Washington Nationals announce player development staff
The Washington Nationals announced their player development staff for the 2022 season.
Today, the Washington Nationals announced their 2022 Minor League Player staff. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo and Director of Player Development De Jon Watson made the joint announcement just made by the Nationals.
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“We are incredibly excited to announce our expanded player development staff,” said Watson. “We added 14 new roles and brought in more than 20 new staff members to the system. This group boasts a wealth of playing and coaching experience at both the Minor League and Major League level. The expanded resources throughout the system ensure that our players will have everything they need to develop, improve and prepare themselves for the next level.”
Triple-A Rochester
- Manager — Matt LeCroy
- Hitting — Brian Daubach
- Pitching — Rafael Chaves
- Athletic Trainer — Eric Montague
- Strength & Conditioning — Mike Warren
- #Developmental Coach — Billy McMillon
Double-A Harrisburg
- Manager — Tripp Keister
- Hitting — Micah Franklin
- Pitching — Justin Lord
- Athletic Trainer — TD Swinford
- Strength & Conditioning — RJ Guyer
- #Developmental Coach — Oscar Salazar
High-A Wilmington
- Manager — Mario Lisson**
- Hitting — Tim Doherty*
- Pitching — Mark DiFelice*
- Athletic Trainer — Don Neidig
- Strength & Conditioning — Shane Hill
- #Developmental Coach — Mark Harris**
Low-A Fredericksburg
- Manager — Jake Lowery**
- Hitting — Delwyn Young*
- Pitching — Joel Hanrahan*
- Athletic Trainer — Kirby Craft
- Strength & Conditioning — Ryan Grose
- #Developmental Coach — Carmelo Jaime*
Florida Complex League
- Manager — Luis Ordaz**
- Hitting — Ender Chávez*
- Pitching — Franklin Bravo
- Athletic Trainer — Jacob Meyer
- Strength & Conditioning — Brandon Pentheny
- #Developmental Coach — Destin Hood*
Dominican Summer League
- Manager — Sandy Martinez
- Hitting — Freddy Guzman
- Pitching — Edwin Hurtado
- #Assistant Pitching — Feliberto Sanchez*
- Infield — Wilson Valdez
- Outfield — Emiliano Alcantara
- Athletic Trainer — Miguel Cabrera
- Strength & Conditioning — Santo Del Rosario
- Latin American Training Coord. — Manny Moore
- Tryout Assistant — Anthony Rosario
Staff / Coordinators
- Director, Player Development — De Jon Watson
- #Senior Advisor, Player Development — Dave Jauss*
- Senior Advisor, Player Development — Spin Williams
- Director, Minor League and Florida Operations — Ryan Thomas
- #Director, Player Development Technology & Strategy — David Longley*
- Assistant Director, Player Development — John Wulf
- Assistant Director, Minor League Operations — JJ Estevez
- Manager, Florida Operations — Dianne Wiebe
- Player Education and Cultural Development Coordinator — Andrew Scarlata
- Minor League Clubhouse & Equipment Coordinator — Carlos Felix
- Minor League Clubhouse Operations — Scott Paquin
- DSL Academy Administrator — Eduardo Castro
- DSL Clubhouse Assistant — Edniel Rouancourt
- DSL Academy Administrative Assistant — Lorena Rosario
- Field Coordinator — Bob Henley
- Assistant Field Coordinator — Jeff Garber
- Hitting Coordinator — Joe Dillon*
- #Lower Level Hitting Coordinator — Troy Gingrich
- Pitching Coordinator — Sam Narron
- #Lower Level Pitching Coordinator — Michael Tejera
- Outfield/Baserunning Coordinator — Coco Crisp*
- Infield Coordinator — José Alguacil*
- Catching Coordinator — Randy Knorr
- #Quality Control Coordinator — Bill Mueller*
- Rehabilitation Pitching Coordinator — Mark Grater
- Medical Rehab Coordinator — Gene Basham*
- Assistant Medical Rehab Coordinator — Jeff Allred
- Strength and Conditioning Coordinator — Gabe Torres
- #Athletic Trainer — Cesar Roman*
- #Mental Skills Coordinator — Dana Sinclair*
- #Nutritionist — Emily Kaley*
