Telegraph photo by TOM KING Nashua Silver Knights pitching coach Ariel Ramos gets his point across to starter Geoff Mosseau as catcher Dylan Jones looks on.

NASHUA — Ariel Ramos is at a loss for words.

The new Nashua Silver Knights pitching coach can’t believe his good fortune.

“Being able to come here, and be Coach Jackson’s assistant, is great,”he said. “I’m at a loss for words. The guy has so much experience with pitchers. For him to let me work with the pitchers, it’s a tremendous blessing.”

Jackson is a former Red Sox minor league hurler who until taking the Silver Knights managing job had been the team’s pitching coach for a half dozen seasons. The bullpen was his home, so for him to vacate it and turn it over to Ramos, the former Daniel Webster College standout and North Shore Navigators pitching coach, was a big deal. And so far, as the Silver Knights prepare for the home stretch, it’s been a great fit.

“A lot of these guys have worked with him for two or three season already,” he said. “So for him to kind of say ‘Hey, that’s your responsibility, make sure that they’re good’ leaves me speechless, honestly.”

If Ramos’ name sounds familiar, he was one of the pitchers who helped the now closed Daniel Webster College make the NCAA Division III Tournament two years in a row back in 2012-13. He was older, back in college after serving military time in Afghanistan.

After college, Ramos went out to the Pacific Northwest and pitched briefly in in the independent Mount. Rainier Professional Baseball League before it folded.

But while he was at DWC, he decided to get into the baseball business world, starting a bat company. “At that point I wasn’t getting any offers to play pro ball, so I wanted to make some type of legacy in the game.” In fact, he named the company “Gryphon Bats”, after the nickname of his high school alma mater, Greater Lowell Tech.

But he savored his time at DWC.

“That year (2012), our team had so much chemistry,” he said. “It was amazing. I went in, it was my first year college ball, coming in from war, being able to have those guys kind of take me in was great.”

It’s ironic, Ramos, a Lowell, Mass.native who now lives in Manchester, played for Eagles coach J.P. Pyne, who is a former Silver Knights pitching coach and manager. Ramos said he loves following in Pyne’s footsteps.

Ramos’ philosophy as a pitching coach varies for each pitcher.

“It’s unique to each guy,” he said. “We go with their strengths, and tell them to be aggressive.”

Ramos spends a lot of time with the pitchers, from around 4 p.m. right up until 6 p.m. game time. If they need extra help, he’s available.

“That’s what I’m here for,” Ramos said. “To make sure they go back to their colleges in better shape. And actually learn something and got something good out of their season.”

What does Ramos see in the college pitchers? An overdependence on velocity.

“It’s not everything about velocity,” he said. “I tell them ‘You guys are here for a reason, you’re some of the best players in the country. What makes you different in that professional player that you’re aspiring to be is making sure you’re locating your fastball and changing speeds. … That’s an old mindset.”

Ramos, who was finishing up a Masters Degree in general management, wanted an internship with a team a year ago and went to then North Shore GM Bill Terlecky, who has since passed away from cancer. He was also trying to get the team to used his company’s bats.

“He asked for my resume,” Ramos said, noting it had some pitching and coaching experience on it. “And then he said scrap that (internship). There’s an opening for a pitching coach, and that’s what we’d like you to do.”

His coaching experience was a NHTI, Rivier, and also four years as a Pelham High School assistant.

But the ability for Ramos to get his ideas across to his pitchers is a key.

“The challenge is having these guys trust, and the knowledge that I’m bringing to the game,” he said. “Be able to trust it and be open to it. I haven’t really gotten any backlash or anything like that. These guys have been really respectful. But it’s always a challenge coming into a new organization.”

Jackson and Ramos knew each other prior to this year. Ramos made Jackson a fungo bat through his company and “there was a conversation back and forth and I said, ‘Hey, if there’s ever an opening can you consider me.'”

With longtime manager B.J. Neverett retiring and Jackson getting promoted, the timing was perfect. Jackson contacted him and the deal was done. Ramos was glad to save time from the laborious commute from Manchester to Lynn, Mass.

“I’m saving about 12 hours a week,” he said. “It’s 12 hours longer I can spend with family.”

The players from time to time will ask him about Afghanistan.

“A couple of them do,” Ramos said. “I let them know how it is, how it was, and all the sacrifices I made and others that have made, and they’re truly grateful for it. I’ve gotten a lot of support, a lot respect and mutual respect from the guys here.”

Ramos, a member of the Daniel Webster class of 2016, was sad to see the school close a couple of years later.

“There wasn’t a fighting chance for anyone to save it,” Ramos said. “There were a lot of good things coming out of that school. Just couldn’t save it.”

But Ramos right now is able to savor his Holman Stadium surroundings.