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Angels Hire Ryan Goins, Eric Young Sr. To Coaching Staff

By Nick Deeds | November 12, 2023 at 8:11pm CDT

TODAY: The Angels have indeed hired Young, as he confirmed to Alison Mastrangelo of WSB TV (X link).  “It was a hard decision, and I am definitely going to miss the [Braves] organization and more importantly the players and fans,” Young said.

NOVEMBER 11: Just a few days after joining the Angels as the club’s new manager, Ron Washington has begun assembling his coaching staff for the 2024 season, as The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reports that recently-retired infielder Ryan Goins will join the Angels’ coaching staff as an infield coach. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale had previously linked Goins to the role.

Goins, 35, was a fourth-round pick in the 2009 draft and spent five seasons in Toronto at the major league level from 2013-17. He then spent one season with the Royals before joining the White Sox in 2019. Goins played on the south side of Chicago for two seasons and played what would ultimately be his final game at the big league level during the 2020 season. He continued his career in the minor leagues for the Braves in 2021 and 2022, overlapping with Washington’s time in Atlanta as third base coach. While he signed with the Royals on a minor league deal for the 2023 season, he did not appear in any games before ultimately retiring earlier this offseason.

In 555 career games at the big league level, Goins slashed .228/.278/.333 in addition to a scoreless inning of work on the mound back in 2016. He appeared at every position except for catcher and center field throughout his eight seasons in the majors. With his playing career in the rearview mirror, Goins is now poised to tackle the first coaching job of his career under Washington in Anaheim. In doing so, he’ll been the youth and perspective of a recent player to the staff of Washington, a 71-year-old veteran skipper who last played in the majors in 1989.

Though Goins appears to be the only official hire for Washington’s coaching staff at this point, plenty of names have already been mentioned in connection with various roles. In addition to linking Goins to his role as infield coach, Nightengale suggested that former A’s, Cubs, Red Sox, and Mets hitting coach Chili Davis could join Washington’s staff in that same role, former Rockies and Pirates manager Clint Hurdle could join as bench coach, 19-year MLB veteran Torii Hunter could be tapped as first base coach, and Braves first base coach Eric Young Sr. could join the club’s staff as third base coach.

It’s not yet clear if any of those additional names have been or will be formally hired by the Angels, though Jon Heyman of the New York Post confirmed that both Davis and Hurdle are “in the mix” to join Washington’s staff while cautioning that nothing is official yet. On the other hand, Heyman suggests that Young is “planning” to join Washington’s staff alongside Goins. Though Hunter’s candidacy for a coaching role hasn’t been corroborated elsewhere, it’s certainly reasonable to think he could be in the mix for a role given his status as a candidate for the club’s manager seat prior to the hiring of Washington.

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  1. Joel P

    2 years ago

    When the Goins get tough the tough get Goins.

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    • Buzzz Killington

      2 years ago

      It’s definitely been goins tough for the Angels the past decade.

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      • Shadow_Banned

        2 years ago

        I came here and you know where I’m Goins with this

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      • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

        2 years ago

        Yeah, it’s been a kick in the goins Buzzz. How’s your 10 year sentence…

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      • CO Guardening

        2 years ago

        Goins to need some Angels in the outfield before this team contends.

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      • carllafong

        2 years ago

        This is a kick in the Goins!

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    • Joe says...

      2 years ago

      “When the tough get goin’, go an’ get tough” – Rube Baker

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  2. Curly Was The Smart Stooge

    2 years ago

    When the good gets Goin

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  3. aragon

    2 years ago

    Welcome! You have lots of work to do.

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  4. James Midway

    2 years ago

    He needs to get people ready to play 3rd

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    • nukeg

      2 years ago

      Yep, Rendon has dibs on being the bench coach.

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  5. jimmertee

    2 years ago

    Goins is a great guy, good clubhouse guy and loads of versatility. Let’s see if he can coach/teach.

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  6. JaysnCards

    2 years ago

    Nice first move by Washington. Goins always played solid D and was great on the basepaths in his days with us north of the border.

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  7. boblowlaw2

    2 years ago

    Hunter won’t coach first, he has BBQs that would get in the way of being a coach.

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    • i like al conin

      2 years ago

      I saw a quote from him yesterday saying no way he’d be the first base coach, as though that was beneath him. The guy has no coaching experience but expected to be manager. Some of these great players don’t realize they are at the back of the line after retiring and have to work their way up.

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  8. Rexhudler86

    2 years ago

    Everything sounds fine, I would say promote benji Gil to bench coach instead of hurdle. What about the pitching coach?

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  9. THEY LIVE!!!

    2 years ago

    Who is the pitching coach is the $6mm question?

