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Padres Promote Ryan Christenson To Associate Manager

By Anthony Franco | February 3, 2023 at 5:12pm CDT

The Padres announced their coaching staff for the 2023 season this afternoon. There are a few shakeups for Bob Melvin’s second season leading the San Diego dugout.

Ryan Christenson has been given the title of associate manager. The 48-year-old joined Melvin in making the jump from the A’s to the Padres last offseason. Christenson had been Melvin’s bench coach in Oakland from 2018-21 and took on that same role for his first season in San Diego. He now earns a bump in title to associate manager, though his position as Melvin’s top lieutenant seems unchanged.

Filling the role of bench coach is Ryan Flaherty, who’s going into year four on the San Diego staff. He also gets the title of offensive coordinator, essentially taking on the hitting coach duties vacated when Michael Brdar was poached by the Tigers at the start of the offseason. San Diego will go without anyone assuming the traditional “hitting coach” title.

The 36-year-old Flaherty has spent the past two seasons as a quality control coach. He drew interest from the Mets in their bench coach search last offseason, but the Friars denied New York’s interview request. One year later, the former Orioles infielder gets both that title and the lead hitting responsibilities in San Diego.

He’ll be joined on staff by assistant hitting coaches Scott Coolbaugh and Oscar Bernard. The 56-year-old Coolbaugh joins the Friars after two years as the lead hitting instructor with the Tigers. He’d also previously served as hitting coach in Baltimore and Texas and an assistant role with the White Sox. He brings plenty of coaching experience to help Flaherty in his first crack as offensive coordinator.

Bernard, meanwhile, gets promoted to the MLB staff after seven years as San Diego’s minor league hitting coordinator. The 39-year-old spent some time as a player and instructor in the Cubs’ minor league system before joining the Friars in 2016. It’s the first big league staff job for the Dominican Republic native. Also joining the group is catching coach Brian Esposito. The 43-year-old spent last season managing the Friars’ Low-A affiliate in Fort Wayne.

The rest are holdovers from last season. Ruben Niebla is back for a second year as pitching coach, pairing with bullpen coach Ben Fritz. Matt Williams and David Macias will coach the bases and defense — Williams the infield, Macias the outfield — with Peter Summerville and Herberto Andrade as coaching assistants. Former big league managers Bryan Price and Mike Shildt will reassume the advisory roles they manned in 2022.

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  1. HiredGun23

    2 months ago

    Alot of titles and coaches but if it means success then why not…

    Reply
  2. Zerbs63

    2 months ago

    What is an associate manager?

    Reply
    • Monkey’s Uncle

      2 months ago

      He manages the associates?

      Reply
      • padreforlife

        2 months ago

        Yea

        Reply
      • miltpappas

        2 months ago

        He associates with the manager. They pal around together.

        Reply
      • Bart Harley Jarvis

        2 months ago

        He collects, organizes, and collates the TPS reports. Also, there’s lots of weekend work.

        Reply
    • WampumWalloper

      2 months ago

      The Rangers hired one too

      Reply
    • thelegendaryharambe

      2 months ago

      What does the fox say?

      Reply
    • LosPobres1904

      2 months ago

      Gets paid to associate with associates

      Reply
  3. Bearded Texas Hulk

    2 months ago

    Is he the associate manager or associate to the manager?

    Reply
    • DarkSide830

      2 months ago

      beat me to it lol

      Reply
    • Brew88

      2 months ago

      Sounding less derogatory, the title of associate is often used instead of assistant nowadays.

      Reply
      • jeffmaz

        2 months ago

        Years ago they started calling sales people, sales associates. I got the title of associate producer for helping to raise cash for an independent film.

        Reply
  4. getrealgone2

    2 months ago

    Isn’t that pretty much what a bench coach is?

    Reply
    • WampumWalloper

      2 months ago

      It’s no different in the workplace. There are so many more titles than 10 years ago. The more titles that can be made up the more promotions that can be given. Looks good on the resume. Associate Manager

      Reply
  5. retired/advisory role

    2 months ago

    What the he’ll is going on with baseball? Trying to hard to change a very simple game.

    Reply
  6. Yankee Clipper

    2 months ago

    Starting to sound like a grocery store…. Who will be the regional manager?

    Reply
  7. Bart Harley Jarvis

    2 months ago

    Wow, first he plays the role of Anakin Skywalker and now this! Truly a man of all seasons!

    Reply
    • Holy Cow!

      2 months ago

      Nah, the man of all seasons was Ducky Schofield.

      Reply
  8. solaris602

    2 months ago

    Associate Manager in charge of Dugout Activities and Gatorade Distribution (Western Division)

    Reply
  9. NickTheDev

    2 months ago

    It means they have an old manager that may be done soon and are grooming a replacement. Same thing as Texas.

    Reply
  10. matthew07

    2 months ago

    What’s next, Jr Associate Manager?

    Reply
    • Bart Harley Jarvis

      2 months ago

      Team Mom?

      Reply
  11. Dread Pirate Roberts

    2 months ago

    1st Mate or 2nd mate?

    Reply
  12. Logistics Guy

    2 months ago

    The San Diego Padres will never win because they keep select the wrong manager each time.

    Till their hire either Joe Madden or Ron Washington it will be no World series for them

    Reply
    • BringBackTheRoids

      2 months ago

      Yea, Joe Madden…sure, that’ll bring a ring! Ron Washington is someone I’ve always agreed with but, Melvin is the guy currently. Melvin did better last year, with a full season then anyone since Bochy.

      Reply
  13. LLGiants64

    2 months ago

    Silliness continues to enter the game.

    Reply
  14. Rsox

    2 months ago

    Aren’t these clubhouses crammed enough without creating nonsensical titles for more coaches.

    I digress however, as the advent of “Associate Manager” got Wil Venable off of Alex Cora’s coaching staff

    Reply
  15. dasit

    2 months ago

    what the heck is a quality control coach?
    i feel old…

    Reply
  16. $21002046

    2 months ago

    In other news, Luis Campusano has been named Padres Associate Catcher.

    Reply
  17. CrikesAlready

    2 months ago

    COO (chief offense officer)
    CIC (chief infielders coach)
    COC ( chief outfielders coach)
    RBS (Ringworm’s baby sitter)

    Reply
    • WampumWalloper

      2 months ago

      Very important to have C-level management, and to be privileged to be able to speak with the C-level management in the dugout and not be relegated to just the Manager, Associate Manager and Coaches.

      Reply
  18. Joey Bart Future MVP

    2 months ago

    Title inflation is real

    Reply
  19. bhambrave

    2 months ago

    Gentrification has come to baseball.

    Reply
  20. BobGibsonFan

    2 months ago

    Assistant to the Regional Manager

    Reply
  21. kfvynziam

    1 month ago

    Why do MLBTR writers never start the sentence with the word meanwhile? I notice them using that word all the time, but always in the middle. You can start sentences with it.

    Reply

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