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Nationals To Hire Miguel Cairo As Bench Coach

By Leo Morgenstern | November 7, 2023 at 12:11pm CDT

The Nationals are set to hire Miguel Cairo as their new bench coach, as first reported by Mike Mayer of Metsmerized Online. Cairo spent the 2023 season as a minor league infield coordinator in the Mets organization.

A versatile utility man, Cairo played 17 seasons in the major leagues, fielding six different positions for nine different teams. Immediately following his retirement after the 2012 season, Cairo took a job as a special assistant in the Reds’ front office and briefly served as the team’s interim bench coach. He then moved on to the Yankees organization, working in the player development department and as a minor league infield coordinator.

Ahead of the 2021 campaign, Cairo earned his first genuine big league coaching job, joining the White Sox as Tony La Russa’s bench coach. He was promoted to acting manager for the final month of the regular season (Larussa was on medical leave), and although he interviewed for the managerial opening that winter, he was not asked to return to new skipper Pedro Grifol’s staff in 2023. Instead, he took a job as a minor league infield coordinator with the Mets, a role he had previously held during his tenure with the Yankees.

Nationals manager Dave Martinez played alongside Cairo for parts of three seasons with the Devil Rays between 1998 and 2000. According to Mark Zuckerman of MASN Sports, the skipper has “always spoken highly” of his former teammate.

Cairo is the latest addition to Washington’s dugout this offseason. Last week, the team hired Gerardo Parra and Ricky Gutierrez to coach first and third base, respectively. The Nationals had several holes to fill after parting with bench coach Tim Bogar, first base coach Eric Young Jr., third base coach Gary DiSarcina, and assistant hitting coach Pat Roessler at the end of the season.

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  1. This one belongs to the Reds

    2 years ago

    Good choice. Cairo is a good baseball man.

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    • User 3044878754

      2 years ago

      The Guardians are “in” on both Whit Merrifield and Jorge Soler.

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      • This one belongs to the Reds

        2 years ago

        Trying to figure out how that relates to Cairo hired by the Nationals, who I still want to call Senators.

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  2. mrmackey

    2 years ago

    Hair cuts for all.

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  3. LLGiants64

    2 years ago

    Man, I wish the Giants would hire a few more coaches with major league experience.

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    • tedtheodorelogan

      2 years ago

      I’m just hoping Melvin remakes the coaching staff from top to bottom. Don’t want anyone Kapler hired on board next year.

      Reply
  4. GOAT Closer Esteban Yan

    2 years ago

    Congratulations to my former teammate. Devil Rays 4 life!

    Reply
  5. Hemlock

    2 years ago

    Nationals To Hire Miguel Cairo As Bench Coach

    Woah. How much can he bench, bruh?

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  6. TheFuzzofKing

    2 years ago

    CJ Abrams is the only infielder we have who figures to be on the team for the next few years, so if Cairo hangs around he may eventually have an infield of simultaneously controllable players to coordinate!

    Godspeed.

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  7. Logjammer D"Baggagecling

    2 years ago

    Haven’t heard his name in a long time. Didn’t realize he played for tbe Cubs,Yankees and Cardinals twice.

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  8. acoss13

    2 years ago

    Best thing to happen to Miguel Cairo was to be back with the White. Dodged one heck of a bullet!

    Anyway, good dude, he’s going to thrive in DC.

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  9. Jacksson13

    2 years ago

    The Nationals search for a Bench Coach took them all the way to….

    CAIRO !!

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  10. Jacksson13

    2 years ago

    The Nationals search for a Bench Coach too them all the way to…..
    CAIRO !!

    Reply
  11. NattyLites

    2 years ago

    Miguel Cairo! Uh, don’t ya know!

    Reply
  12. lesterdnightfly

    2 years ago

    HIs uncle Joel Cairo was Kasper Gutman’s effete henchman in The Maltese Falcon.

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    • paddyo furnichuh

      2 years ago

      Maybe great uncle

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  13. User 1855579867

    2 years ago

    Cairo was great in The Maltese Falcon.

    Reply
  14. Rsox

    2 years ago

    Cairo was a solid voice in the kangaroo court that was the White Sox clubhouse and probably should’ve have been named Manager instead of Grifol. Nice get for the Nats coaching staff

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