Brent Strom is the pitching coach of the Arizona Diamondbacks, a.k.a the D-backs
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Storm, 73, was a pitching coach in the big leagues for 11 seasons, with the Houston Astros from 2014 to 2021.
His MLB playing career spanned from 1972 to 1973 and 1975 to 1977 for the New York Mets, Cleveland Indians and San Diego Padres.
He served as pitching coach for the Houston Astros in 1996 and from 2014 to 2021, helping guide the club to the 2017 World Series championship.
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He also coached the Kansas City Royals from 2000 to 2001. According to an interview with Tommy John, Strom was the second pitcher to receive Tommy John surgery.
Prior to playing professionally, Strom attended San Diego High School then the University of Southern California, leading them to two NCAA championships.
He was originally drafted in the sixth round by the California Angels in the June secondary phase of the 1967 amateur draft.
In the January regular phase of the 1967 draft, he was drafted in the second round by the San Francisco Giants, but did not sign either time. He finally did sign when the Mets drafted him third overall in the 1970 draft.
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