Brendan Sagara
American baseball coach (born 1975)
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Brendan Masayoshi Sagara (born January 25, 1975) is an American professional baseball coach. He was a pitching coach for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).[1]
| Brendan Sagara | |
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| Coach | |
| Born: January 25, 1975 Wahiawa, Hawaii, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
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Career
Sagara attended Leilehua High School in Wahiawa, Hawaii, and the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, where he played college baseball for the Hawaii–Hilo Vulcans from 1992 to 1996.[2] He pitched in four games for the Evansville Otters of the Frontier League in 1999.[3] From 2000 through 2012, Sagara served as a pitching coach and as an assistant director of player procurement for various independent professional leagues.[4][5] Sagara served as an assistant coach for Hawaii–Hilo during the 2003–2004 season.[2]
From 2006 through 2010, Sagara served as an assistant scout for the New York Mets.[2] He served as a scout for the Atlanta Braves from 2010 through 2012.[2] Sagara then joined the Miami Marlins organization and from 2011 through 2015, served as a pitching coach in their minor league system.[2] Sagara was the Marlins assistant pitching coordinator from 2016 through 2017.[2] Sagara was hired by the Chicago Cubs and served as their minor league pitching coordinator for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.[6] Sagara was then hired by the Texas Rangers to serve as the pitching coach for the Nashville Sounds in 2020.[7] He instead served as special assistant for player development at the Rangers 2020 alternate training site.[8][9]
On October 26, 2020, Sagara was promoted to co-pitching coach for the Rangers, alongside Doug Mathis.[10] The Rangers dismissed Mathis after the 2022 season and offered Sagara a different position within the organization.[11]