Orioles to hire Jason Bourgeois as first base coach: source

White Sox first baseman Andrew Vaughn hands over his batting guards to first base coach Jason Bourgeois during a 2024 spring training game. Bourgeois will join the Orioles' staff ahead of the 2026 season. (Ross D. Franklin/AP)The Orioles are expected to a hire Jason Bourgeois as their next first base coach, a source with direct knowledge of the decision confirmed to The Baltimore Sun on Monday.

Bourgeois, 43, spent the past two years as first base coach and outfield coach of the Chicago White Sox before parting ways with the organization at the end of the season. He was teammates with Orioles’ incoming manager Craig Albernaz at Triple-A Durham in 2013 and appeared in part of eight MLB…