The Orioles have hired Tony Mansolino as their third base coach, Rich Dubroff of BaltimoreBaseball.com tweets. Paul Hoynes of cleveland.com reported the news earlier this month, but it flew under MLBTR’s radar.
Mansolino will take over for Jose Flores, who had been on the Orioles’ staff since they hired manager Brandon Hyde before the 2019 season. Flores worked as their third base coach and served as an infield instructor.
The 38-year-old Mansolino is a former minor league infielder who has garnered quite a bit of coaching experience since his playing career ended in 2010. Mansolino managed and coached in Cleveland’s system for 11 years, Hoynes notes. He spent last season as Cleveland’s infield coordinator, and he subbed in as its third base coach, replacing Mike Sarbaugh, when manager Terry Francona went on leave for health reasons.
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I give an F to the Nationals. Trading 2 good pitching prospects for a player that was terrible for 2 seasons, then good for 4 months, then terrible for a season and a third is a bad move. Bell is a Boras client that only cares about money and will never work hard unless a big contract is staring him in the face.
Not being mean, but wrong thread bro
they have yo take whoever will agree to work there.
at minimum wage?
I’m happy as long as Flores isn’t coaching 3rd. He was awful
Great guy! Good pick by the O’s
O’s news travels slowly on MLBTR….tomorrow, let’s read of Boog Powell’s retirement….
BTW, Merry Christmas all
And to all a good night.
Solid choice. Cleveland has a habit of nurturing good coaches and then having them get picked by other organizations. Same goes for front office guys.
And pitchers
I would trade Mize or Torkelson for Antonetti and Co instantly! I believe you’re absolutely correct, great staff over there
Merry Christmas to all the MLBTR staff and its readers!
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It’s a-me, Mansolino!
Italians make the best 3rd base coaches because they speak-a-so-good with their hands!
Merry Christmas everyone here at MLBTR!
Boggswade
That is a very inappropriate comment.
I would encourage you to take that comment down. It can be construed as racist.
Oh to be a Cleveland baseball team fan. Our big news is that we signed Nick Wittgren to a $2M deal and Mansolino was hired by the Orioles. Oh snap! Don’t forget Domingo Santana signed with a Korean team. Or was it one of the Japan teams? Then they wonder why fans don’t show. SMH.