MILWAUKEE -- Carlos Subero is out as the Brewers' first-base coach after four seasons, marking the second straight year that an appearance in the postseason coincided with a staff change.

Subero, 47, was a longtime manager in the Venezuela Winter League and Minor Leagues before joining Brewers manager Craig Counsell’s staff in December 2015 after two seasons managing Milwaukee’s Double-A affiliate. He was responsible for the club’s infielders in addition to his work with baserunners, and he was the lone Spanish-speaking member of Milwaukee’s Major League coaching staff.

“I think Carlos had a tremendous run with the organization and was a very valuable member of our coaching staff for the past four years and contributed to a lot of really good things that happened during that time period,” Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns said. “He should be really proud of that. … At this point, we wanted a little bit of a different voice in that role.”

The Brewers’ other coaches are expected back in 2020: bench coach Pat Murphy, third-base coach Ed Sedar, pitching coach Chris Hook, bullpen coach Steve Karsay, hitting coach Andy Haines and assistant hitting coach Jason Lane. Bullpen catchers Marcus Hanel and Robinzon Diaz also are returning.

It was the club’s decision to part with Subero, Stearns confirmed, whose primary responsibility was infield instruction. Overall, the Brewers took a step back defensively in 2019 due to myriad factors, including two on the infield: the arrival of rookie second baseman Keston Hiura, whose bat is ahead of his glove at this point of his career, and the defensive regression of shortstop Orlando Arcia.

Stearns indicated the club was already reviewing candidates for the opening and would fill the position within a month or so.

“There are probably a couple of different ways we can slice it,” Stearns said. “His main responsibility was infield and [manning] first base. We could hire another infield coach at first base. If we were to hire a different skill set at first base, we probably have another coach or two on our staff who has the ability to handle the infield responsibilities. That’s something we’re going to assess as we go through this process.”

Asked about the imperative to hire another Spanish-speaking coach, Stearns said, “We always try to factor in diversity on our staff that represents our player group as a whole. And we have that still, to some extent, with Robinzon Diaz on our staff. But that is something we always are going to take into account as we look to create a balanced and complete Major League coaching staff.”