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The Orioles need to replace all of their hitting coaches from the 2025 season.

They’ve settled on their lead guy.

Dustin Lind is set to become the club’s main hitting coach, according to a source. He replaces Cody Asche, who accepted a job as the Tigers’ assistant.

Lind, 37, has worked as Phillies’ assistant hitting coach for the past two seasons and he has ties to new manager Craig Albernaz in San Francisco, where he served as director of hitting and assistant hitting coach from 2020-23.

The Mariners hired Lind in 2018 as a minor league quality assurance coach and a year later named him director of hitting development and strategies on the major league coaching staff.

This is the Orioles’ first known hire since they changed managers.

Assistant hitting coaches Tommy Joseph and Sherman Johnson aren’t returning in 2026. Johnson accepted a position as White Sox assistant hitting coach.

First base coach Anthony Sanders will have the same role next season in Detroit. The Orioles also must replace bench coach Robinson Chirinos.

None of the departures are considered a surprise. Most, if not all, of the coaches were expected to leave with a new manager in charge.

BaltimoreBaseball.com first reported the Lind hire.