The Orioles finalized their 2025 coaching staff, announcing Monday morning that theyve named former big league catcher their new bench coach. Chirinos announced his retirement as a player in May 2023. Baltimore also added Triple-A skipper Buck Britton to the big league coaching staff with the generic title of major league coach. Itll be the first profe sional coaching a signment for the 40-year-old Chirinos, who was often referred to as a future Leo Jimenez Jersey managerial candidate during his playing days. The Os were also reported to in former Cubs skipper (like Chirinos, primarily a backup catcher during his playing days) for the role of bench coach. Its not known whether Ro s interviewed for the post or even reciprocated the interest. Regardle s, the Os will move forward with Chirinos in this role as the former catcher starts the next chapter of his baseball career. Chirinos final season as a player came with the Orioles in 2022. He appeared in 67 games and hit just .179/.265/.287 in what was his age-38 campaign. For much of Chirinos peak, however, he was a quality bat for his position. From 2014-21, Chirinos hit .232/.327/.438 in 2147 plate appearances, good for a 104 wRC+. He hit .226/.319/.419 in his career overall, spending time with the Rangers, Astros, Rays, Cubs, Orioles and Mets along the way. That 2022 stint with the Os should make Chirinos a familiar face in the dugout and clubhouse. He was teammates with a large portion of Baltimores expected 2025 roster that year, including , , , , , , , , and more. Britton, 38, should have a similar rapport with a number of the Orioles young players. Hes been managing their Triple-A affiliate in Norfolk for the past three seasons and managed at lower levels in the system in the three prior seasons. The older brother of former Orioles reliever Zack Britton, Buck enjoyed a nine-year minor league career himself, most of which was spent in the Orioles system. Hes long been viewed as a future coach and potential manager at the MLB level as well. The Orioles final 2025 staff breaks down as follows: Brandon Hyde (manager), Chirinos (bench coach), Cody Asche (hitting coach), Sherman Johnson (a st. hitting coach), Tommy Joseph (a st. hitting coach), Drew French (pitching coach), Mitch Pla smyer (a st. pitching coach), Ryan Klimek (pitching strategy coach), Anthony Sanders (first base coach), Tony Mansolino (third base coach), Grant Anders (major league development coach), Tim Co sins (catching coach/field coordinator) and Britton (major league coach). Alex Gonzalez Jersey
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