Indians name Ruben Niebla pitching coach
Photographer: John Kosich/WEWS
Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Posted: 08/09/2012
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Indians are trying to fix some of the issues that are causing the team to not be able to hit or pitch.
The Tribe made on the field move Thursday making Ruben Niebla the interim major league pitching coach. He replaces Scott Radinsky.
Niebla is in his 12th season in the Indians organization, having spent the 2011 and 2012 seasons as the pitching coach for the Triple-A Columbus Clippers.
In 2011 the Clippers captured the Triple-A Championship while posting their lowest team ERA (3.94) since 1992. The 2012 Columbus pitching staff currently owns an ERA of 3.91 which is sixth lowest in the International League. Five members of the current major league staff pitched under Niebla’s tutelage for AAA Columbus over the last two campaigns.
Niebla, 40, has been a pitching coach within the Indians Player Development System since 2001 and spent the 2010 season as an assistant to the major league coaching staff.
He played professionally for six seasons from 1995-2000 in the Expos and Dodgers organizations and pitched collegiately at Azusa Pacific.
Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
PRINT
Indians Headlines
-
_20130304153509_107_80.JPG "Francona expects emotional return")
Francona expects emotional return
Indians manager Terry Francona is returning to Boston for the first time as an opposing manager and expects an emotional homecoming.
-
Indians place Swisher on paternity list
The Indians have placed first baseman Nick Swisher on the paternity list after he and his wife welcomed their first child.
-
Tigers beat Indians 5-1
-
Tribe's Perez deletes Twitter account
-
Swisher donates to Cleveland FBI
-
Tribe fever draws large walk-up crowd
-
Late inning hero today is Yan Gomes
