The Arizona Diamondbacks named Shaun Larkin as Director, Player Growth and advertised Chris Slivka to Aide Supervisor, Gamer Development.Larkin, 44, has 13 years of mentoring and gamer development experience in the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cleveland Guardians systems. He invested the last 8 periods with the Dodgers in different duties, most just recently acting as the Field Planner along with Assistant Field Planner and Planner, Skill Development. Larkin likewise had 2 training stints in the Cleveland system from 2007-08 and 2013-15, offering as Manager at Low-A Lake Area in 2015, Striking Train at Low-A Lake Area in 2014 and Hitting Train at Short-Season A Mahoning Valley in 2013. He invested 2007-08 at Cleveland Double-An affiliate, Akron, assisting administration and the training staff with player advancement and offering as the group First Base Train. Larkin likewise has training experience in the college training ranks at his alma mater, Cal State Northridge, in 2011-12 and Orange Coastline College in 2010. Larkin invested components of 6 periods in Cleveland Minor League system from 2002-06 as their ninth-round choice in the 2002 draft. He has his master level in performance psychology from National University and his bachelor level in communication researches from Cal State Northridge, where he played collegiately.Slivka, 30, will be entering his ninth season with the D-backs, most lately functioning as a Gamer Worker Expert the last 2 seasons. He has actually likewise hung around as a professional precursor, baseball operations aide and a baseball operations trainee. He played university baseball at Emory College Guardians Store, making a bachelor's degree in company administration.