Reds shake up coaching staff, promote McKeithan
CINCINNATI -- The Reds made a flurry of additions and changes to manager David Bell’s coaching staff on Tuesday.
Joel McKeithan was promoted to the primary hitting coach position after he served last season as assistant hitting coach.
Terry Bradshaw was named as the assistant hitting coach, Collin Cowgill the first base/outfield coach, Tim LaMonte will be the assistant hitting coach/integrated performance coach, Matt Tracy is the bullpen coach and Joe Singley will be the bullpen catcher.
In other moves, Kyle Arnsberg was promoted to Major League coach and coordinator of advanced scouting. Edgar Ferreira was promoted to Major League video and technology coordinator. Jeff Pickler, who was the outfield coach last season, is now the new infield coach.
Reds general manager Nick Krall said there will be one additional hire to the staff in the near future.
McKeithan, 31, joined the Reds in 2021 after he served as the Tigers’ Minor League hitting coordinator. He replaces Alan Zinter, who was among five coaches on Bell’s staff that were fired the day after the 2022 regular season ended.
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“He works well with the players,” Krall said of McKeithan. “We actually had some improvements last year with people that he worked directly with him, whether it was Brandon Drury or guys like that who have come in. He’s done a job with a lot of the younger players that have come up and then also he understands a lot of the technology.”
Bradshaw, 54, was the hitting coach for the Royals from 2018-22 and played for the Cardinals from 1995-96.
With McKeithan, Bradshaw and LaMonte, the Reds will have three hitting coaches on staff for the first time.
“I think having a three hitting coach system allows us to have different perspectives,” Krall said. “Terry comes at it from a different angle than Joel will, and Tim will take a different angle than Terry will. I think it’ll be a good collaboration with the entire group of three.”
Cowgill, 36, resides in Cincinnati and the Lexington, Ky., native was inducted into the University of Kentucky Hall of Fame. He played six seasons in the big leagues as an outfielder for five clubs from 2011-16.