Chad Chop
Chad Joseph Chop (born March 21, 1980) is a former minor league baseball outfielder and first baseman.[1] Since 2014, he has worked as a special assistant for the San Francisco Giants, serving as a left-handed batting practice pitcher and video replay analyst.[2]
Chop was born in Orange, California, and graduated from Tustin High School.[3] He played two years at San Diego State (1999–2000) before transferring and playing two years at Vanguard University.[4] He was drafted in the sixth round of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft by the Montreal Expos.[1] He spent four seasons in the Expos' minor league system (2002–05) and one season with the independent Fullerton Flyers (2006).
After retiring as a player, he worked as a firefighter for the Tucson Fire Department from 2007 until 2013.[5][6] He met Hunter Pence in an Orange County gym, who hired him as a left-handed batting practice coach.[1][7] Pence invited Chop to spring training, and in 2014 the Giants hired him as a left-handed batting practice pitcher and video replay analyst, sharing replay duties with Shawon Dunston.[2]
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Orange, California
- Vermont Expos players
- Savannah Sand Gnats players
- Brevard County Manatees players
- Potomac Nationals players
- Fullerton Flyers players
- Baseball players from California
- San Diego State Aztecs baseball players
- Vanguard Lions baseball players
- American firefighters
