The Chicago White Sox introduced the rest of their 2023 teaching employees beneath new supervisor Pedro Grifol, together with a brand new hitting coach in José Castro.
Chris Johnson is the workforce’s new assistant hitting coach and Eddie Rodríguez is the third base coach.
Mike Tosar is the workforce’s main league subject coordinator and Geoff Head is the senior director of sports activities efficiency.
And Darryl Boston returns as the primary base coach.
The Sox beforehand introduced Charlie Montoyo because the bench coach, with Ethan Katz and Curt Hasler returning of their respective roles because the pitching and bullpen coaches.
Castro, 64, will probably be a first-year hitting coach within the majors after spending the final eight years because the assistant hitting coach with the Atlanta Braves. His major-league teaching expertise consists of time with the Braves (2015-22) and Chicago Cubs (2014 as high quality assurance coach). He was the interim hitting coach with the Seattle Mariners in 2008.
Johnson, 38, is elevated to the big-league employees after spending the final two seasons because the hitting coach for the Sox’s Triple-A affiliate in Charlotte.
Rodríguez, 63, and Tosar, 54, hung out with the Kansas City Royals group, like Grifol.
Rodríguez was the Royals’ minor-league subject coordinator for 3 seasons (2020-22). His teaching expertise consists of serving because the Royals third base coach (2011-13), Seattle’s first base coach (2008), the bench coach in Montreal (2004) and Washington (2005-06), Arizona’s third base coach (2002-03) and first base coach (2001), and Toronto’s third-base coach (1998).
Tosar spent the final three seasons (2020-22) as a particular task hitting coach within the Kansas City group.
Boston, 59, will probably be in his eleventh season as first base coach and twenty sixth as a coach with the Sox.
Head, 37, was the senior director of well being and efficiency with the Cincinnati Reds for 3 seasons (2020-22). He beforehand spent 12 seasons within the San Francisco group as energy and conditioning coordinator (2008-2015), major-league sports activities scientist (2015-2017) and assistant director of participant growth/director of sports activities medication (2017-2019).
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