Then of course, theres the money. Wes Johnson will begin his tenure at LSU later this week after coaching the Twins in their five-game series against the Cleveland Guardians. News of his move broke shortly before takeoff to Cleveland, where the first-place Twins open a crucial four-day, five-game series against the second-place Guardians on Monday. #MNTwins found out yesterday about the talks with LSU. Wes Johnson is on the charter to Cleveland. He will now be paid $750,000 per year by LSU, sources confirmed. The team won the AL Central twice and are currently in first place again. But theScore spoke to a number of Twins who said they understood and believed Johnson's reasoning. The college coach makes $400,000 more then the same position in MLB? In the end, you only live 1 life so if I can get paid double what I am currently making, Id take it too. You dont see a lot of NCAA mens baseball coaches with MLB coaching experience, so thats going to look good to recruits. Would you rather be scouting a team in the Cape Cod league or agonizing over whether to put Tyler Duffey in the game on a 90-degree day in Detroit? In fact, that booster is probably encouraging him to do so. Arizona offered Yeskie a contract over $650,000 annually, including better job security than MLB franchises are willing to provide. Ya know, the people who actually do what colleges are supposed to do? Sunday evening, we found out that Minnesota Twins pitching coach, Wes Johnson, was leaving the organization for Louisiana State University. It was updated, @stevep-4. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. ", For Smeltzer, the loss is more about personality and communication. He became known as the "czar of velocity" when he helped make the little-known Dallas Baptist program relevant on the college baseball scene. In many ways they are to college baseball what KU, Duke, North Carolina, etc are to college basketball. Minnesotas pitching staff ranked in the 20s in team ERA during Derek Falvey and Thad Levines first two seasons. In 2019 at least nine college baseball coaches made more than $1 million annually while eleven MLB managers made less than $1 million. Sheeeeeeeet Id go mostly anywhere for $750k. Teams are willing to spend significant sums in order to gain an advantage. The article said there is a hardening of cartilage in pitchers arms until the age of 25. It is flat out ridiculous that a college team can outbid a MLB club for coaching talent. Theres often a lot movement between professional and college baseball.just maybe not this newsworthy and high profile. Its actually hire time for NCAA. He probably had one more card game with Hank Conger on the team flight, his usual practice, and he surely exchanged some warm embraces and goodbyes. Someoldguy your precisely why mlb owners should all spend less on talent. And it's baseball, three. Johnson left his position as the Minnesota Twins pitching coach to come to Baton Rouge. In fact, for about a 20 year period, the athletic department was able to donate about $7-12m to the general fund of the university to aid in scholarships, aid, upgrades, etc. Now the staff will have to look to assistant pitching coach Pete Maki, whos set to take over for Johnson. The Minnesota Twins begin a massive series against the Cleveland Guardians today, and with the team just two games up, Minnesota needs these games. I keep thinking about the LSU pitcher from a couple of years ago who hit nukes in high school. He will now be Leaving for a lateral move sounds bad on the twins. But the Twins pitching coach position makes $350,000 a year. Every single facet you could think of, he's been the best.". ", The move has become more common in the last three years. ", "Some of us understand analytics more than others," he said, "but Wes has a way of getting it through to all of us. In fact, several sources with experience in both the pro and college games said college coaching salaries can be much more lucrative than pro coaching salaries, especially those in the minor leagues. Its quite strange. What do you guys know?' Johnson's last postgame experience in a major-league clubhouse was a somber one. [/q Twins starting pitcher Joe Ryan looked at his phone and saw a message on a text thread with his high school and college coach. "I think there will be a learning process there, but there hasn't been any issues yet. It had been a long time since a coach had jumped to the majors without getting a minor league role. Managers only have so many options to work with if these guys are unhappy with how theyre handled they can go work someplace else. Johnson is in his fourth season with the Twins, but has previous SEC ties he worked as a pitching coach at Mississippi State and at Arkansas before joining Minnesota in November 2018. The Brewers have agreed to a $3.5 million, one-year contract with former Miami Marlins third baseman/right fielder Brian Anderson, a person familiar with the situation said Wednesday. Good for that dude. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). Likely candidates are assistant pitching coach Luis Ramirez, bullpen coach Pete Maki and run prevention coordinator Colby Suggs, though the team has emphasized it will be a group effort to finish this season. Term sheet for pic.twitter.com/120i0hm97C. 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If Im getting my numbers right (and feel free to double check), Johnson will be making 500,000 more dollars a year. The collegiate season begins in February and runs until mid-June. Players, seated in the front of the plane, began to pivot, glancing toward the back of the cabin. Holy snikees. Who will step up? The term sheet has a $380,000 He signed a three-year, $1.14-million deal with LSU, but that's before considering any incentive clauses, which can be sizable at the college level. Why would he leave a first-place team? The minimum salary for an MLB player was $570,500 in 2021, while under the new CBA, the minimum salary is now $700,000. "You don't ever hear anybody on their deathbed going, 'Man, I wish I'd have stuck it out to see if we'd won 101 and not done what's right for my family.'". He's a fireball. MLB used to look at their pitchers as assets and wanted them as healthy as possible. When looked at in totality, this is actually a step up. Maki joined the Twins in 2017 after serving as the pitching coach at Duke University. LSU is a perennial top 15 college baseball program, in the top baseball conference in the country. The fact that major league coaches "I'm never going to get those out of whack.". Plus his pitching staffs, while rarely given top talent, have performed well, currently ranking 11th in ERA among 30 MLB teams. He called him an effective "translator. Mlb pitching coaches dont make much. It will take a lot of success to overcome that. While a few players made their way to the back of the plane to address Johnson - shortstop Carlos Correa