The Oakland A’s shuffled their coaching staff for 2022, under first-year manager Mark Kotsay. A couple new names joined the group, while a few familiar faces moved to different roles.
Among the holdovers, Mike Aldrete is sticking around for his eighth year on the staff, and he’s switching from first base coach to a job called “Quality Control coach.”
Sweet! But hold on though. What’s a Quality Control coach?
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen this title used in Oakland. Kotsay held the position from 2018-20, though it remained vacant in 2021.