Philadelphia Phillies announce the hiring of their new pitching coach

The Philadelphia Phillies made a surprise announcement when they revealed that manager Rob Thomson would return in 2025 with his entire coaching staff.

The city has come to admire the captain for the efforts this team has put in over the past three years under his leadership, but after another disappointing exit in the play-offs, where the same problems plagued them offensively, many pontificated that it was time for a change .

But the Phillies’ leadership disagreed with that sentiment and instead placed the onus on themselves to build a better roster in the future rather than changing the entire coaching staff.

However, Philadelphia had to make a change.

It was reported that Brian Kaplan had been hired by the Arizona Diamondbacks to become their new pitching coach after serving as the assistant pitching coach and director of pitching for the Phillies for the past three seasons.

Based on the strength of Philadelphia’s staff this stretch, he will be a huge loss.

However, the Phillies wasted little time in announcing Kaplan’s replacement, sharing on social media that they were naming Mark Lowy the assistant pitching coach.

As per the announcement, Lowy will serve under pitching coach Caleb Cotham, but it is not clear who will take over the pitching role left behind by the departing Kaplan.

This is Lowy’s first Major League job.

He has been working in Philadelphia’s player development department since 2021 and served as the team’s lead pitching development analyst this past season.

The 32-year-old was with Cressey Sports Performance before joining Philadelphia.