According to a baseball source, former Angels shortstop, and Billerica native, Gary DiScarcina will be named the manager for the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox.
DiSarcina had been working in the Angels' front office after spending three seasons as manager of the Red Sox' short-season Single-A club in Lowell, and one year (2010) as the Sox' minor-league infield coordinator. Current Red Sox players Will Middlebrooks and Ryan Kalish are among those who highly-complimentary of DiSarcina, having played for him as members of the Spinners. (For an example of DiSarcina's work, see Alex Speier's column on Middlebrook's progression through the Red Sox' system.) [1]
DiSarcina, who also served as the third-base coach for Italy in the 2006 World Baseball Classic, will replace Arnie Beyeler. Beyeler was promoted to the Red Sox' big league club as its first-base coach.
The 45-year-old finished his 12-year major league carer in 2001, having spent his entire time in the big leagues with the Angels.
DiSarcina was a sixth-round pick of the Angels in 1988 amateur draft after playing collegiately for the University of Massachusetts.
Comcast SportsNet New England's Maureen Mullen was first to report the hiring. [2]
For more Red Sox news, go to the team page at weei.com/redsox [3].
Links:
[1] http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/alex-speier/2012/05/04/full-circle-fenway-making-will-middlebrooks
[2] http://www.csnne.com/baseball-boston-redsox/redsox-talk/Source-Red-Sox-tab-DiSarcina-to-manage-a?blockID=812501&feedID=3352
[3] http://weei.com/redsox
[4] http://www.weei.com/category/boston/red-sox