To replace Young, the braves have hired a new coach, who arrived early today.
Long-time Atlanta Braves first base coach Eric Young has confirmed his departure to join the Los Angeles Angels’ new staff, which includes now-departed third base coach Ron Washington.
Young, 56, has been a member of the Braves since 2018. Young began his coaching career with the Houston Astros after a fifteen-year career in Major League Baseball, including being an inaugural member of the expansion Colorado Rockies in 1993. He got his first on-field coaching job in 2010, when he was hired as the Arizona Diamondbacks’ first base coach. He later held the same position with Colorado and Atlanta.
The Braves have had remarkably little turnover in their major league coaching staff under manager Brian Snitker. Atlanta’s granted requested permission for their coaches to interview, but departures have been infrequent until this offseason.
Ron Washington’s staff is projected to be one of the more diverse coaching staffs in MLB; Washington is the first Black manager to be hired since 2020, and various names have been floated such as Torii Hunter as 1st base coach, Ryan Goins as infield coach (a hire now confirmed), and Clint Hurdle as bench coach (a role he has since denied interest in).
It’s unknown who Atlanta is currently evaluating to fill the holes at 1st and 3rd; we reported a list of potential names as soon as Washington’s hire became official, and very few of those candidates have taken themselves out of the running. The Yankees reportedly approached former Cubs manager (and former Braves catcher) David Ross about an assistant role on their staff and he declined, preferring a managerial role; that would potentially rule him out of an assistant job in Atlanta.
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