Darren Balsley

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Darren Balsley is the current pitching coach at Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres franchise. He was a minor-league pitcher before he decided to go into coaching. He went to Mount Carmel High School in San Diego where he played basketball, and attended Palomar College. He has been in his current role since May 17th, 2003. Under his tutelage, the Padres pitching has greatly improved, with the team ERA going from 4.87 in 2003 to a Major-League best 3.70 in 2007. Also, many pitchers have gone one to have some of the best years of their careers under his watch. These players include Heath Bell, Jake Peavy, Cla Meredith, Chris Young, Akinori Otsuka, and Kevin Cameron.

v • d • e San Diego Padres current roster 1 Luke Carlin | 2 Edgar Gonzalez | 3 Khalil Greene | 5 Kevin Kouzmanoff | 7 Tony Clark | 8 Michael Barrett | 11 Craig Stansberry | 12 Scott Hairston | 18 Paul McAnulty | 21 Heath Bell | 23 Adrian Gonzalez | 24 Brian Giles | 25 Randy Wolf | 26 Justin Huber | 30 Greg Maddux | 33 Jody Gerut | 37 Mike Adams | 38 Josh Banks | 40 Bryan Corey | 43 Cla Meredith | 44 Jake Peavy | 45 Justin Hampson | 51 Trevor Hoffman | 53 Cha Seung Baek | 58 Carlos Guevara Inactive (40-man) roster: 9 Brian Myrow | 14 Colt Morton | 16 Chase Headley | 34 Clay Hensley | 50 Joe Thatcher | 56 Ernesto Frieri | -- Wilton Lopez | -- Luis Rodríguez Disabled list: 10 Tadahito Iguchi | 22 Mark Prior | 28 Josh Bard | 32 Chris Young | 41 Kevin Cameron | 54 Tim Stauffer | 55 Shawn Estes Coaching Staff: Manager 20 Bud Black | Bench Coach 46 Craig Colbert | 1st Base Coach 17 Rick Renteria | 3rd Base Coach 47 Glenn Hoffman | Hitting Coach 29 Wally Joyner | Pitching Coach 36 Darren Balsley | Bullpen Coach 48 Darrel Akerfelds