Angels Hire Johnny Washington, Jerry Narron To Coaching Staff

The Angels have introduced two new members of their teaching workers, as Johnny Washington has been employed because the Halos’ hitting coach and Jerry Narron would be the new Major League catching coach.

The 39-year-old Washington has been the Cubs’ assistant hitting coach for the final two seasons, coming off a one-year stint in South Korea for the KBO League’s Hanwha Eagles.  Before that journey overseas, Washington was a longtime coach within the minor leagues with the Dodgers and Padres, and San Diego promoted him to the massive league workers in 2017 to behave as the primary base coach and finally the hitting coach.

There’s no relation between the brand new hitting coach and new Angels supervisor Ron Washington, and the 2 simply missed crossing paths throughout Johnny’s enjoying profession, as his time as a prospect within the Rangers’ farm system ended simply earlier than Ron turned the Texas supervisor previous to the 2007 season.  However, the Angels have had Johnny Washington on their radar up to now, as they interviewed him for his or her managerial emptiness within the 2019-20 offseason earlier than finally hiring Joe Maddon.

Under ex-hitting coach Marcus Thames (who’s now taking up the hitting coach job with the White Sox), the Angels had principally first rate to middle-of-the-pack batting numbers throughout the board in 2023.  Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout naturally contributed to lot of the offense, and L.A. acquired good outcomes from Luis Rengifo, Taylor Ward, and Brandon Drury, although accidents plagued the Halos on the entire.  2024 could possibly be a transformative 12 months in Anaheim if Ohtani departs in free company, so Washington’s to-do checklist contains continued growth for youthful bats like Nolan Schanuel and Logan O’Hoppe, and seeing if Anthony Rendon can get his bat again on monitor if the third baseman can lastly keep away from the harm bug.

Narron celebrates his 68th birthday in January, and he brings virtually 50 years of expertise as a participant, coach, supervisor, and several other different roles on the Major League and minor league ranges.  Narron is greatest identified for his two stints as an enormous league supervisor, helming the Rangers in 2001-02 and the Reds from 2005-07.  He performed for the then-California Angels from 1983-86, and he was again within the group final 12 months as a minor league catching coordinator.