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Pitcher Cut By Dodgers Praises Mark Prior's 'Brutal Honesty'
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Pitcher Cut By Dodgers Praises Mark Prior's 'Brutal Honesty'

SI Feed·J.P. Hoornstra·3 days ago
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Pat Venditte's Dodger career was brief but memorable. The only full-time switch-pitcher in MLB history pitched 15 regular season games for Los Angeles in 2018. Venditte actually began the season with Triple-A Oklahoma City after having made 41 major league appearances with the Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays to that point in his career. As he recalled in a recent social media post, Venditte might not have made it back to the big leagues at all without a bit of tough love from Los Angeles Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior. Prior "had the most hurtful and most valuable exit interview advice I ever received," Venditte wrote in a post to his LinkedIn account . "Dave Roberts, Rick Honeycutt, and Andrew Friedman had nice praise for a solid Spring Training," Venditte said. "Mark was short and to the point." "He was the last to talk," Venditte continued.…

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