. Are all coaches equal in MLB? Kinda a Knights of the Round Table thing? OR do certain ones have more importantance. Rank the following;

Pitching coach
Hitting Coach
1st base
3rd Base
Bench Coach
Bullpen Coach

Heres my list:

6. Bullpen coach: Prime job: Answer the phone. Know when a guys warm. Basically your the Pitching coaches assistant..sweet gig

5. Bench Coach: You offer ideas to the manager, and serve as someone to bounce ideas off of.

4. 1st base coach. Important but not as much as other 3.

3. Hitting coach: Very important job, but the other two rank higher

2. 3rd base coach. Tough gig. You have to know arm strength of OF, give signs, know speed of your runners...etc

1. Pitching coach. Just as important as a manager I think. He runs the whole show pitching wise. Good pitching coaches are good for about 4 more wins a year. Bad ones cost ya 10. Great ones turn water into win (Duncan, Mazzone).

What say you?

I'd flip 3 & 2.

[jim]

I got to thinking. Are all coaches equal in MLB? Kinda a Knights of the Round Table thing? OR do certain ones have more importantance. Rank the following;

Pitching coach
Hitting Coach
1st base
3rd Base
Bench Coach
Bullpen Coach

Heres my list:

6. Bullpen coach: Prime job: Answer the phone. Know when a guys warm. Basically your the Pitching coaches assistant..sweet gig

5. Bench Coach: You offer ideas to the manager, and serve as someone to bounce ideas off of.

4. 1st base coach. Important but not as much as other 3.

3. Hitting coach: Very important job, but the other two rank higher

2. 3rd base coach. Tough gig. You have to know arm strength of OF, give signs, know speed of your runners...etc

1. Pitching coach. Just as important as a manager I think. He runs the whole show pitching wise. Good pitching coaches are good for about 4 more wins a year. Bad ones cost ya 10. Great ones turn water into win (Duncan, Mazzone).

What say you?

I'd flip 3 & 2.

I'd probably keep it, and if anything flip 2 and 1.

[mcgee51taguchi99]

I like your list valley. A couple arguments could be made for a couple switching rankings, but you're dead on.

[a_smith]

I got to thinking. Are all coaches equal in MLB? Kinda a Knights of the Round Table thing? OR do certain ones have more importantance. Rank the following;

great idea

but man i was distracted

got to thinking which of the knights would fit with which coached

so I moved from Lancelot to Guinevere

Then I imagined FRBG as Guinevere, and so my answer is whichever coach fits the profile of Lancelot is the most important because ANY connection to FRBG trumps all other importances.

[sept79]

I would keep the same order as the original poster. However, if major league players were more willing to take hitting advice, I would put the hitting coach on the same level of importance as the pitching coach.

[stlmark]

I would go with:

1) Pitching coach
2) Bench coach
3) 3rd base coach
4) 1st base coach
5) hitting coach
6) Bullpen coach

[TAZ]

I would go with:

1) Pitching coach
2) Bench coach
3) 3rd base coach
4) 1st base coach
5) hitting coach
6) Bullpen coach

Am I the only one that thinks the real cush job is Bench coach?? You say your opinion, that's it.

1) Pitching coach
2) Hitting coach
3) Bullpen coach (he actually explains the strategy for specific match-ups, plus fine-tuning AAAA pitcher's mechanics, give the guy some credit)
4) 3rd base coach
5) 1st base coach
6) Bench coach

Now my list is more "player development", if it was more important in game situations it would be this...

1) Pitching coach
2) 3rd base coach
3) 1st base coach
4) bullpen coach
5) hitting coach
6) bench coach

Maybe it's just how I see the game, but isn't a difference in opinion one of the reasons this game's so great?

[obucard]

I would go with:

1) Pitching coach
2) Bench coach
3) 3rd base coach
4) 1st base coach
5) hitting coach
6) Bullpen coach

Am I the only one that thinks the real cush job is Bench coach?? You say your opinion, that's it.

1) Pitching coach
2) Hitting coach
3) Bullpen coach (he actually explains the strategy for specific match-ups, plus fine-tuning AAAA pitcher's mechanics, give the guy some credit)
4) 3rd base coach
5) 1st base coach
6) Bench coach

Now my list is more "player development", if it was more important in game situations it would be this...

1) Pitching coach
2) 3rd base coach
3) 1st base coach
4) bullpen coach
5) hitting coach
6) bench coach

Maybe it's just how I see the game, but isn't a difference in opinion one of the reasons this game's so great?

Unless you disagree with me, because I'm always right.

[UK]

The quality of each coach determines their importance.