and pitching coach Bryan Price resigned.

He did go to Stanford,Minnesota Twins Hats Sale, the Harvard of the west,* so he may indeed be a very bright fellow.
In addition, hitting coach Rick Schu was fired, and pitching coach Bryan Price resigned.
Director of Player Development A.J. Hinch is expected to be named as Melvin’s replacement Friday at 3 p.m. news conference. KTAR-AM was the first to report Hinch’s promotion.
*There’s some confusion about this. Stanford students tend to think Harvard is the Stanford of the East. The closest anything comes to being the Stanford of the east is Stamford, CT.
It looks like A.J. Hinch will take over as manager of the Diamondbacks.
Hinch retired after the 2005 season,Thursdays starting lineup between Nats, Cardinals, and was hired by the Arizona Diamondbacks as their manager of minor league operations.[1] Even while playing, he was planning his post-playing career. He went so far as to go to the 2003 General Manager’s winter meetings to look for future job opportunites and contacts. In July 2006, Baseball America named him one of baseball’s “10 to watch” in the next 10 years for his promise as a Farm Director and future General Manager. In August 2006, the Diamondbacks named Hinch director of player development.
Hinch was a backup catcher in the majors who couldn’t hit a lick. It’s interesting, according to Wikipedia,Cheap Cleveland Indians Hats, Hinch was on a GM track, not a road to the field: