MONTREAL – The Toronto Blue Jays have announced the appointment of Sam Greene, a McGill University graduate, who joins the Major League Baseball team’s staff as an assistant pitching coach.
The 27-year-old native of Philadelphia has been employed by the Jays as a senior pitching research specialist since 2021. He graduated from McGill in 2020 with a degree in strategic management, followed by a master’s degree in analytics management.
During his playing days with the McGill Redbirds, the 6-foot-3, 180-pound right-handed pitcher posted a 6-7 record with three saves in 31 appearances from 2016-17 to 2019-20. In 92.1 innings, he registered 83 strikeouts., with a 4.39 earned-run average and an opposition batting average of .223. Greene conceded 80 hits, 53 walks and 14 hit batsmen. He was recruited to McGill – by then coaches Jason Starr and Casey Auerbach – out of Central High School in Philadelphia.
Greene is one of two McGill baseball grads to be employed by an MLB team, joining Montrealer Shiraz Rehman (B.Com ’99), a former assistant general manager with the Chicago Cubs who became the first McGill grad to earn a World Series championship ring in 2016. Rehman also worked for the Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks and the Texas Rangers.
Another McGill grad in professional baseball is Allan Bailey (BA ’06), currently serving as general manager of the Vancouver Canadians, a minor league affiliate of the Blue Jays.
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Blue Jays Major League coaching staff update
The Toronto Blue Jays today announce three coaching appointments under Manager John Schneider: Lou Iannotti as Assistant Hitting Coach, Graham Johnson as Bullpen Coach, and Sam Greene as Assistant Pitching Coach.
Iannotti, 32, spent the 2024 season as a Hitting Coordinator for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The North Haven, CT, native was with the Dodgers for the last seven seasons, serving in a variety of coaching and coordinator roles across the organization, including taking on the role of hitting coach for Double-A Tulsa in 2023. The former catcher played three seasons at Quinnipiac University from 2014-16 before finishing his playing career with the Gateway Grizzlies of the Frontier League in 2017.
Johnson, 39, served as the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre pitching coach for the last three seasons. Prior to his time with the Yankees’ Triple-A squad, Johnson spent four years in the Astros system in the same role. The Alexis, IL, native pitched for four years at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, MO, before transitioning to coaching at the school, followed by coaching stints at Lindenwood University, Western Illinois University, and Morehead State University.
