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Padres To Hire Ryan Christenson As Bench Coach

By Mark Polishuk | December 3, 2021 at 1:26pm CDT

One of Bob Melvin’s trusted lieutenants will be joining the manager in San Diego, as The Athletic’s Dennis Lin reports (via Twitter) that the Padres will hire Ryan Christenson as their new bench coach.  Christenson worked as Melvin’s bench coach with the Athletics for the last four seasons.

Christenson has longstanding ties to Oakland, working as a minor league manager from 2013-2017 and also playing for the A’s from 1998-2001 after being drafted by the club in 1995.  The 47-year-old saw MLB action with four different teams during his six seasons in the Show, and while he played 60 games with the Rangers in 2003, this was just a year before Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller was initially hired to join the Texas organization.

The firing of manager Jayce Tingler following the season also led to an overhaul of the Padres’ coaching staff.  Along with Christenson, Ruben Niebla is the new pitching coach, Michael Brdar the new hitting coach, and Francisco Cervelli was hired as a catching coach.  According to Lin, the Padres will announce their full slate of coaches next week.

With Christenson now moving on, the A’s have one less internal option to consider as Melvin’s replacement.  Christenson had been mentioned as a possible candidate as Oakland’s next skipper, and he also interviewed for the Pirates’ last managerial vacancy back in October 2019.  There has been very little public buzz about the Athletics’ managerial search, but with all other baseball business on hold due to the lockout, the team has been expected to now turn its full attention to finding a new bench boss.

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48 Comments

  1. PadreFan19

    4 years ago

    Time to rebrand to the San Diego Athletics.

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    • pd14athletics

      4 years ago

      Probably waiting until the Matt Olson and Frankie Montas trade is official.

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    • statman

      4 years ago

      Christenson follows Melvin ORDERS! ORDERS THAT MUST BE OBEYED AT ALL TIMES!!!

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    • statman

      4 years ago

      Or Las Vegas athletics maybe?

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    • CrikesAlready

      4 years ago

      …or the Texas Athletics of San Diego.

      Preller is poison.

      I hope he doesn’t micromanage Melvin.

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      Reply
    • Deleted Userr

      4 years ago

      San Diego Rangers*

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      • sergefunction

        4 years ago

        Tejas Athleticos de Districto Gaslamp

        Puts that San Diego stamp on it.

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    • wallabeechamp

      4 years ago

      San Diego Athletic Rangers

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      Reply
  2. Tacoshells

    4 years ago

    I think that all but confirms Mark Kotsay will be Oaklands new manager. Congrats !

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    • CCCTL

      4 years ago

      Matt Williams, fresh out of his job being manager for the Kia Tigers, was spotted flying into Oakland 2 weeks ago.

      4
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      • skip 2

        4 years ago

        Ron Washington?

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      • sergefunction

        4 years ago

        Is Matty still being quarantined?

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  3. MrMet62

    4 years ago

    At this point all he has to coach is just a bench 🙁

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  4. cookmeister 2

    4 years ago

    I totally forgot Melvin was in SD

    Reply
    • Tacoshells

      4 years ago

      He’s doing great so far! Hasnt lost a game yet !

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  5. zacharydmanprin

    4 years ago

    Anything to get Mark Kotsay away from 3B coach…

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  6. Monkey’s Uncle

    4 years ago

    It’s got it be really hard to coach a bench. I can’t imagine that they respond to criticism very well. Actually, benches don’t respond to anything. Maybe he’s just in charge of where the bench goes, or what they can or can’t put on the bench.

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    • bobtillman

      4 years ago

      I dunno. I had an uncle who talked to benches all the time.

      Of course, he also used to wear his underwear on the outside quite a bit.

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      • rond-2

        4 years ago

        My kind of man!

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    • Dunk Dunkington

      4 years ago

      Does a Bench coach also coach the benches in the bullpen or just the dugout?

      Reply
    • Oscar the Grouch

      4 years ago

      Benches are some of the toughest members of a team, ask Huscar Ynoa.

      Reply
    • Not a clever name

      4 years ago

      I’ve seen benches respond to women of large girth, they must make them happy because it looks like the bench is smiling when they sit in the middle of them.

      Reply
  7. Rsox

    4 years ago

    I guess we know who won’t be A’s manager next year. If they ever get around to naming Melvin’s replacement its most likely going to be Mark Kotsay

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  8. Dodgers2021 2

    4 years ago

    I get really tired of dumb comments on here. It’s like pre-school.

    3
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    • Tacoshells

      4 years ago

      You can just mute the dumb commenters ?

      2
      Reply
    • baseballpun

      4 years ago

      *eats paste*

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      Reply
      • tstats

        4 years ago

        *sticks crayon in nose*

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    • Monkey’s Uncle

      4 years ago

      Hey now, I resemble that remark.

      1
      Reply
      • DarkSide830

        4 years ago

        “haha, I do that!”

        Reply
    • azcrook

      4 years ago

      Dodger Fan….Case closed

      Reply
    • Not a clever name

      4 years ago

      Most of us were not even in preschool last time the dodgers won a World Series with out an asterisk

      Reply
  9. Dutch Vander Linde

    4 years ago

    I thought teams weren’t allowed to talk to anybody during the lockout.

    Reply
    • CCCTL

      4 years ago

      It’s only the players that are locked out.

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      Reply
  10. geoffb1982

    4 years ago

    I am an A’s fan, and I love this move! Hope the A’s hire Ron Washington

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    • julyn82001

      4 years ago

      Agreed. Wash shall be the A’s new skipper. Kotsay’s in the conversation as well…

      1
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    • Asfan0780

      4 years ago

      Considering his age and looming rebuild situation, I m not sure he’d want to be manager here

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    • zacharydmanprin

      4 years ago

      Yes. Hopefully, the A’s hire the chain-smoking, cocaine addled philanderer as their manager. That would be a Public Relations coup if they indeed move to Las Vegas.

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      Reply
  11. CrikesAlready

    4 years ago

    Kotsay to manage? Seems like the process of elimination is in his favor. Plus, Kotsay is probably the right price in his first crack at manager.

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    • geoffb1982

      4 years ago

      All that matters to John Fisher’s cheap ass is his low price tag. Washington is wayyyy more qualified

      Reply
  12. jessaumodesto

    4 years ago

    My guess is the A’s go with a player/manager to save money. Maybe Jed Lowrie

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    • geoffb1982

      4 years ago

      Ha! Knowing John Fisher’s cheap ass, you’re probably right!

      Reply
  13. angt222

    4 years ago

    Makes sense.

    Reply
  14. bkwalker510

    4 years ago

    whatever happened with him giving that nazi salute or whatever?

    1
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    • AnonymousRedCow

      4 years ago

      Didn’t happen, Tovarisch. We have always been at war with Oceania

      Reply
  15. Gwynning

    4 years ago

    Welcome to San Dee-ah-go, Mr. Christianson!

    Reply
  16. 619bird

    4 years ago

    Catching coach?

    Did they just do away with the bullpen catcher and hire Cervelli to coach and catch the pen? lol

    I know he can rove around ST and coach all the players in the system wearing the tools of ignorance around facility but what happens after the team goes north?

    Reply
  17. PutPeteinthehall

    4 years ago

    If you had your choice manage A’s or Mets?

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  18. sorrynotsorry

    4 years ago

    Really creating content at this point.

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