The Orioles are expected to add Dustin Lind as hitting coach, according to Rich Dubroff of BaltimoreBaseball.com. The club has yet to announce the move. Lind would be the first hire for new manager Craig Albernaz’s coaching staff.
Lind began his coaching career in 2018 as a minor league quality assurance coach in Seattle’s organization. He joined the Giants in 2020 as an assistant hitting coach, a role he would retain through 2023. Lind has been an assistant hitting coach with the Phillies for the past two seasons.
Albernaz and Lind should be plenty familiar with each other, as their paths crossed perfectly in San Francisco. Baltimore’s skipper joined the Giants as bullpen coach and catching instructor in 2020, staying through 2023. Both Albernaz and Lind left for other opportunities after Gabe Kapler’s managerial tenure ended.
Baltimore has multiple positions to fill on the hitting side. Hitting coach Cody Asche was hired by Detroit. It was reported in late October that assistant hitting coaches Sherman Johnson and Tommy Joseph wouldn’t be returning in 2026.
The Orioles ranked 24th in scoring last season. It was a disappointing outcome after they scored the fourth-most runs in 2024. Lind will have plenty of young firepower to work with next year. Gunnar Henderson, Adley Rutschman, Jackson Holliday, and Jordan Westburg have been fixtures in the lineup the past couple of seasons. Colton Cowser, Samuel Basallo, and Coby Mayo are pushing for regular at-bats. Rutschman is the oldest among the core group, and he’s only entering his age-28 season.
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Again with the lack of quality context… Cowser is “pushing for regular at bats”? But Westburg has been “a staple in the lineup the last couple of seasons”? They both debuted in 2023 and Cowser has played more games in 2024 and 2025 by a wide margin. They’re only separated by a whopping 29 career ABs.
Yeah and unfortunately while Westy has been productive while he’s been available he’s played 260 games in 3 years. Cowser 271 in 3 years. With really the only full season played between the two is Cowser in 2024. The two of them definitely need to be healthy to be relied on. But as you said I’m not sure you can consider Westy a fixture over Cowser when the two of them cant stay on the field consistently.
I would guess platoon splits and positional competition ( OF compared to 3B/2B) might be the more relevant context. But just a guess…
I get it. Westburg hit so he’s a staple, cowser did so less consistently
They list Westburg alongside Holliday… so no
Orioles hitting: “All we are is Dustin the Lind”
Lind is a very smart guy.he used to be quite active in social media and forums too and had a large site with baseball hitting drills. I used some of his drills too back in the day.
However I’m not sure whether he is the right guy as the main hitting coach, some of those modern data type of coaches have struggled in their roles and might be better suited for a minor league or coordinator type of role.
But we will see, maybe he can do really well in that role too
So Lind is a chatty Cathy on TikTok is he? He post cat videos too?
I think he stopped posting in social media a couple years ago
Good way to test the variable of whether or not you have stupid players.