This offseason, the Giants welcomed a new vice president of player development, David Bell. Bell has since made significant changes to the structure of the player development department, adding several new coaching positions both at the affiliate-level and as system-wide coordinators.



One of those system-wide positions is the assistant director of run prevention, a new job that is unique around baseball. Bell hired 33-year-old Matt Buschmann to be the first to take on this position.



Buschmann comes to the Giants after a long career pitching in professional baseball. A Vanderbilt alum, Buschmann was a 2006 15th-round pick of the Padres. He pitched in the Padres system through the 2011 season before signing with the Rays. After two seasons with the Rays, he pitched for one year in the A’s system before returning to the Tampa organization in 2015. In 2016, while with the Diamondbacks, Buschmann finally received an opportunity at the big league level. He appeared in...