WATERBURY, Conn. - Cory Popham, who served as the baseball pitching coach for one full season, has accepted a position as a rookie-level assistant pitching coach in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. 

Popham helped lead the Eagles pitching staff to a 3.86 earned run average in the 2018 season, a drastic improvement from the team's 5.31 ERA in 2017. 

"I really enjoyed my time at Post and am very thankful to Ray (Ricker) and the players for allowing me to be a part of the most successful season in program history," Popham said. "I learned a lot while at Post and am incredibly fortunate to have been a part of the program".

Popham helped introduce heavily detailed pitching programs for his staff. This includes the tracking of; throwing calendars, throwing progress, velocity tracking and wellness/performance numbers. His attention to detail and analytics helped boost pitchers velocity and overall awareness of their craft. 

Popham's success and innovation here at Post University helped lead him to where any coach in his field would like to be - with a professional baseball organization. 

"I'll be working as a rookie-level assistant pitching coach in Florida and the Dominican Republic helping out with pitchers at the lower levels of the organization," Popham said. He went on to say, "I'm really excited to be part of the Blue Jays organization and am excited to get started shortly"

Head Coach Ray Ricker had nothing but praise and optimism when asked about Popham's contributions to the program; "I want to thank Cory for all he has done in his time here at Post University. He has taken our pitching development program to another level while he was here. There is no question on why the Blue Jays felt he was the right man for the job. The data driven approach that our program is based on was only heightened by Cory's knowledge. I know he will do great things with the Blue Jays and with players in their minor league system."