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Teams also have a pitching coach, hitting coach, and bullpen coach, who often works with the catchers. The bench coach, a newer role on the coaching staff, serves as a second-in-command, advising the manager during the game. [4] Many Yankees coaches are former players, former managers or future managers. [5] [6]
Bradley David Ausmus (/ ˈ ɔː s m ə s /; born April 14, 1969) is an American former professional baseball player, manager and current coach.He is the bench coach for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Peña remained as the Yankees first base coach in 2008, [84] before shifting to bench coach for the 2009 season. [85] [86] He assumed the role of Yankees first base coach once more when they hired Joe Espada as the third base coach for the 2015 season and shifted former Yankees third base coach Rob Thomson to the role of bench coach. [87]
Thomson served as the team's third base coach for six seasons and was a member of the coaching staff for the Yankees' 2009 championship team. Prior to the 2015 season, Thomson was named the team's bench coach, which was a role he held until the end of the 2017 season. [11] Thomson developed his nickname of "Topper" during his time with the Yankees.
After the 2006 season, Mattingly shifted to bench coach, replacing Lee Mazzilli. [29] After the 2007 season, when Joe Torre declined a one-year contract extension, Mattingly was a finalist for the Yankees' manager position, along with Joe Girardi and Tony Peña. The Yankees offered the managerial position to Girardi, who accepted. [30]
In 1996, he joined the Yankees as their bench coach for their run of four World Series titles. In 1999, Zimmer filled in for manager Joe Torre while he was recuperating from treatment for prostate cancer. [27] Zimmer went 21–15 while guiding the Yankees during Torre's absence. (This record, however, is credited to Torre's managerial record.)
Instead, he became the Yankees' bench coach. He managed a game during a Joe Torre suspension, a loss to the Kansas City Royals. Girardi remained the host of Kids on Deck in 2005, having shot his shows before spring training. During games, YES promoted Kids on Deck by showing Girardi sitting in the dugout during breaks in the game. [22]
A horse named Torre and Zim, was named after Torre and his former bench coach Don Zimmer, as both love horse racing. [126] Homeboykris, who had upset the field by a half-length and won the opening card of the Preakness Stakes on May 21, 2016, collapsed and died on his way back to the stall immediately after the race. [127]