SARASOTA, Fla. — Tucker Davidson didn’t know Drew French all that well when the two spent time together in Atlanta during parts of the 2021 and ‘22 seasons. But the left-hander didn’t need to in order to tell that French — the Braves’ bullpen coach at the time — was destined for a higher job in baseball someday.
“I knew immediately of meeting him. Just being able to talk ball with him in the bullpen, I knew it was a stopping point for him,” said Davidson, a non-roster invitee in Orioles camp this spring. “Getting to learn under Rick Kranitz and being a part of that Atlanta team was probably an awesome learning experience for him, but he always had a bigger goal, in my opinion, of wanting to be a big league pitching coach.”
