The Reds informed reporters (including Gordon Wittenmyer of the Cincinnati Enquirer) that they’ve hired Simon Mathews as assistant pitching coach. That is expected to round out Terry Francona’s first staff in Cincinnati.
Mathews, 29, pitched at Georgetown and Temple. He spent three years pitching in the Angels system before moving into coaching. Mathews has worked for the Reds since 2021, including the last two seasons as the organization’s assistant coordinator of rehabilitation and pitching initiatives. This is his first MLB coaching assignment.
He’ll work as an assistant under seventh-year pitching coach Derek Johnson. Cincinnati lost their previous assistant pitching coach, Alon Leichman, who took the same position with the Marlins last month.