FORT MYERS, FLORIDA – MARCH 01: Pitching coach Dave Bush #58 of the Boston Red Sox looks on prior to the game against the Atlanta Braves during a Grapefruit League spring training game at JetBlue Park at Fenway South on March 01, 2020 in Fort Myers, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Dave Bush as a former Major League pitcher with not an overpowering
fastball in his days and as the Red Sox pitching development analyst, now
the Major League pitching coach has some great insights on developing
pitchers.

He coached around the world as an MLB Envoy Coach, Coach in China, South
Africa and MLB Camps around the world. A Phycology and Sociology major at
Wake Forest.

Things discussed:

*       How to not throw hard and get hitters out in today’s game.
*       How he survived in the Majors without a high-velocity fastball.
*       He was a catcher and changed to pitcher, how did being a catcher
help?
*       Movement vs Velocity and Control.
*       Talked how to work bullpens to benefit real games.
*       Between inning starts, recovery, workouts, throwing.
*       Do you stay with your strength pitch or the hitter’s weakness?
*       As a pitching coach what do you do daily in the dugout during the
game?.
*       How about preparations for a series, how does that look?
*       Setting up hitters.
*       Pitch Patterns.
*       Using Technology and statistics.
*       And must more.

Dave Bush
David Thomas Bush (born November 9, 1979) is an American professional
baseball <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_baseball>  coach
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coach_(baseball)>  and former pitcher
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcher> . He is currently the pitching coach
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitching_coach>  for the Boston Red Sox
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox>  of Major League Baseball
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball>  (MLB). The
right-hander <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-handed>  played in MLB
(2004 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Major_League_Baseball_season>
–2011 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Major_League_Baseball_season> ;
2013 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Major_League_Baseball_season> ) for
the Toronto Blue Jays <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays> ,
Milwaukee Brewers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers>  and
Texas Rangers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)> .
Bush also played for the SK Wyverns
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_Wyverns>  of the KBO League
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KBO_League>  in 2012.
Early life[edit
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Bush graduated from Conestoga High School
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conestoga_High_School>  in Berwyn,
Pennsylvania <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwyn,_Pennsylvania> [1]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bush>  and played college baseball at
Wake Forest University
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Forest_University>  where he was a
double major in psychology and sociology. In 2000 and 2001, he played
collegiate summer baseball
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegiate_summer_baseball>  for the Chatham
A’s <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_A%27s>  of the Cape Cod Baseball
League <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Cod_Baseball_League>  (CCBL),
where he posted a league-leading 11 saves
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_(baseball)>  in 2000 with an earned run
average <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_run_average>  of 0.84, and
returned in 2001 to post an ERA of 0.34. In 2011, Bush was inducted into the
CCBL Hall of Fame <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Cod_Baseball_League>
.[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bush>
Playing career[edit
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Toronto Blue Jays[edit
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He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays>  in the fourth round of
the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign. The following year Bush was
drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays>  in the second round of
the 2002 draft
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Major_League_Baseball_Draft> . He spent
2​1⁄2 years in the Toronto farm system
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm_system>  before his MLB debut on July 2,
2004, a starting <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starting_pitcher>
assignment against the Montreal Expos
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Expos> .
Bush pitched two seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays, compiling a 10–15
record and a 4.15 ERA.
Milwaukee Brewers[edit
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On December 7, 2005, he was traded along with Gabe Gross
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabe_Gross>  and Zach Jackson
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Jackson_(pitcher,_born_1983)>  to the
Milwaukee Brewers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers>  for
first baseman <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_baseman>  Lyle Overbay
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_Overbay>  and minor league pitcher Ty
Taubenheim <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Taubenheim> . He would spend
the bulk of his career with the Brewers, appearing for them in 152 of his
211 career games pitched <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_pitched> ,
including 144 starts, and winning 46 of 99 decisions
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_(baseball)> .
On August 11, 2010 in a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Diamondbacks> , Bush became the third
player in Major League history to allow four straight home runs
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_runs>  (Paul Foytack
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Foytack>  and Chase Wright
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase_Wright>  were the others). Bush was
touched for consecutive solo blasts by Adam LaRoche
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_LaRoche> , Miguel Montero
