111.   Delgado went to the batting cage for the first time since reporting and impressed hitting coach Cito Gaston.

112.   Even so, he said he gets as much help from Gwynn and Dave Magadan as he does from the hitting coach.

113.   Gaston replaces hitting coach Gary Matthews, who was fired along with four other coaches in the last week of the season.

114.   Gary Ward, the hitting coach at Class AAA Charlotte, will replace Joshua.

115.   Gary Ward, the hitting coach at Triple-A Charlotte, will replace Joshua.

116.   He will interview hitting coach Lloyd McClendon on Friday in Phoenix, where McClendon is managing in the Arizona Fall League.

117.   Hitting coach Richie Hebner took over for Vukovich.

118.   Hitting coach Gerald Perry was busy as the Mariners hit in the indoor batting cages Monday.

119.   Hitting coach Jim Lefebvre replaced him on an interim basis.

120.   Joshua spent eight seasons as a hitting coach in the White Sox organization, the past four at the major-league level.