The Diamondbacks announced that Brian Kaplan, formerly with the Philadelphia Phillies, will be their new pitching coach after ...

Kaplan, 42, specializes in the training and development of pitchers, with an emphasis on biomechanics, and had not coached in ...

It's the first time in at least five years that another club has hired away a coach from the Phillies' MLB staff.

Brian Kaplan had spent the past three seasons with the Phillies as an assistant pitching coach and director of pitching.

"The Astros want him back, and other teams expected to operate in the midtier pitching market -- the (Chicago Cubs ... into ...