Padres split role of traditional bench coach in three; Machado making progress toward full return from elbow surgery
The Padres do not have a bench coach, at least not officially. What they have is three coaches — Brian Esposito, Ryan Barba and Mike McCoy — doing parts of one job during games. Similar to how they pioneered the title “associate manager” in 2020, the Padres now have introduced the titles “game strategy assistant” and “major league field coordinator.” This is a step beyond what they did before.
And now he’s gone to the cages to get this player who’s in the clubhouse and find the other guy and can't find him, and I look up and he’s not there. Now I’ve got 'Espo' always right there. “It’s always gotten done-ish. But now you’ve got one person that goes to one player and says, ‘This is what this is, what you're going to look for.’ And they can take their time and talk about and prep him for it.
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