TORONTO—In his first game as the Orioles’ hitting coach, Cody Asche saw his players hit six home runs, a team record for Opening Day. They scored nine runs on Saturday in their third game, and Adley Rutschman, Cedric Mullins and Jordan Westburg already have multi-homer games.
SARASOTA—After the Orioles’ offense slumped in the second half of last season and the team was held to just a single run in the two games of the Wild Card Series, it wasn’t surprising that the Orioles decided on new hitting coaches.
The Orioles are promoting Sherman Johnson to the major league coaching staff, writes Andy Kostka of the Baltimore Banner. The 34-year-old will work alongside hitting coach Cody Asche and assistant hitting coach Tommy Joseph on the offensive side.
The Orioles plan to name Cody Asche hitting coach, reports Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com (X links). Kubatko also reported earlier today that Baltimore was hiring Tommy Joseph away from the Mariners as an assistant hitting coach.