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Orioles announce 2021 coaching staff

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The Orioles have announced their 2021 coaching staff and, as previously reported, Tony Mansolino will be their third base coach and infield instructor.

Mansolino, 38, will replace José Flores as third base and infield coach. Flores was not retained after two seasons on manager Brandon Hyde’s staff.

Mansolino, the son of longtime major league coach Doug Mansolino, comes from the Cleveland Indians organization, where he spent 10 seasons.

Last year, with the absence of Cleveland manager Terry Francona, Mansolino filled in as the team’s third base coach and has also been the team’s infield coordinator and a minor league coach and manager.

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He spent four seasons in the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies organizations and concluded his playing career with three seasons of independent ball.

Mansolino and Chris Holt, who will replace Doug Brocail as the teams’ pitching coach, are the additions to Hyde’s staff.

Holt will continue to serve as the team’s director of pitching. He joined the Orioles shortly after Mike Elias was hired as the team’s top baseball executive in November 2018.

Brocail’s contract was not renewed after two seasons.

Darren Holmes, who was the Orioles’ bullpen coach last season, returns in that role and will assume the title of assistant pitching coach.

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The other coaches from 2020 will return this season: Tim Cossins, catching coach and field coordinator; Fredi González,  major league coach; José Hernandez, assistant hitting coach; Don Long, hitting coach; and Anthony Sanders, first base and outfield coach.

Cossins, Hernandez and Long are in their third seasons with the Orioles. González and Sanders are in their second season.

Rich Dubroff

Rich Dubroff grew up in Brooklyn as a fan of New York teams, but after he moved to Baltimore, quickly adopted the Orioles and Colts. After nearly two decades as a freelancer assisting on Orioles coverage for several outlets, principally The Capital in Annapolis and The Carroll County Times, Dubroff began covering the team fulltime in 2011. He spent five years at Comcast SportsNet’s website and for the last two seasons, wrote for PressBoxonline.com, Dubroff lives in Baltimore with his wife of more than 30 years, Susan.

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  • José Flores buh bye .... enough said.

    (but the rest of y'all, please feel free to pile on)

  • The only minor surprise to me was retaining Cossins as catching coach. I thought defensively their catchers were subpar. Maybe they like the job he’s doing as “field coordinator”. By the way, what does a field coordinator do? They already have an outfield coach and an infield coordinator so I’m just curious.

    • DL, I thought the same thing, very inadequate behind the plate, almost as glaring as guys around 3rd base...oh well...go O’s...

      • DL ... I had to google Nicole Sherry ... you made me laugh. Answer ... I haven't the foggiest clue who the field coordiantor reports to.

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