The Orioles today announced their 2020 Major League Coaching Staff. They have named FREDI GONZÁLEZ as Major League Coach, DARREN HOLMES as Bullpen Coach, and ANTHONY SANDERS as First Base Coach. JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ shifts from Major League Coach to Assistant Hitting Coach, while all other coaches remain in their same positions: DOUG BROCAIL as Pitching Coach, TIM COSSINS as Major League Field Coordinator/Catching Instructor, JOSÉ FLORES as Third Base Coach, and DON LONG as Hitting Coach.
González, 55, joins the Orioles from the Miami Marlins organization, where he spent the past three seasons as the Marlins Third Base Coach. This was his second stint with the Marlins, having previously managed Miami from 2007-10, posting a 276-279 record. He was named Sporting News National League Manager of the Year in 2008, after leading Miami to an 84-77 record. In 2009, the Marlins finished 87-75, the third-most wins in a single season in franchise history. His 555 games managed are the most by a Marlins skipper, and his 276 wins are the second-most in club history, trailing only Jack McKeon (281). Prior to his most recent stint with the Marlins, González managed the Atlanta Braves for five-plus seasons from 2011-2016. He finished in the top five in BBWAA Manager of the Year voting in three of his five-plus seasons, including in 2013 when he finished third after leading the Braves to the National League East Division title. He has twice served as a coach for the National League at an All-Star Game, in 2014 under manager Mike Matheny and in 2007 under manager Tony La Russa. He also served as Third Base Coach for the Atlanta Braves under manager Bobby Cox in Atlanta for four seasons (2003-06). González began his professional coaching career in 1990 with the unaffiliated Class-A Miami Miracle. He was named the manager at Class-A Erie in 1992, becoming the first minor league manager in Marlins history. González enters his 31st season as a professional coach or manager, with 29 of those years coming in either the Marlins or Braves organizations. The Havana, Cuba native was selected by the Yankees in the 16th round of the 1982 First-Year Player Draft and spent six seasons as a catcher in the Yankees minor league system.
