Dodgers Announce 2023 Minor League Coaching Staffs

February 7th, 2023

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers announced their Minor League coaching staffs for the 2023 season with Travis Barbary (Oklahoma City), Scott Hennessey (Tulsa), Daniel Nava (Great Lakes), John Shoemaker (Rancho Cucamonga), Jair Fernandez (Arizona Complex League Dodgers), Dunior Zerpa and Cordell Hipolito (Dominican Summer League Dodgers) all leading their respective squads.

Six of the seven managers return to their affiliates in 2023, while Daniel Nava will take over for Great Lakes in his first season as the Loons’ skipper. Nava, 39, played parts of seven seasons in the Major Leagues with Boston (2010-15), Tampa Bay (2015), Los Angeles - AL (2016), Kansas City (2016) and Philadephia (2017), hitting a combined .266 with 29 homers and 206 RBI. He played in a career-best 134 games in 2013 for the Red Sox, setting career-highs in doubles (29), homers (12), RBI (66) and OPS (.831). The Northern California native was originally signed by the Boston Red Sox as a non-drafted free agent in 2007 from the independent Golden Baseball League Chico Outlaws.

Last season, the Dodger minor league affiliates recorded a combined .545 winning percentage (393-328) with six of the seven squads finishing the regular season with a winning record, including playoff berths by the Tulsa Drillers, Great Lakes Loons and the Dominican Summer League Dodgers. It is the seventh straight season that the Dodger affiliates have posted a winning mark and are a combined 2,986-2,528 (.542) since their last losing season in 2013. The Dodgers were the only Major League organization to have six affiliates post a winning record last season, while recording the fourth best mark by an organization, trailing only the Tampa Bay Rays (.576), Colorado Rockies (.549) and New York Yankees (.548). 

In 2022, the Dodgers had four Major League debuts, including James Outman, Miguel Vargas, Michael Grove and Ryan Pepiot, who were all signed or drafted by Los Angeles. The Dodgers qualified rookie pitchers went a combined 4-0 with a 3.51 ERA (19 ER/65.2 IP) and 66 strikeouts, while the rookie hitters hit a combined .233 (14-for-60) with three doubles, two homers and 11 RBI. 

The rest of the Dodger coaching staff is below:

Oklahoma City Dodgers (AAA)

Manager- Travis Barbary

Hitting coach- Manny Burriss

Pitching coach- Doug Mathis

Pitching coach- Justin DeFratus

Bench coach- Chris Gutierrez

Athletic trainer - Chelsea Willette

Athletic trainer - Griffin Boyte

Performance coach- Paul Fournier

Video/development associate- Harrison Schnurbusch

Tulsa Drillers (AA)

Manager- Scott Hennessey

Hitting coach- Lou Iannotti

Pitching coach- Ryan Dennick

Pitching coach- Durin O’Linger

Bench coach- Juan Apodaca

Athletic trainer - Jesse Guffey

Performance coach- Noah Huff

Video/development associate- Mikael Mogues

Great Lakes Loons (A+)

Manager- Daniel Nava

Hitting coach- O’Koyea Dickson

Pitching coach- David Anderson

Pitching coach- Richard De Los Santos

Bench coach- Elian Herrera

Athletic trainer - Ikuo Kato

Performance coach- Ethan Quarles

Video/development associate- Joe Manno

Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (A)

Manager- John Shoemaker

Hitting coach- Dylan Nasiatka

Pitching coach- Ramon Troncoso

Pitching coach- Sean Coyne

Bench coach/hitting coach- Ronny Paulino

Athletic trainer - Akinori Maeda

Performance coach- Taylor Miller

Video/development associate- Ben Castiglia

Arizona Complex League Dodgers (Rookie)

Manager- Jair Fernandez

Hitting coach- Danny Dorn

Hitting coach- Blake Gailen

Hitting coach- Johermyn Chavez

Pitching coach- Andres Urbina

Pitching coach- Luis Vasquez

Bench coach- Johan Garcia

Coach/complex coordinator- Fumi Ishibashi

Coach/baseball tech associate- Zoe Hicks

Athletic trainer- Alfredo Casillas

Assistant athletic trainer- Zoe Hicks

Performance coach- Jose Gutierrez

Performance associate- Irma Maldonado

Performance operations assistant- Marlon Cairo

Video/development associate- Jade Gortarez

Video/development associate- Joe Nadler

Dominican Summer League Dodgers (Rookie)

Manager- Cordell Hipolito

Manager- Dunior Zerpa

Hitting coach- Sergio Mendez

Hitting coach- Juan Diaz

Coach- Leury Bonilla

Latin America defensive coordinator- Pedro Mega

Sr. Advisor, Campo Las Palmas- Antonio Bautista

Pitching coach- Raidel Chacon

Pitching coach- Hector Rodriguez

Pitching coach- Eduardo Dominguez

Pitching coach- Roberto Giron

Latin America medical coordinator- Jorge Gonzalez

Athletic Trainer- Jorge Rodriguez

Physiotherapist- Walter LaChapel

Performance coach- Rafa Sepulveda

Performance coach- George Drullard

Performance coach- Walter Lindo

Nutrition coordinator- Julissa Gomez

Video/development associate- Jerry Chavarria

Video/development associate- James Keller