The Rangers formally introduced their teaching employees for the upcoming season at this time, together with the additions of bench coach Luis Urueta, assistant pitching coach Dave Bush, bullpen coach Jordan Tiegs and hitting coach Justin Viele.
The 43-year-old Urueta served because the Marlins’ bench coach underneath Skip Schumaker and in addition held a bench coach place with the Diamondbacks previous to his time in Miami. The Rangers employed Schumaker as a senior advisor to president of baseball operations Chris Younger earlier this month, and it was reported on the time that Urueta was anticipated to be named bench coach to supervisor Bruce Bochy. Along with his time as a bench coach in Miami and Arizona, Urueta spent greater than a decade teaching and managing within the D-backs’ minor league system.
Bush, 45, was the Purple Sox’ pitching coach from 2020-23 and joined the Rangers because the group’s director of pitching technique again in January. He labored with each the teaching employees and entrance workplace in that position, and Bush even stepped in as interim pitching coach in the course of the 2024 season when pitching coach Mike Maddux was briefly away from the membership.
Tiegs, 37, might be suiting up on a giant league teaching employees for the primary time however has spent six years within the Rangers group already. He’s been a pitching coach at a number of minor league ranges and labored with the Rangers’ participant growth employees because the crew’s minor league pitching coordinator. He’s additionally coached faculty ball at two totally different colleges in his native Indiana (College of Indianapolis and Indiana State College).
Viele’s hiring was first reported again on Nov. 1. The 34-year-old had been an assistant hitting coach with the Giants and overlapped with present Rangers offensive coordinator Donnie Ecker on San Francisco’s employees in 2020-21.
Bochy might be returning to the Rangers for his third yr as supervisor. Along with Urueta, Bush, Viele and Tiegs, the Rangers will welcome again Ecker, first base coach Corey Ragsdale, third base coach Tony Beasley, catching coach Bobby Wilson, assistant hitting coach Seth Conner and high quality management coach Brett Hayes.
