Dodgers Hire Pedro Guerrero As Hitting Coach From Marlins

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced the hiring of Pedro Guerrero as hitting coach to complete their staff under manager Dave Roberts after parting ways with Aaron Bates.

Bates had been in a co-hitting coach role alongside Robert Van Scoyoc since the 2023 season. The Dodgers offered a multi-year contract to Bates, but he did not believe it to be competitive and negotiations never progressed. Bates had been in the organization since joining the Dodgers as a Minor League player in 2014 and starting his coaching career the next year.

The Dodgers now have a similar profile in Guerrero, a former prospect of theirs. The 37-year-old is not to be confused with the World Series champion who has the same name and played 11 seasons for the Dodgers.

New Dodgers hitting coach Pedro Guerrero

Guerrero joins the Dodgers after spending the last two years as hitting coach for the Miami Marlins. He was hired by Clayton McCullough, who of course himself was once in the Dodgers organization as their first base coach.

During the 2026 season, the Marlins ranked in the top 10 in various offensive categories, including batting average (.249, seventh), on-base percentage (.320, sixth), hits (1,347, ninth) and on-base plus slugging (.727, ninth).

Prior to his time with the Marlins, Guerrero was an assistant hitting coach with the San Francisco Giants from 2022-24. Two of those years coming under former manager Gabe Kapler, another person with ties to the Dodgers.

Before joining the Giants, Guerrero was an assistant hitting coach with the Philadelphia Phillies from 2018-21, coinciding with Kapler’s time as manager during the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

Kapler became the Marlins’ assistant general manager in 2024 and was promoted to the GM role in November 2025. That united him with McCullough and Guerrero in the Miami organization.

Like the elder player he shares a name with, Guerrero began his professional career as an international free agent from the Dominican Republic.

Guerrero debuted with the Dominican Summer League Dodgers in 2006 and arrived stateside two years later to play for the organization’s Gulf Coast League affiliate.

Guerrero was a Dodgers Minor Leaguer through the 2013 season. He was the bench coach for Rookie-level Ogden from 2016-17.

After signing in 2006, Guerrero hit .236 with 23 home runs and 163 RBI over 411 Minor League games with the Dodgers. He remained part of their farm system from 2006-13 and reached the Triple-A level in 2010.