Matt Blake
{{Short description|American baseball coach (born 1985)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{similar names|Matthew Blake (disambiguation){{!}}Matthew Blake}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name = Matt Blake
|image = MattBlake2019.png
|caption = Blake at the Gerrit Cole press conference in 2019
|team = New York Yankees
|number = 77
|position = Pitching coach
|bats = Left
|throws = Left
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|5|14}}
|birth_place = Concord, New Hampshire, U.S.
|teams =
As coach
- New York Yankees ({{mlby|2020}}–present)
}}
Matthew Blake (born May 14, 1985){{cite web |title=2021 New York Yankees Media Guide |publisher=Major League Baseball |page=28 |url=https://pressbox.athletics.com/Publications/MLB%20Media%20Guides/2021%20New%20York%20Yankees%20Media%20Guide.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504202002/https://pressbox.athletics.com/Publications/MLB%20Media%20Guides/2021%20New%20York%20Yankees%20Media%20Guide.pdf|archive-date=May 4, 2021}} is an American professional baseball coach. He is the pitching coach for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Blake attended Concord High School in Concord, New Hampshire. Blake was a three sport athlete. He excelled in golf, basketball, and baseball. Blake attended the College of the Holy Cross, and played college baseball all four years for the Crusaders. Blake graduated from Holy Cross with degrees in psychology and philosophy.{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/yankees/2019/11/yankees-hire-new-pitching-coach-what-you-need-to-know-about-matt-blake.html|title=Yankees hire new pitching coach: What you need to know about Matt Blake|website=NJ.com|author=Andrew Mills|date=November 7, 2019|accessdate=November 7, 2019}}
Blake started his baseball coaching career in 2009 as the pitching coach for Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and as a pitching coordinator for Cressey Sports Performance in Hudson, Massachusetts.{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-blake-8241416|title=Matt Blake|website=LinkedIn|accessdate=November 8, 2019}} Blake began his career in professional baseball in 2010 as an associate scout for the New York Yankees.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28031153/yankees-hire-matt-blake-pitching-coach|title=Yankees hire Matt Blake as pitching coach|author=Jeff Passan|website=ESPN.com|date=November 7, 2019|accessdate=November 8, 2019}} He served as the pitching coach for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod League during the 2015 season.{{cite web|url=http://ydredsox.pointstreaksites.com/view/ydredsox/news-1154/news_318216|title=Matt Blake: The Man Behind Y-D's Arms|website=Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox|author=Wesley Sykes|date=August 12, 2015|accessdate=November 8, 2019}} He joined the Cleveland Indians organization in 2015 as a lower level pitching coordinator, and later was promoted to assistant director of pitching development in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.concordmonitor.com/Sports/Columns/Concord-native-Blake-s-pitching-acumen-lands-him-job-with-Indians-1110122|title=Concord native Blake's pitching acumen lands him job with Indians|author=Tom O'Sullivan|website=Concord Monitor|date=March 29, 2016|accessdate=November 7, 2019}}
The New York Yankees hired Blake as their pitching coach on November 7, 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/mlb/yankees/2019/11/07/ny-yankees-hire-matt-blake-pitching-coach-replace-larry-rothschild/2525229001/|title=Yankees hiring Matt Blake as pitching coach to replace Larry Rothschild|website=The Record|date=November 7, 2019|accessdate=November 7, 2019}} After the 2022 season, Blake signed a new three-year contract with the Yankees.{{cite web | last=Martin | first=Dan | title=Yankees’ Matt Blake returns with ‘a lot of things left to be done’ | website=New York Post | date=2022-12-23 | url=https://nypost.com/2022/12/22/yankees-matt-blake-back-with-a-lot-of-things-left-to-finish/ | access-date=2024-08-22}}
References
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External links
- [https://goholycross.com/sports/baseball/roster/matt-blake/1073 Holy Cross Crusaders bio]
- {{Twitter|Blake_Matt}}
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Category:Minor league baseball coaches
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