The Orioles plan to call Cody Asche hitting coach, experiences Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com (X hyperlinks). Kubatko additionally reported earlier in the present day that Baltimore was hiring Tommy Joseph away from the Mariners as an assistant hitting coach.
Baltimore parted methods with former hitting coaches Ryan Fuller and Matt Borgschulte on the finish of the season. Borgschulte landed with the Twins as their high hitting teacher final month. Kubatko experiences (on X) in the present day that Fuller is headed to the White Sox as director of hitting.
Asche will take a bigger position of their stead. The O’s employed the previous huge league third baseman/outfielder as offensive technique coach in the course of the 2022-23 offseason. Asche had one thing of a de facto third hitting coach job in that capability for 2 years. The O’s now appear content material to show the lead job over to the 34-year-old.
Most of Asche’s five-year taking part in profession got here as a member of the Phillies. The left-handed hitter performed in Philadelphia between 2013-16. The ultimate of these seasons overlapped with Joseph, a former first baseman who performed 249 video games for the Phils between 2016-17. Joseph made the transition to teaching in 2021. He spent a trio of seasons working with minor league hitters earlier than becoming a member of Seattle’s employees as an assistant hitting coach. The Mariners shook up their hitting employees a pair occasions final season however saved Joseph within the fold all yr. He’ll transfer on after one season to work together with his former teammate in Baltimore.
Baltimore additionally has a bench coach emptiness after parting with Fredi González on the finish of the yr. The O’s haven’t settled on a alternative, however one notable title is linked to the job. Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic experiences that the Orioles have curiosity in David Ross for the place, although he cautions that it’s unclear if that curiosity is mutual.
Final winter, Ross rebuffed curiosity from the Yankees relating to their bench coach job. That got here inside every week of his shock firing as Cubs supervisor when Chicago jumped on the possibility to rent Craig Counsell. Ross seemingly didn’t have any need to take a non-managerial teaching job on the time. It isn’t recognized if that has modified, although he has shut ties to Baltimore skipper Brandon Hyde. The O’s supervisor was on the Cubs’ teaching employees whereas Ross performed for Chicago in 2015-16.
