October 14, 2009

Why did the Rays fire Steve Henderson

The Rays let two coaches go last Monday, eliminating Todd Greene’s position of quality assurance coach, and relieving Steve Henderson of his duties as hitting coach. The decision to not bring back Henderson is puzzling because the Rays set team records in home runs, runs scored, walks, on-base percentage and slugging. One would tend to think those numbers would certainly be good enough for a hitting coach to keep his job. Let’s take a closer look at the numbers to see why Henderson was really let go. . . .

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