Craig Albernaz’s coaching staff has its first name.
The Orioles are hiring Dustin Lind as hitting coach, a source with direct knowledge of the move confirmed to The Baltimore Sun on Friday. Lind was an assistant hitting coach with the Philadelphia Phillies the past two seasons and overlapped with Albernaz on the San Francisco Giants during his four-year stint as an assistant on their hitting staff.
The 36-year-old is the first coach to be solidified onto Albernaz’s staff since Baltimore hired the first-year manager last month. The club already parted ways with its three hitting coaches — Cody Asche, Sherman Johnson and Tommy Joseph — as well as bench coach Robinson Chirinos and first base coach Anthony Sanders.