LOS ANGELES (AP) - Robert Van Scoyoc has joined the Los Angeles Dodgers as hitting coach, along with Dino Ebel as third base coach, Aaron Bates as assistant hitting coach and Chris Gimenez as game planning coach.
Van Scoyoc (scoy-ak) is on a major league coaching staff for the first time after spending last season with the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. He returns to the Dodgers, where he was the hitting consultant in 2016-17. The 32-year-old has worked with such big-league hitters as J.D. Martinez and the Dodgers’ Chris Taylor as a private hitting instructor since 2011.
Van Scoyoc replaces Turner Ward, who joined the Reds’ staff.
Returning to manager Dave Roberts’ staff are: pitching coach Rick Honeycutt, bench coach Bob Geren, hitting strategist Brant Brown, first base coach George Lombard and bullpen coach Mark Prior.
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