| The Detroit News
Detroit — The Tigers announced a flurry of on-field and player-development staff assignments Tuesday, including the hiring of San Diego Padres bullpen coach Doug Bochtler, who pitched for the Tigers in 1998, as their new pitching coach at Triple-A Toledo.
The managers at the top four affiliates — Tom Prince at Triple-A Toledo, Arnie Beyeler at Double-A Erie, Bryan Pena High-A West Michigan and Andrew Graham at Low-A Lakeland — remain unchanged.
General manager Al Avila and vice president of player development David Littlefield opted to keep the staffs mostly in place at West Michigan and Lakeland, even though the two clubs swapped organizational rungs — the Whitecaps to High-A and the Flying Tigers to Low-A.
The only significant change in staffs between West Michigan and Lakeland was a swap of hitting coaches — Bill Springman to West Michigan and John Murrian to Lakeland.
Bochtler, who spent the last three seasons with the Padres, replaces Juan Nieves in Toledo. Nieves is now the assistant pitching coach under new manager AJ Hinch in Detroit.
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Carlos Bohorquez is the new pitching coach at Lakeland. Bohorquez, who coached at now-unaffiliated Norwich (Connecticut) last season, replaces Jorge Cordova, who was promoted to assistant pitching coordinator.
At the major-league level, the Tigers have promoted Steve Chase to strength and conditioning coach, replacing Chris Walter. Chase has been in the Tigers’ player development system for 16 years, the last six as the minor-league strength and conditioning coordinator.
Here is the complete assignment list:
Administration
Dave Littlefield — vice president, player development
Kenny Graham — director, player development
Dan Lunetta — director, minor league operations
Cheryl Evans — director, minor league and scouting administration
David Allende — coordinator, player development
Jim McKew — coordinator, player development
Sharon Lockwood — international player programs coordinator
Cristian Crespo — minor league video coordinator
Alex Gonzalez — minor league video coordinator
Jordan Wergiles — minor league analytics coordinator
Wilfredo Crespo — administrator, Dominican Academy
Jimmy Ortiz — administrator, Dominican Academy
Patrick Saenz — minor league clubhouse manager
Pete Mancuso — assistant minor league clubhouse manager
Training, strength/conditioning, performance science
Corey Tremble — minor league medical coordinator
Manny Peña — assistant minor league medical coordinator
Duncan Evans — physical therapist
Francisco Rivas — minor league strength and conditioning coordinator
Georgia Giblin — director, performance science
Dr. Spencer Wood — performance and mental skills coach
Brian Peterson — performance enhancement instructor
Brian Taggett — Latin American performance coach
On-field coordinators
Dave Owen — field coordinator
Rafael Martinez — director, Latin American player development
Dan Hubbs — director, pitching development and strategy
AJ Sager — pitching coordinator
Jorge Cordova — assistant pitching coordinator
Jeff Branson — hitting coordinator
Joel McKeithan — hitting coordinator
Francisco Contreras — Latin American hitting coordinator
Joe DePastino — catching coordinator
José Valentín — infield coordinator
Kimera Bartee — outfield/baserunning coordinator
Triple-A Toledo
Tom Prince — manager
Doug Bochtler — pitching coach
Mike Hessman — hitting coach
CJ Wamsley — developmental coach
Jason Schwartzman — athletic trainer
Dan Morrison — strength and conditioning coach
Double-A Erie
Arnie Beyeler — manager
Mark Johnson — pitching coach
Adam Melhuse — hitting coach
Tony Smith — developmental coach
Chris Vick — athletic trainer
Phil Hartt — strength and conditioning coach
Single-A West Michigan
Brayan Peña — manager
Willie Blair — pitching coach
Bill Springman — hitting coach
Kevin Guthrie — developmental coach
Cody Derby — athletic trainer
Ryan Maedel — strength and conditioning coach
Single-A Lakeland
Andrew Graham — manager
Carlos Bohorquez — pitching coach
John Murrian — hitting coach
Ollie Kadey — developmental coach
Sean McFarland — athletic trainer
Dax Fiore — strength and conditioning coach
Complex League
Ryan Minor — manager
Mike Alvarez — pitching coach
Tim Garland — hitting coach
Erick Flores — athletic trainer
Complex League
Gary Cathcart — manager
Santiago Garrido — pitching coach
Rafael Gil — hitting coach
Juan Peña — athletic trainer
Andres Rodriguez — strength and conditioning coach
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Ramon Zapata — manager
Willians Moreno — pitching coach
Jose Ovalles — hitting coach
Sandy Acevedo — outfield coach
Ivan Contreras — infield/baserunning coach
Gabe Garcia — athletic trainer
Franklin Galvez — strength and conditioning coach
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Marco Yepez — manager
Luis Marte — pitching coach
Luis Mateo — hitting coach
Kely Ramos — catching coach
Carmelo Jamie — infield/baserunning coach
Allan Chase — athletic trainer
Luis Rodriguez — strength and conditioning coach
Rafael Suero — strength and conditioning coach
Additional DSL instructors
Jose Cabrera — assistant pitching coach
Soilo Perdomo — coach
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