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Former World Champion Reliever Takes Key Coaching Job with Washington Nationals

The Washington Nationals have hired former All-Star reliever and World Series champion Sean Doolittle as their Pitching Strategist.
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Former World Champion Reliever Takes Key Coaching Job with Washington Nationals
Former World Champion Reliever Takes Key Coaching Job with Washington Nationals

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Former All-Star reliever Sean Doolittle didn't stay retired for very long.

The ex-big leaguer has taken on a new job as the Pitching Strategist for the Washington Nationals.

The team made the announcement on social media:

Per the organization:

The Washington Nationals on Tuesday added All-Star and World Series champion pitcher Sean Doolittle to their staff as a Pitching Strategist. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement.

In this role, Doolittle will serve as a liaison between the analytics department and pitching staff, while assisting the manager and pitching coach with strategy, mental preparation and mechanics.

“Sean Doolittle was always an extremely talented pitcher, but he is also one of the most intelligent baseball minds you can find,” said Rizzo. “We’re incredibly excited to have him on our staff to help guide our talented group of young pitchers.”

Always a character, Doolittle spent parts of 11 seasons in the big leagues with the Oakland Athletics, Nationals, Mariners and Reds. He helped the Nationals win the World Series in the 2019 season - the only title in team history.

Lifetime, he was 26-24 with a 3.20 ERA. He also saved 112 career games. With the Nationals, he made the All-Star Game in 2018, one of two appearances in his career. He appeared in a career-high 63 games with 29 saves during that World Series run.

He announced his retirement back in late September. We covered the announcement here and you can read more about it.

The Nationals finished last in the National League East in 2023.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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