Jairo Cuevas, Pitching Coach: Following eight years as a pitching coach for various Los Angeles Angels affiliates (2015-22), and spending the last two seasons with the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees (PCL), Jairo Cuevas joins the Tacoma Rainiers for his first season with the Seattle organization. He played collegiately at both California Lutheran University and Occidental College in Los Angeles. Marcelino will also be a member of Great Britain’s coaching staff for the upcoming World Baseball Classic in March. He’s a member of the British Baseball Hall of Fame, and as of 2023, the career leader in games played for Great Britain. During his six seasons at USD, Marcelino coached a top-100 MLB draft selection in five consecutive years (2013-2017), most notably slugger Kris Bryant, selected second overall in 2013.īorn in Essex, England, Marcelino lived in Great Britain until he was 11 years old, and first played in international competition for the British National Team when he was 17 in 1999.
He was previously the hitting coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of San Diego (NCAA Division I, West Coast Conference) from 2012-18. A season ago under Marcelino’s tutelage, the Rainiers hit a franchise-record 216 home runs.
Tacoma opens the 2023 season at the OKC Dodgers on Friday, March 31.īrad Marcelino, Hitting Coach: One of two returnees from Tacoma’s 2022 coaching staff, Brad Marcelino enters his second season with the Mariners and Rainiers following several years as a private hitting instructor and consultant, working with numerous professionals and Major Leaguers. On June 11, 1990, Russell caught Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan’s sixth career no-hitter, as the Texas Rangers won 5-0 in Oakland.īorn in Oklahoma City and a native of Norman, OK, Russell will make his Rainiers debut while managing in his home state.
He was Philadelphia’s first round draft pick in 1982 (13 th overall), following three seasons at the University of Oklahoma.
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A veteran of nearly 1,000 professional games played, Russell appeared in a MLB career-high 93 games for the 1986 Phillies (13 HR, 60 RBI). He led Philadelphia Triple-A affiliates in the International League in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and then Ottawa from 2006-07 his ’06 SWB club qualified for the postseason with an 84-58 record.Īs a player, Russell was a professional from 1982 through 1994, appearing in 10 Major League seasons with Philadelphia (1984-88), Atlanta (1989) and Texas (1990-93). In 20 he led the Edmonton Trappers (Minnesota), and skippered the ’02 club to an 81-59 regular season record and the PCL Championship. He’s managed 10 minor league seasons dating to 1995, in the Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies organizations.Ģ023 will be Russell’s return to both a Triple-A dugout and the Pacific Coast League. Russell’s first stint in Pittsburgh and on a MLB staff was from 2003-05, as Pittsburgh’s third base coach. During his time in Baltimore, he helped the Orioles to three postseason appearances, including advancing to the 2014 American League Championship Series. His professional coaching resume includes bench coach of the Baltimore Orioles (2011-18), and he managed the Pittsburgh Pirates for three seasons (2008-10). Russell was most recently baseball technical director at IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL (since 2019). Individual tickets for all 2023 home games will go on sale Wednesday, February 15 at 10 a.m., at.
The 2023 home opener at Cheney Stadium is scheduled for Tuesday, April 4 at 6:05 p.m. The upcoming season will be Russell’s first with the Mariners organization. Russell, 62, becomes the 12 th skipper of the club in the “Rainiers” era and Seattle affiliation (since 1995), and brings a wealth of experience at the highest levels to the position. TACOMA, WA (1/23/23) – John Russell, a former MLB catcher/outfielder and field manager, has been named Tacoma Rainiers manager for 2023 by the Seattle Mariners.
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