Cardinals Gave Alan Benes A Crash Course In Pitching

Working with Cardinals coaches Mark Riggins and Bob Gibson after his promotion from the minor leagues to St. Louis in September 1995, Alan Benes adjusted his approach, mixing off-speed pitches with his fastball, and delivered a double-digit strikeout performance in earning his first win.

RetroSimba

Reds Dismiss Mark Riggins As Pitching Coach

The Reds dismissed pitching coach Mark Riggins on Monday and elevated bullpen coach Mack Jenkins to his role. Triple-A Louisville pitching coach Ted Power was promoted to take over as Reds bullpen coach.

Cincinnati Official Site

Mark Riggins On Jaime Garcia

The St. Louis Cardinals will send Jaime Garcia (2-2) to the mound tonight as they continue their series in Los Angeles against the Angels. Garcia is coming of a scoreless 7-inning performance against Philadelphia last Thursday, a game which similar to the one-hitter he threw in early April showed strong command of the movement on his pitches.

STL Baseball Weekly

Young Reds Pitchers Familiar With Mark Riggins

Heading into next season, the Reds have a pitching staff full of young pitchers and question marks about who might fill the various roles. Their new pitching coach, Mark Riggins, has a big advantage in one respect.

Cincinnati Official Site

Reds Name Mark Riggins Pitching Coach

Reds Media Relations Twitter

There's No Catch: Jason Motte Can Close

Recently demoted to High-A Palm Beach, as if he had never left, Cardinals farmhand Jason Motte sat in the visitors’ clubhouse at the Phillies’ complex in Clearwater, Fla., and readied for batting practice. It was early May 2006 and while hitting had become an anchor, marooning him in the low minors, there was always the chance that today his average, limp at .133, stirred.

Post-Dispatch

Mark Riggins Shrugs Off Carlos Silva Comments

Cubs pitching coach Mark Riggins shrugged off comments made by Carlos Silva, who was released by the team on Sunday.

Cubs Official Site

Carlos Silva Released By Cubs After Refusing Demotion

One day after refusing to accept an assignment to Triple-A, right-hander Carlos Silva was released by the Cubs on Sunday morning.

Cubs Official Site

Carlos Silva Would Rather Take Release Over Minor Assignment, Rips Mark Riggins

Paul Sullivan Twitter

Carlos Silva, told that there's no spot for him on the Cubs' 25-man roster, said there's "no chance" he'll report to the team's Triple-A Iowa club and criticized pitching coach Mark Riggins for the way he handled the news.
Cubs Official Site

Braden Looper Will Stick Or Go Back To Family

If finding the right place at the right time means anything, Braden Looper might be the sleeper pick of Cubs camp.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs Sick Over News Of Adam Wainwright

Spring Training games haven't even started yet, and the Cubs are already gaining in the National League Central race - although nobody at Fitch Park was celebrating about it.

Chicago Sun Times

Cubs Insist Focus Is On This Season, Not Albert Pujols

When Chicago Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts, in his second full year of his family's ownership of the team, spoke at the club's first full-scale workout last weekend, he indicated that the Cubs would be in financial position to go after players next offseason rather than this past one, in which they cut payroll some 10 percent.

STL Today

Mark Riggins Wants A Hitter's View

Watch how Cubs pitching coach Mark Riggins watches the pitchers do their side sessions. Instead of standing behind the pitchers, he positions himself with the catchers so he can see the delivery from the front. Riggins wants the same view that a hitter has.

Muskat Ramblings

Mark Riggins More Than Ready To Get Going

New Cubs pitching coach Mark Riggins can't wait to get started.

Riggins, promoted from Minor League pitching coordinator to replace Larry Rothschild, who left for the Yankees, has talked to nearly all of the Cubs' pitchers this offseason to introduce himself and check on their workout programs.

Cubs Official Site

Dusty Baker On Central: Cardinals Are 'The Favorite'

Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker, whose team stormed the National League Central as the surprise winner this past season, sought to position the defending champs as underdogs yet again in 2011.

STL Today

John Mozeliak Has Discussion With Albert Pujols Agent

Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak met Monday with the agent for first baseman Albert Pujols as a precursor to negotiations over a contract extension for the three-time National League MVP.

STL Today

Mark Riggins Named Cubs Pitching Coach

Gordon Wittenmyer Twitter

Former Catcher Jason Motte Thriving On Mound

The day is still fresh in Jason Motte’s mind.

It was the middle of the 2006 season and the catcher had just been demoted from Double-A back to High-A Palm Beach. The defensively strong Motte was again suffering a down year at the plate when he was called into the manager’s office while on a road trip in Clearwater, Fla.

Fox Sports

Why Pitchers Are No Hitters

In the lower levels of the minor leagues, he wasn't allowed to hit at all. Not once. Not even in a cameo role. Not even just for the fun of it.

Springfield News-Leader

Springfield Cardinals Plate Work Focuses On Bunting

In the St. Louis Cardinals farm system, teaching pitchers how to handle themselves at the plate is not an afterthought.

Springfield News-Leader