Dodgers teaching employees 2023: Danny Lehmann promoted to bench coach

The Dodgers’ main league coaches for 2023 consists of ten returning members from 2022 on supervisor Dave Roberts’ employees, and two promotions.

Danny Lehmann, who was the sport planning and communications coach the final three seasons, was promoted to bench coach. Bob Geren, who was the bench coach for Roberts’ first seven seasons as supervisor, is now the foremost league discipline coordinator on the employees.

Lehmann, 37, has been within the group since 2015, first as an advance video scout for 3 seasons earlier than turning into sport planning and communications coach in 2018. In 2019, he was a particular assistant earlier than going again to sport planning for the following three years earlier than this promotion.

Of observe is Aaron Bates getting promoted from assistant hitting coach to co-hitting coach together with Robert Van Scoyoc. That is the fifth yr on the foremost league teaching employees for Bates, and his ninth yr within the group. Bates over the earlier 4 years additionally break up time between the majors and along with his duties as director of hitting within the minors.

Bates was promoted after hitting coach Brant Brown left for the same place on the Marlins’ main league employees in December.

The Dodgers didn’t fill Lehmann’s previous sport planning and communications function, nor did they embody an assistant hitting coach (Bates’ previous function) of their checklist of 2023 coaches.

Clayton McCullough will coach first base for a 3rd season, and in his ninth yr with the Dodgers. McCullough was LA’s minor league discipline coordinator for a number of years earlier than becoming a member of the foremost league employees, and ran the alternate coaching web site at USC in the course of the pandemic-truncated 2020 season.

McCullough, who managed within the minors from rookie stage to Excessive-A for seven years within the Blue Jays system, this offseason interviewed for the Royals managerial opening that went to Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro. McCullough additionally interviewed for the Mets’ managerial opening previous to the 2022 season, and for the Giants’ job previous to 2020.

Dino Ebel will coach third base and work with the group’s infielders, returning to a task he’s had since 2019.

The pitching triumvirate of pitching coach Mark Prior, assistant pitching coach Connor McGuiness, and bullpen coach Josh Bard, are all again for a fourth straight season of their present roles. Dodgers pitchers within the final three years have posted the three finest adjusted ERA+ and the three lowest on-base percentages allowed by a Nationwide League or American League group within the reside ball period (since 1920).

Roberts, who’s 653-380 (.632) in his seven seasons as Dodgers supervisor, final March signed a contract extension by way of 2025.