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Montero> , Mark Reynolds
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Reynolds_(baseball)>  and Stephen Drew
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Drew> .
Bush became a free agent after the 2010 season.
Texas Rangers[edit
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On January 30, 2011, he signed a minor league contract with the Texas
Rangers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)>  as their
long reliever. He was designated for assignment on July 1, 2011.[3]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bush>  He was released on July 6.[4]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bush>
Chicago Cubs[edit
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He signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Cubs>  on July 15.[5]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bush>  He opted out of his contract on
August 11, after appearing in five games for the Triple-A Iowa Cubs
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Cubs> , recording a 6.14 ERA.[6]
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Philadelphia Phillies[edit
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On August 14, 2011, he signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia
Phillies <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies> . On June 5,
2012, Bush opted out of that contract to pitch for the SK Wyverns of the
KBO.[7] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bush>
SK Wyverns[edit
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On June 6, 2012, it was announced that he signed with SK Wyverns
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_Wyverns>  of Korea Baseball Organization
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Baseball_Organization> .[citation
needed <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed> ]
Toronto Blue Jays[edit
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Bush signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays>  in December 2012. Bush
started the 2013 season with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bisons> , but the Blue Jays brought
him up on April 6 when Jeremy Jeffress
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Jeffress>  was designated for
assignment.[8] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bush>  Bush was
designated for assignment on April 8, 2013.[9]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bush>  Bush cleared waivers and was
assigned to Triple-A Buffalo.[10] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bush>
He became a free agent on October 1.
Near no-hitters[edit
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On three instances in Bush’s career, he flirted with a no-hitter
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-hitter> , taking it beyond seven complete
innings. The first was on July 20, 2004, while pitching with the Blue Jays
in only his third major-league starting appearance. He pitched 71/3 innings
against the Oakland A’s <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_A%27s>  until
Damian Miller <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_Miller> , his future
teammate with the Brewers, singled against him. In Milwaukee, Bush’s next
opportunity came against his former team, Toronto, on June 19, 2008. Lyle
Overbay, the man Bush was traded for, led off the eighth inning with a
triple to end the bid. In an April 23, 2009 game against the Philadelphia
Phillies <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies> , he once
again took the no-hit bid 71/3 innings before giving up a home run
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_run>  to Matt Stairs
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Stairs> .[11]
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All told, in 211 games pitched and 187 starts, Bush posted a 56–69 win-loss
record <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)> ,
with six complete games <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_game>  and
three shutouts <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutout_(baseball)> . In 1,144
​1⁄3 innings pitched <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innings_pitched> , he
allowed 1,199 hits <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_(baseball)>  and 296
bases on balls <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bases_on_balls>  with 768
strikeouts <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikeout> . A good control
pitcher, he led the National League
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League>  in strikeout-to-walk ratio
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikeout-to-walk_ratio>  (4.37) in 2006
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Major_League_Baseball_season> .
Post-playing career[edit
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Bush began working in private business in Bridgton, Maine
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgton,_Maine> , in 2011, but he remained
in baseball as a coach at Bridgton Academy
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgton_Academy> . He joined MLB
International <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLB_International>  as an
envoy-coach in March 2015, serving for two years as a pitching coach with
national teams from China <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China>  and South
Africa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa> , then joined the Red
Sox late in 2016 as a pitching development analyst. On January 10, 2019,
Bush was named minor league pitching coordinator (performance) for the
Boston Red Sox <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox>  of Major
League Baseball <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball> .[12]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bush>  He initially joined the Boston
organization as a pitching development analyst after the 2016 season.[13]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bush>  In 2019, he served as one of two
pitching coordinators in Boston’s minor league system, with veteran coach
Ralph Treuel <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Treuel>  in charge of
logistics.
On October 31, 2019, Bush was named the pitching coach
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitching_coach>  for the Boston Red Sox
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox> .[14]
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