The Orioles are parting methods with three coaches, per Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com on X. Co-hitting coach Ryan Fuller, bench coach Fredi González and main league coach José Hernández won’t return to the membership in 2025.
Fuller, 34, was an inside promotion. He was employed by the O’s in 2019, working as a minor league hitting coordinator. Going into the 2022 season, Fuller and Matt Borgschulte have been introduced as co-hitting coaches, with Borgschulte coming over from the Twins.
The outcomes have been fairly good beneath these two, although this yr ended on a little bit of a bitter be aware. The Orioles hit .255/.321/.421 for a 105 wRC+ final yr, Twelfth-best within the league. They have been really higher in 2024, slashing .250/.315/.435 for a 115 wRC+ which trailed solely the Dodgers and Yankees.
However that season-long efficiency got here regardless of a mediocre end. The O’s hit .238/.307 /.395 over August in September for a wRC+ of 102. They have been then swept out of the playoffs by the Royals, shedding two straight video games within the Wild Card sequence whereas scoring only one complete run between the 2 contests.
Separating the contributions of a coach from the performances of the gamers is at all times powerful, however it appears the Orioles have determined to make a change. They haven’t made any official announcement, so maybe Borgschulte will tackle the hitting coach job by himself, although it’s additionally attainable additional reporting will emerge within the coming days to supply a clearer image.
González has been with the O’s for the previous 5 seasons, getting employed previous to the 2020 marketing campaign. He was given the nebulous title of main league coach however was given the bench coach title two years after that. Previous to becoming a member of the O’s, González had labored for the Marlins and Atlanta, working teaching jobs and as supervisor for each golf equipment. Hernández performed within the majors from 1991 to 2006, suiting up for 9 totally different golf equipment. He joined the O’s as a minor league coach in 2010 and labored his method as much as the majors for the 2019 season.
