AA Gary SouthShore Railcats

McEachran and Segal Join Coaching Staff

Published on May 2, 2013 under American Association (AA)
Gary SouthShore Railcats News Release


GARY, Ind. - The RailCats coaching staff will have two new faces this season, with Aaron McEachran joining the team as Hitting Coach and Bobby Segal as the team's new Third Base Coach.

McEachran is a former 18th round draft pick of the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2001 amateur draft out of the University of Northern Iowa, where he was a freshman All-American. He is the Head Baseball Coach at Dakota County Technical College in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, where he has coached since 2009.

Aaron was an infielder in the Blue Jays organization and reached High-A Dunedin before moving onto independent baseball where he was a three-time All-Star during his stops in Rockford of the Frontier League and Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg of the Northern League. McEachran's seven-year playing career came to an end after the 2007 season. As a player, he batted .288 with a .386 on-base percentage and blasted 45 home runs.

Bobby Segal is making his first coaching stop in independent baseball after playing his collegiate baseball at Indiana University. At Indiana, Bobby was a three-time letter winner and an Academic All-Big Ten selection while catching for the Hoosiers. Segal currently serves as an assistant coach at Wabash Valley College and has spent the last six seasons coaching college baseball, including stops at Butler, Union College, Iowa Western Community College and Tartelton State.

McEachran and Segal join manager Greg Tagert for his ninth season at the helm of the RailCats. Tagert will return four members from last season's coaching staff including Pitching Coach Jake Upwood (2nd season), First Base Coach Pascual Santiago (2nd), and Bullpen Coach Aaron Ciaburri (4th).

Mick Curran will remain on the coaching staff as Hitting Coordinator, his fifth season overall as a coach for the RailCats. In the off-season, he accepted his first managerial position, with the Medicine Hat Mavericks in the Western Major Baseball League, a Canadian collegiate summer league. Curran will assist during spring training and the early part of the season before leaving to fulfill his duties as a manager.

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