The Brewers are shaking up their offensive workers. Milwaukee introduced on Monday that they’ve promoted Al LeBoeuf to steer hitting coach. Milwaukee additionally promoted Eric Theisen to hitting coach. Theisen will work as a co-hitting coach with Connor Dawson, who’s returning for a fourth season. Milwaukee has parted methods with former co-hitting coach Ozzie Timmons.
Milwaukee doesn’t technically have any assistant hitting coaches. It appears Dawson and Theisen will primarily work in that capability whereas LeBoeuf will get the first job. It’s the primary main league teaching gig for the 64-year-old LeBoeuf, a longtime member of Milwaukee’s minor league ranks. He joined the group as a Double-A hitting coach in 2010. LeBoeuf labored his option to Triple-A by 2012.
Sadly, he skilled crippling decrease physique ache that 12 months. Testing revealed blood most cancers in his left hip. As Adam McCalvy of MLB.com wrote in 2013, the most cancers was traced again to a extreme bone bruise he’d suffered when he was hit by a pitch whereas enjoying within the Phillies’ system again within the mid-Eighties. The extraordinarily uncommon situation slowed LeBouef’s stand up the minor league ranks, however he thankfully beat the illness and labored his method again to teaching Triple-A hitters by 2019.
LeBoeuf has held that function for the previous six seasons. He advised McCalvy this night that he just lately marked 10 years most cancers free and is in “nice” well being (X hyperlink). He’ll now get a long-awaited probability to educate huge league hitters. LeBoeuf has already labored with most of Milwaukee’s younger core. Sal Frelick, Garrett Mitchell, Tyler Black and Brice Turang have all had current stints in Triple-A. Jackson Chourio primarily skipped the highest minor league degree, although he did cease there for the ultimate week of 2023.
Along with his longtime work with Milwaukee, LeBoeuf has coached or managed within the minors with the Phillies, Mets, Royals and Blue Jays. As a participant, he topped out on the Triple-A degree with the Phils.
Theisen additionally labored as a co-hitting coach in Triple-A this previous season. A former school pitcher with Illinois State, Theisen joined Milwaukee’s minor league ranks in 2021. He has spent the previous three seasons as a minor league hitting coordinator along with his work as Triple-A hitting coach. This’ll be his first job on a serious league workers.
Timmons strikes on after three seasons. He had labored on Kevin Money’s workers with the Rays for just a few years earlier than taking the Milwaukee job. The Brewers have been an above-average offensive workforce this 12 months. Milwaukee turned in a .246/.326/.403 batting line. They positioned within the high 10 in batting common and on-base share whereas rating thirteenth in slugging. They completed sixth in runs scored.
