It didn’t take long for the Royals to decide that only minor changes are needed to manager Trey Hillman’s on-field coaching staff. Everyone is coming back for 2010 except bullpen coach John Mizerock, whose departure ends his 18-year association with the organization. “It’s just a philosophical change that I made with regard to the bullpen coach,” general manager Dayton Moore said. “Rock’s expertise is as a catcher, and I want a bullpen coach whose expertise is as a pitcher.” Moore also announced first-base coach Rusty Kuntz, 54, will shift to a new role as assistant to the general manager/field instructor. It was a move that Kuntz desired after the 2008 season before he agreed to return to the big-league staff. Eddie Rodriguez, 50, will replace Kuntz as first-base coach after spending last season as a special-assignment...
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