Royals announce 2022 Minor League coaching staffs – MLB.com

Widger moves up to manage Double-A, while Thorman takes top spot at Triple-AJanuary 14th, 2022KANSAS CITY — The Royals announced their Minor League coaching staffs for 2022 on Friday, including the replacement to longtime Triple-A Omaha manager Brian Poldberg, who retired at the end of last season.Last season’s Double-A Northwest Arkansas manager, Scott Thorman, will take over in Omaha and look to continue his three-season streak of leading Royals affiliates to championships. He won the Double-A Central championship with the Naturals last year, the Carolina League championship with Class A Advanced Wilmington in 2019 and a South Atlantic League title with Class A Lexington in 2018.Thorman has managed many of the Royals’ top prospects as they rise in the system, including Bobby Witt Jr., Nick Pratto and MJ Melendez, all three of whom could start the season in Triple-A before their anticipated debuts next summer.Thorman will be joined by pitching coach Dane Johnson and hitting coach Brian Buchanan, both returning to their roles from last season. Tommy Shields will serve as Omaha’s bench coach.New next season, the Royals have added an assistant hitting coach to each of their affiliates. Ryan Powers will join the Triple-A staff as the assistant hitting…
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