Blue Jays Minor League Managers and Coaches for 2012

by Tom Dakers on Dec 22, 2011 10:10 AM EST in Toronto Blue Jays News

The Jays announced their Minor League coaching staffs today. Managers returning are Marty Brown (Vegas), Sal Fasano (New Hampshire), Dennis Holmberg (Bluefield) and Omar Malave (GCL). Mike Redmond moves from Lansing to Dunedin. Clayton McCullough gets the manager job in Vancouver and John Tamargo, Jr moves from hitting coach to manager at Lansing.

Here is the full list of minor league coaches and instructors after the jump:

COORDINATORS

Field Coordinator Doug Davis

Senior Advisor John Mallee

Pitching Dane Johnson

Hitting Anthony Iapoce

Infield Mike Mordecai

Outfield/Baserunning Richard Miller

Pitching/Rehab Rick Langford

Motivational Coach Steve Springer

Rehab Coordinator Jeffrey Stevenson

Athletic Training Coordinator Mike Frostad

Strength & Conditioning Donovan Santas

Asst. Strength & Conditioning Chris Joyner

Equipment Billy Wardlow

LAS VEGAS

Manager: Marty Brown

Pitching: Bob Stanley

Hitting: Chad Mottola/Danny Solano

Trainer: Voon Chong

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Manager: Sal Fasano

Pitching: Tom Signore

Hitting: Jon Nunnally

Trainer: Robert Tarpey

DUNEDIN LANSING

Manager: Mike Redmond

Pitching: Darold Knowles

Hitting: Ralph Dickenson

Trainer: Dan McIntosh

LANSING

Manager: John Tamargo Jr.

Pitching: Vince Horsman

Hitting: Kenny Graham

Trainer: James Gardiner

VANCOUVER

Manager: Clayton McCullough

Pitching: Jim Czajkowski

Hitting: Dave Pano

Trainer: Shawn McDermott

BLUEFIELD

Manager: Dennis Holmberg

Pitching: Antonio Caceres

Hitting: Paul Elliott

Trainer: Drew MacDonald

GULF COAST

Manager: Omar Malave

Pitching: TBD

Coach: John Schneider/Juan Lopez

Trainer: Jon Woodworth

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Of note

John Schneider (now coach, GCL) was manager of the Vancouver Canadians in 2011 before taking a leave of absence mid-season to attend to family matters when Rich Miller (now outfield-baserunning coordinator) was named interim manager.

John Tamargo Jr. was interim manager in Lansing for a few games in 2010, and actually managed against his father and former Expos backup catcher John Tamargo for a game (and won).

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by Minor Leaguer on Dec 22, 2011 10:18 AM EST reply actions

notable absence

Justin Mashore doesn’t appear to be working with the Jays anymore . He will be probably missed by Anthony Gose … Adeiny Hechavarria maybe not so much .

by jgadfly on Dec 22, 2011 11:59 PM EST reply actions

wonder why Vegas has 2 hitting coaches

set up for a Mottola promotion to the big club?

by SuckaMD on Dec 23, 2011 5:21 PM EST reply actions

I think they might turn him into a bit of a rover

Everyone seems to know he needs to at least start the year in AAA working with Gose and Hech specifically. Building Gose a 2 strike approach, teaching him to take walks etc. and continuing whatever tweak they say he did with Hech last year. Also I hope he spends spring training working with Snider as the swing he built him last year was pretty, although it didn’t last long.

Once Hech, Gose are set in AAA and Snider in (hopefully) the Majors, Mottola could probably help JPA take a walk as well. Then whomever of our top prospects needs help the most he can go there. I know I’m making him sound like a miracle worker but I like the swings and approaches he helps players make.

by WizardofNaz on Dec 24, 2011 1:12 PM EST up reply actions

Regarding Gose

Building Gose a 2 strike approach, teaching him to take walks etc.

From that recent article, it seems as if the Jays deliberately did not want Gose to develop a two strike approach (that is, swing defensively) because they wanted him to build muscle memory for his new swing. Now that he’s had a full year with the new swing, they said they’re going to allow Gose to engage in a bit of slap defensive hitting when it’s appropriate. The Jays still want him to be aggressive and commit to swinging hard at strikes but now he has the option of cutting down his swing on after two strikes.

I remain very optimistic about Gose overcoming his contact problems. The key thing is even though he had contact problems, he was still taking a lot of walks.

by siggian on Dec 28, 2011 9:35 AM EST up reply actions