was the first to do so - team officials waited until they reached the team hotel to have a proper meeting. Neal: Winners in Correa deal? The team found out about the news when it broke on Twitter, leading to what I can only assume was an extremely awkward flight to Cleveland. He connected his phone to the Wi-Fi and opened up Twitter, naturally. Wes Johnsons base LSU salary is $380,000 as reported by @BrodyAMiller.Multiple industry sources said total compensatory package potentially in neighborhood of $750,000. The situation there is akin to the Yankees or Dodgers not making the playoffs for 5 straight years. Pete (Maki) and I have kind of had that dialogue (about preferences and terminology) through my entire time with the Twins," Ryan said. I dont try to play pitching coach, Baldelli said earlier this month. Letting him go could be just another example of the Twins being Minnesota Nice and not hindering their future ability to recruit and sign other coaches when that is necessary. The game is the third WNBA game played outside the United States, and part of commissioner Kathy Engelbert's plan to grow the league's popularity world-wide. Just look to Cora/Hinch/Beltran for examples. "What are you going to do?" Odds & lines subject to change. His hiring is effective In that regard, Johnson was something of a forerunner to this trend, as he was an early adopter of Trackman technology even at the college level. Correa said Twins manager Rocco Baldelli at first told him to keep what he learned about Johnson on the down low. But timing matters. Hes just really happy for me. Prior to his time in MLB, Johnson was the pitching coach at Arkansas for two seasons and at Mississippi State for a year. ET. Been playing for a long time. It will be interesting to see if this is part of an evolving trend. But with an entirely rebuilt starting rotation in 2022, Johnson brought that collective ERA down to 3.78. What you need to know about Sanford-Fairview mega-merger, Up to 8 inches of snow coming to SE. Coaches generally work off of one or two year deals. All suing accomplishes is making it more difficult to hire coaches in the future. It's unmatched. Those were the terms used by members of the Twins traveling party Sunday evening to describe the 90-minute flight to Cleveland, when word leaked out that highly regarded pitching coach Wes Johnson accepted a significant raise to become the new pitching coach at Louisiana State University, multiple sources confirmed to The Athletic. LSU baseball pitching coach Wes Johnson, who was hired Monday evening, has signed his three-year contract worth $1.14 million. The term sheet has a $380,000 annual base salary through June 2025. Leaving the Minnesota Twins, who reportedly had Johnson on a salary near $400,000, he now has the chance to eclipse that figure with postseason incentives. He was initially hired as minor-league pitching coordinator but was promoted to the major-league staff in 2021, replacing Bob McClure. However, it may have created an issue within the clubhouse. To reverse course and head back to the college ranks for an assistant role is similarly unprecedented, especially given the timing and lack of warning. Related: MLB power rankings 2022: Best MLB teams in New York heading into July, MLB trade rumors: Latest MLB rumors in June, MLB power rankings 2022: Best MLB teams in New York heading into July. University documents obtained by The Advertiser show that LSU's last pitching coach, Jason Kelly, signed a three-year, $900,000 term sheet. The Twins first learned of Johnsons negotiations with LSU on Saturday. The LSU athletic department does not use public funding. Guys are taught how to throw harder, not how to pitch. Right now is when most schools are doing their hiring. Must miss the college game. There was never anywhere close to the number of pitching injuries we routinely see and accept each year. Which would seem to indicate that, well, coaches arent seen as that important, are seen as largely interchangeable. And unlike players, teams dont get six years of control with coaches. If they had matched LSUs offer, which reportedly will pay him $750,000 per season, fans would have been thrilled. This is when a LOT of hires take place. He was with the Mets quite a long time. In this case, at least, the SEC trumps the AL Central, which has the potential to send shockwaves through MLB if other big-time college programs attempt to lure major-league coaches in a similar manner, more than doubling what is a fairly typical salary in the big leagues. All picks and predictions are suggestions only. Its clear that Wes Johnson was motivated to leave the Minnesota Twins. I wonder how many professionals can make twice as much money teaching at a college compared to working in the corporate world? And with a 162-game season, plus a couple of months of spring training, Johnson was missing family moments. Well, in case of the University of Arizona, they fired hundreds of faculty and staffers under the disguise of the pandemic while the athletic director had his salary bumped by 50%, from $500,000 to $750,000. Johnson made no request to the Twins for a raise in salary, according to sources. How much so those colleges pay their teachers I wonder? Most of these guys cant get through half a game and your talking unethical? 2023 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved. Sure, Johnson has family in the south and life as a pitching coach in the NCAA may be less-taxing too. DanHayesMLB (@DanHayesMLB) June 26, 2022. The Minnesota Twins entered the offseason with a lot of roster uncertainty. No idea how it transpired as far as communication with the Twins. So hes getting paid twice as much money, To Coach in 1/3 of the games and you all think its a LATERAL move? From Sarris/Buchanan: No source contacted for this article knew of any pitching coaches who made [$750,000] in the big leagues. June 27: The Twins formally announced this morning that Johnson will depart the organization to accept his new role at LSU. What does it say about Public Colleges that they have that kind of money to offer? The plan is for Johnson to stick around with the Twins through their upcoming five-game series against the Cleveland Guardians, and leave for LSU after June 30. But were only about a month off of players moving back for fall ball, and Sept 1 rolling around. That means that Johnson might just enjoy the lifestyle of a collegiate coach. 1, but Twins fans will pound the table for additional pitching help []. You may be right. Im just trying to hopefully answer your question. Lateral would be to another professional organization, not from pros to college. Good luck to you, Wes. They have the ability to change positions much more often than players do. Correa describes twisting road that led back to Twins, Reusse: Correa's return is good, even if some of you won't like it. 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