Overview
- Multiple outlets report Baltimore is closing in on Lind for the lead role, with BaltimoreBaseball.com first to report and The Baltimore Sun citing a source confirming the move.
- Lind spent the past two seasons as a Phillies assistant under Kevin Long after serving as the Giants’ director of hitting and assistant hitting coach.
- Known for improving plate discipline, Lind helped drive down chase rates in San Francisco and was brought to Philadelphia to target the same issue.
- The move would replace Cody Asche in Baltimore, with Asche now serving as an assistant hitting coach for the Detroit Tigers.
- The hire marks one of the first additions to Albernaz’s staff following departures that included three hitting coaches, bench coach Robinson Chirinos and first base coach Anthony Sanders, while it also creates another vacancy on the Phillies’ staff.