The Orioles plan to name Cody Asche hitting coach, reports Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com (X links). Kubatko also reported earlier today that Baltimore was hiring Tommy Joseph away from the Mariners as an assistant hitting coach.<\/p>\n
Baltimore parted ways with former hitting coaches Ryan Fuller and Matt Borgschulte at the end of the season. Borgschulte landed with the Twins as their top hitting instructor last month. Kubatko reports (on X) today that Fuller is headed to the White Sox as director of hitting.<\/p>\n
Asche will take a larger role in their stead. The O\u2019s hired the former big league third baseman\/outfielder as offensive strategy coach during the 2022-23 offseason. Asche had something of a de facto third hitting coach job in that capacity for two years. The O\u2019s now seem content to turn the lead job over to the 34-year-old.<\/p>\n
Most of Asche\u2019s five-year playing career came as a member of the Phillies. The left-handed hitter played in Philadelphia between 2013-16. The final of those seasons overlapped with Joseph, a former first baseman who played 249 games for the Phils between 2016-17. Joseph made the transition to coaching in 2021. He spent a trio of seasons working with minor league hitters before joining Seattle\u2019s staff as an assistant hitting coach. The Mariners shook up their hitting staff a couple times last season but kept Joseph in the fold all year. He\u2019ll move on after one season to work with his former teammate in Baltimore.<\/p>\n
Baltimore also has a bench coach vacancy after parting with Fredi Gonz\u00e1lez at the end of the year. The O\u2019s haven\u2019t settled on a replacement, but one notable name is connected to the job. Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic reports that the Orioles have interest in David Ross for the position, though he cautions that it\u2019s unclear if that interest is mutual.<\/p>\n
Last winter, Ross rebuffed interest from the Yankees regarding their bench coach job. That came within a week of his surprise firing as Cubs manager when Chicago jumped on the chance to hire Craig Counsell. Ross seemingly didn\u2019t have any desire to take a non-managerial coaching job at the time. It isn\u2019t known if that has changed, though he has close ties to Baltimore skipper Brandon Hyde. The O\u2019s manager was on the Cubs\u2019 coaching staff while Ross played for Chicago in 2015-16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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