A few eyebrows were raised when the Jays hired former Marlin pitching coach Brad Arnsberg to be their pitching coach in Syracuse this year. Arnsberg was of course most recently the pitching coach of the Marlins, and he along with Jeff Torborg were blamed for the injuries to many of the Marlin pitchers, most notably AJ Burnett.
Now Arnsberg is going to be in charge of developing the top pitchers in the Jays system. Jason Arnold will likely start the season in Syracuse, but David Bush and Dustin McGowan aren't likely to stay in AA for more than half the season, if that.
I suspect that the organization has some strict guidelines in place already on how these pitchers will be handled. However, it is a little troubling to me to read that Arnsberg still defends how the Burnett situation was handled especially when you read the case made by Aaron Gleeman.
The Syracuse Post Standard had an article on Arnsberg today covering his Marlin tenure and his future with the Jays.
When the Blue Jays decided to fire Filer as the SkyChiefs' pitching coach, Blue Jays farm director Dick Scott's first thought was to hire Arnsberg. Scott and Arnsberg were minor-league teammates with the Yankees, and Arnsberg's history with Florida did not scare Scott.
"I thought his pitchers responded to him at the major-league level (with Montreal and Florida)," Scott said. "He's a good communicator, and we think he's the guy to push our pitchers to the next level."
https://www.battersbox.ca/article.php?story=20031228093254999