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Changes to the Orioles’ coaching staff were inevitable with the hiring yesterday of Craig Albernaz as manager.
It’s already started.
Two-thirds of the hitting coach group is confirmed to be leaving, according to sources. Sherman Johnson, an assistant hitting coach and upper level hitting coordinator, is joining the White Sox as minor league hitting coordinator. Another assistant, Tommy Joseph, won’t be retained.
Johnson is reunited with Ryan Fuller, currently the White Sox director of hitting and previously Orioles co-hitting coach. Johnson and Joseph spent one season with the Orioles, the latter coming over from the Mariners.
Johnson had been in the organization in various hitting coach roles since the 2023 season.
SARASOTA, Fla. – Tommy Joseph noticed it right away.
After spending the 2024 season as assistant hitting coach in Seattle, Joseph accepted the same job with the Orioles and immediately was struck by the positive atmosphere and tight bonds formed among players who genuinely care about each other. They’re teammates but also friends. They have the same goals and each other’s backs.
The hitting philosophies are almost universal, with Joseph saying, “You try to score more runs as the other team. You’ve just got to find as many ways to do that as you can every day.”
And then, there’s this:
“In terms of the environment and the culture, just being here a couple days, you can tell it’s very special. They’ve built something very special and the players really bought in on everything here," he said.
