Contreras spent the past season as a roving pitching instructor for the Arizona Diamondbacks, whom Showalter will manage when the expansion team begins play in 1998.

In November of 2012, Harnisch was hired by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to be a roving pitching instructor.

In 2008, he was the special pitching instructor for the New York Yankees, but was fired on October 14, 2008.

Greg Pavlick, the longtime organizational pitching instructor, was named to succeed Mel Stottlemyre as the club's pitching coach.

When I was the roving pitching instructor in our minor league organization, I set up a program where we ask our pitchers to throw 68 to 70 percent fastballs.

Morrow had also worked as a private pitching instructor for several years.

Between professional seasons, Bill Pulsipher is a private pitching instructor at All Pro Sports Academy in Bellport, New York.

Righetti, 40, is in his first year as a roving pitching instructor in the San Francisco Giants' organization.

He was a pitching coach for several years for the Havana Industriales and was also a roving pitching instructor.

Edwards was a Mets' pitching instructor in 1993, and Pulsipher worked with him during extended spring training.