St. Louis Cardinals

Cardinals announce 2020 minor league coaching staffs, field/medical assignments

Published Jan. 6, 2020 5:24 p.m. ET

Seven of the Cardinals' minor league managers will be returning to their same jobs in 2020.

The Cardinals announced Monday the 2020 coaching staffs for their affiliate teams as well as their player development and medical personnel for the upcoming season.

Four pitching coaches return to their same assignments as a year ago, while each club will have a new hitting instructor.

Russ Steinhorn was announced as the organization's new minor league hitting coordinator. Among the former Cardinals players assisting with field instruction are longtime major league coach Jose Oquendo and Cardinals Hall of Fame pitcher Jason Isringhausen.

2020 Coaching Staffs

Club	Manager	Pitching Coach	Hitting Coach	Trainers and Strength Coaches
Memphis (AAA)	Ben Johnson*	Dernier Orozco*	Brandon Allen^	Dan Martin, Frank Witkowski
Springfield (AA)	Joe Kruzel*	Darwin Marrero*	Tyger Pederson^	Chris Whitman, Dan Vega
Palm Beach (A)	Dann Bilardello*	Rick Harig^	Brian Burgamy^	Alex Wolfinger, Ross Hasegawa
Peoria (A)	Erick Almonte*	Adrian Martin^	Cody Gabella^	Chris Walsh, Kyle Richter
State College (A)	Jose Leon*	Dean Kiekhefer	Jason Broussard	Joe Olsiewicz, Don Trapp
Johnson City (R)	Roberto Espinoza*	Renee Cortez^	Daniel Nicolaisen	Justin Wilson, Jacqueline Gover
GCL Cardinals (R)	Joe Hawkins^	Giovanni Carrara*	Tyler Wolfe, Bernard Gilkey	Paden Eveland, Cory Ritter
DSL Blue	Fray Peniche*	Bill Villanueva*	BJ Roper-Hubbert	Kiomy Martinez, Chris Latimer
DSL Red	Estuar Ruiz	TBD	Ismael Castro, Luis Cruz	Luis Polanco
* Returning manager/coach. ^ Returning manager/coach with new assignment.