{"id":11716,"date":"2024-11-23T21:40:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T21:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=11716"},"modified":"2024-11-23T21:40:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T21:40:50","slug":"confirmed-news-chris-woodward-will-rejoin-dodgers-coaching-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=11716","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed News: Chris Woodward will rejoin Dodgers\u2019 coaching staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Woodward was a member of Dave Roberts\u2019 original Dodgers coaching staff and served as the third base coach until leaving to become the Rangers\u2019 manager in 2019. He replaces Clayton McCullough, who left to become the Marlins\u2019 manager.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1047293164.jpg?w=525\" alt=\"Dodgers third base coach Chris Woodward, right, seen congratulating Max Muncy after he hit a solo home run in Game 3 of the 2018 National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta, will be the Dodgers\u2019 first base coach next season. (Photo by Rob Carr\/Getty Images)\n\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 Chris Woodward will rejoin the Dodgers\u2019 coaching staff in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Woodward will replace Clayton McCullough as first base coach. McCullough left to become the Miami Marlins\u2019 manager.<\/p>\n<p>Woodward, 48, was a member of Dave Roberts\u2019 original coaching staff when Roberts became Dodgers manager in 2016. Woodward served as the third base coach until leaving to become the Texas Rangers\u2019 manager in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers were 211-287 under Woodward, who was fired midseason in 2022. He returned to the Dodgers\u2019 organization as a senior advisor in player development in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe are thrilled to have Chris Woodward back on the coaching staff,\u201d Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes said in a statement announcing the change. \u201cHe has been a staple to this organization, helping us to back-to-back NL pennants (in 2017 and 2018) and was a key cog to our success last season.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Woodward will take over McCullough\u2019s responsibilities in baserunning as well as working with the team\u2019s infielders. Third base coach Dino Ebel will shift from working with the infielders to working with the outfielders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woodward was a member of Dave Roberts\u2019 original Dodgers coaching staff and served as the third base coach until leaving to become the Rangers\u2019 manager in 2019&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Confirmed News: Chris Woodward will rejoin Dodgers\u2019 coaching staff - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=11716\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Confirmed News: Chris Woodward will rejoin Dodgers\u2019 coaching staff - 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