After beginning a search for their new Minor League pitching coordinator in late November, the Athletics have hired Barry Enright to the position.
Speaking with MLB.com on Friday afternoon, A’s general manager David Forst confirmed that the club officially hired Enright in December shortly after the Winter Meetings. The former pitching coach for the Angels the past two seasons, Enright will take over the job held by Mike McFerran, who was hired by the Royals as an assistant pitching coach to their Major League staff in November.
“Barry brings outstanding experience,” Forst said. “We’re thrilled to have him working with [A’s pitching coach Scott Emerson] to set the direction of the pitching staff throughout the system. [A’s director of player development] Ed Sprague has known Barry for a long time, and it was clear to the rest of us once we got to know him that he’s a great fit for the A’s.”
Enright, 39, pitched in four Major League seasons with the D-backs and Angels from 2010-13. He returned to Arizona in 2019 to begin his coaching career in the club’s Minor League system and worked his way up to the role of assistant pitching coach for the D-backs from 2022-23 before joining Angels manager Ron Washington’s staff in ’24.
Enright is a native of Stockton, Calif., which is home to the Stockton Ports – the Athletics’ Single-A affiliate – and only about 50 miles south of the A’s temporary home in West Sacramento.
The club is hopeful that Enright can help continue the promising upward trend within the system’s pitching depth that has taken place over the past couple of years. Last season saw the Major League debuts of top pitching prospects Luis Morales and Jack Perkins.
Entering the 2026 season, the A’s will have two pitchers on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list in Jamie Arnold and Gage Jump, as well as talented prospects who are close to Major League ready, such as Braden Nett, Kade Morris and Wei-En Lin.
“At a time when our young pitching is as deep and talented as it’s been in decades,” Forst said, “having someone like Barry leading the department in the Minor Leagues is exciting.”