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MINOR LEAGUE ROVING COORDINATORS

paul davis FRONT OFFICE
PITCHING COORDINATOR
• Paul Davis is in his second • Davis also has scouting experience...He spent time as a
season as the Atlanta Braves' consultant for the Phillies scouting staff, and he worked
pitching coordinator...He got with the Mets area scouts as a "bird-dog" scout.
hired in January of 2020. • Before getting into professional baseball, he served as
• Prior to joining the Braves, he was the Seattle Mari- the head coaches at Dana College in Blair, Neb., 1995- MANAGER & STAFF
ners' pitching coach in 2019, his only season on a ma- 99, and for the Omaha Indians college summer team,
jor-league staff. 1998...In five seasons at Dana, Davis was twice named
• Davis came to the Mariners after a six-year stint with Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference Coach of the Year
the St. Louis Cardinals organization, where he began and led the Vikings to a school-record 32 wins and a
his professional coaching career. conference championship in 1996.
• During his Cardinals tenure, he served in five differ- • Off the field, he has taught college courses, including
ent capacities...In his first year with the organization, working as an adjunct professor in athletic coaching at
2013, he was rookie-advanced Johnson City's pitching the University of Nebraska, 2005-12, teaching psychol- PLAYER BIOS
coach...He returned to that role in 2014, but added the ogy at Iowa Western Community College, 2005-11,
responsibilities of coordinator of pitching analytics. and sports management at Nebraska Wesleyan Univer-
• Davis was then the rehab pitching coach in 2015, be- sity, 2007-09.
fore spending two seasons, 2016-17, as the assistant • Davis graduated from Osceola High School in Kissim-
pitching coordinator. mee, Fla. in 1981, where he played baseball for three
• In his final year with St. Louis, Davis was the manager seasons...He played collegiately at Valencia Commu-
of pitching analytics, working to assist all pitchers at all nity College in Orlando, Fla., 1982-83, and Creighton SEASON IN REVIEW
levels of the organization. University, 1984-85.
• Davis, 56, and his wife, Martha, reside in Omaha, Neb...
The couple has two sons, Nick and Jake.

cale johnson
ASSISTANT PITCHING COORDINATOR PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
• Cale Johnson is in his first • Johnson also spent two seasons as Single-A Peo-
season with the Atlanta Braves ria's pitching coach, 2018-19...In his first year with the
organization...He serves as the Chiefs, the team posted the franchise's second-highest
assistant pitching coordinator. single-season strikeout total.
• Prior to joining the Braves, Johnson was a coach in the • He was orignially drafted by the Cardinals in the 41st
St. Louis Cardinals organization for six seasons. round in 2009 out of McKendree University in Lebanon,
• He spent the 2020 campaign in the player development lll...With McKendree, Johnson was the American Mid- BRAVES HISTORY
department as pitching analyst/strategist. west Conference Pitcher of the Year in back-to-back
• In his first five years with St. Louis, Johnson was a pitch- seasons, 2008-09.
ing coach at three different levels of the farm system. • Johnson pitched in parts of three seasons in the Cardi-
• He began his coaching career in 2015 as the pitching nals system, 2009-11, along with one for the Gateway
coach for the Gulf Coast League Cardinals...The GCL Grizzlies of the independent Frontier League before re-
Cardinals had three of the top 10 pitchers in the league tiring...He had a career 3.81 ERA over 55 appearances
in ERA, and four of the top six in strikeouts. and 15 starts.
• Following the season, he was promoted to rookie-ad- • Johnson, 33, and his wife, Jessica, reside in Greenville, OPPONENTS
vanced Johnson City, where he served in that same role Ill. with their two children, Maclin and Sadie.
for two seasons...In 2016, Johnson City won the Appa-
lachian League Championship after posting the lowest
team ERA in the postseason...The 2017 squad ranked
second in the league in strikeouts. MISCELLANEOUS

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