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    • orange2001

      2 years ago

      Hopefully Dan Haren.

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  10. User 2976510776

    2 years ago

    The way it looks to me is like the Astros last year when Baker and the owner called the shots more, Washington and Moreno are calling the staff. This Gains guy seems like a Washington handpicked infield coach protege. Chili Davis and Hunter seem like Moreno picks. Clint hurdle according to a recent article Hurdle “is a proponent of promoting players as a group to the next level once they achieve success.” So hopefully they will stop with all the fast track call ups from double A and utilize triple A more. So Minasian’s influence seems less for the coming year

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    • THEY LIVE!!!

      2 years ago

      The Angels should hire Zack Greinke for pitching coach and let him pitch every 6th day.

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    • unpaidobserver

      2 years ago

      Chili Davis is not a bad coach imo. Has experience. Hunter does seem sentimental.

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    • trout27

      2 years ago

      Sure it makes sense to use AAA more except the elevation in SLC isn’t conducive to developing pitchers, like Colorado. Hitting there is also deceiving for the obvious reasons. Until Moreno is willing to increase the budget for Scouting and Development the Angels will be at the bottom of the AL West. Moreno will never go for a rebuild which is the only way forward.

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  11. I.M. Insane

    2 years ago

    According to the link, Ron Washington is 24 years old. Way to go, kid!

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  12. HalosHeavenJJ

    2 years ago

    Great, now I’m older than the coaches.

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    • kellin

      2 years ago

      That also makes you older than the GM of the Mets..

      Heck, Dipoto and Kim Ng aren’t much older than me.

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      • aragon

        2 years ago

        They all are younger than I am.

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  13. websoulsurfer

    2 years ago

    So Benji Gil will not be returning to the Angels?

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  14. orange2001

    2 years ago

    I would have preferred sticking with Benji Gil as infield coach—assuming he doesn’t get hired as a manager elsewhere.

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    • Rexhudler86

      2 years ago

      Looking like he’s leaving unless he getting promoted to bench coach

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  15. bravesdawgsfan79

    2 years ago

    I hate to lose Ron Washington, and would hate to lose Eric Young too. However, this is a business and we will replace them with even better coaches. Good luck Wash!

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  16. ohyeadam

    2 years ago

    Him and Parra are much younger than I’d remembered

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  17. kellin

    2 years ago

    Chili Davis.. there’s a name i havent heard in a while.. wouldnt mind seeing him back in some coaching capcity with the team.

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    • Halo11Fan

      2 years ago

      I played ball against Chli Davis and he might be the coolest player I’ve ever played against. M

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      • Angels50

        2 years ago

        OMG. Hey I played against George Brett. Then I married Morgan Fairchild. Yeah, that’s right.

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        • Halo11Fan

          2 years ago

          Lots of people on this board have played against MLB players. Davis was a catcher foe Dorsey High. Rob Picciolo went to Westchester, My league. had the first and third picks in 79 and 80.

          If you played ball in So Cal, you played against someone good.

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        • This one belongs to the Reds

          2 years ago

          I played against Paul O’Neill, even got a hit off him when he was pitching. Didn’t have to go to So Cal. What do I win?

          1
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        • Halo11Fan

          2 years ago

          I would say a good percentage of people here played against some really good players. I remember Chili. We had a brief conversation as adversaries, and he was so cool I’ll remember the conversation until I die. I didn’t even know who he was until I read an article about him in Angel View.

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        • Halo11Fan

          2 years ago

          You win a memory for life.

          1
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  18. ‘61AngelFan

    2 years ago

    Gil doesn’t seem to be part of the conversation.
    And is Moreno calling the shots? Giving RW room to maneuver, instead of Minasian. Surely, Minasian is a new-school analytics guy, and RW comes from the Scioscia/Maddon old school approach. Can Ng be far behind as President of Operations?

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  19. Pads Fans

    2 years ago

    Gil coming to SD as the bench coach.

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  20. its_happening

    2 years ago

    Goins was a solid defender. Good hire.

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  21. THEY LIVE!!!

    2 years ago

    Do the Angels still have a minor league team in Palm Springs?

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  22. User 3044878754

    2 years ago

    These guys were runners -up for the Guardians staff

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  23. User 2079935927

    2 years ago

    Wasn’t EYsr the player that Don Baylor really didn’t get along with when Baylor was the Rockies Manager?
    I reading something about it years ago.

    Reply
  24. Bigthin13

    2 years ago

    Kinda wish they’d incorporate Chuck Finley and Tim Salmon into the coaching staff. I thought it would be a given since the team had them in the dugout for the last couple weeks of the season. I think those two, along with Chili Davis would be great, especially since they played together back in the day.

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