NEW YORK – The New York YankeesAaron Boone has been appointed manager. This includes the additions of hitting coach, first-base coaches, and third-base coaches.
Carlos Mendoza, the bench coach, and Matt Blake as pitching coaches are back for their third seasons. Mike Harkey is back for his 13th season, according to the club. Dillon Lawson is a new hitting coach, as well as assistant hitting coaches Eric Chavez, Casey Dykes and Luis Rojas. Travis Chapman, Travis Chapman, and Desi Druschel are first-base/infield coaches.
New York fired Marcus Thames as hitting coach, Phil Nevin as third base coach and P.J. As assistant hitting coach, Marcus Thames was also fired. Pilittere left after the Yankees beat Boston 92 to 70. Reggie Willits, first base coach, has left to coach at Oklahoma.
Lawson, 36 years old, was promoted after serving three years as New York’s minor league hitting coordinator. Chavez and Dykes will assist Lawson on the offensive side. Chavez, who had a 17-year career in the major leagues, spent five of the last five seasons as a special assistance with the team. Los Angeles Angels. The 31-year-old Dykes was the hitting coach for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre last season.
The Mets fired Rojas in October following two poor years as manager. The 40 year-old had been with the Mets organization 16 years. Buck Showalter took his place in Queens. He held his first news conference Tuesday.
Chavez, 44, was a third baseman for the Yankees. Oakland Athletics Arizona DiamondbacksSix-time Gold Glove winner, he reportedly played in the mix for Rojas’ former job with the Mets before Showalter was hired.
Chapman enters his 10th season as a Yankees player. Chapman was the minor league infield coordinator for New York until recently at 43 years old.
Druschel, 46 years old, was the club’s manager of pitches development for the past three seasons.
This report was compiled by the Associated Press.