The Giants introduced on Thursday afternoon that they’ve employed Oscar Bernard and Damon Minor to function assistant hitting coaches underneath supervisor Bob Melvin and hitting coach Pat Burrell.
Moreover, Taira Uematsu was promoted to major-league high quality management coach.
Bernard and Minor will exchange Pedro Guerrero and Justin Viele, who each left the Giants to affix the Marlins and Rangers, respectively. Together with Guerrero and Viele, Alyssa Nakken joined the Guardians whereas Bryan Worth stepped down following one yr as pitching coach. J.P. Martinez was subsequently elevated to pitching coach.
With the additions of Bernard and Minor, the Giants have formally set their 2025 major-league teaching workers. Ryan Christenson (bench coach), Mark Hallberg (first base coach), Matt Williams (third base coach), Garvin Alston (bullpen coach) and Alex Burg (catching coach) will all return to their respective roles.
Minor, 50, spent the earlier 9 seasons because the hitting coach for Triple-A Sacramento. Previous to that function, Minor served because the hitting teacher for Triple-A New Orleans of the Marlins’ group. Minor was drafted by the Giants within the twelfth spherical of the 1996 MLB Draft, hitting .232 with 10 house runs in 136 video games with the major-league membership over 4 seasons.
Bernard, 41, joins the Giants after spending the final 9 years within the Padres group, spending seven of these seasons as San Diego’s minor-league hitting coordinator. In 2023, Bernard served as an assistant hitting coach on the major-league workers underneath Melvin.
Earlier than becoming a member of the Padres, Bernard labored three seasons with the Cubs group and 5 seasons within the Rangers group. Bernard signed with the Cubs as a non-drafted free agent in 2001 however by no means made the majors, spending 5 seasons as a place participant (2001-05) and two seasons as a pitcher (2006-07).
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