The Marlins introduced their 2025 teaching workers on Friday afternoon. Essentially the most notable improvement was the hiring of Blake Lalli as third base coach. Miami additionally employed Alon Leichman as assistant pitching coach and assistant pitching director, which Christina De Nicola of MLB.com first reported in December.
Lalli had a quick main league taking part in profession. He suited up with the Cubs, Brewers and Braves between 2012-16. Lalli performed components of 12 years within the minors, together with six seasons in Triple-A. He ended his taking part in days over the 2017-18 offseason and moved into managing. Lalli spent 5 years as a supervisor within the Arizona system, together with the previous two for his or her Triple-A membership in Reno. This would be the 41-year-old’s first MLB teaching place.
Leichman, 35, has pitched and coached for the Israeli nationwide crew. He labored as a pitching teacher within the Dodgers and Seattle farm methods earlier than getting his first MLB job with the Reds. Leichman spent two seasons as an assistant pitching coach beneath Derek Johnson in Cincinnati earlier than making the transfer to Miami.
Clayton McCullough has a completely new workers for his first yr as a significant league supervisor. The remainder of the workers (most of which has been lined beforehand at MLBTR) is as follows: bench coach Carson Vitale, hitting coach Pedro Guerrero, pitching coach Daniel Moskos, first base coach Tyler Smarslok, assistant hitting coach Derek Shomon, bullpen coach Brandon Mann, catching coach Joe Singley, area coordinator Aaron Leanhardt, and efficiency/knowledge integration strategist Bryson Nakamura.