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Orioles hiring Braves bullpen coach Drew French as pitching coach

The Orioles are hiring Atlanta Braves bullpen coach Drew French as their pitching coach. French is replacing Chris Holt, who is leaving that role but remaining in the organization as director of pitching.

The news was first reported by MASNSports.com and confirmed by an industry source.

The 39-year-old French, who did not play professionally, served as the Braves’ bullpen coach for the past three years and before that was in Houston’s minor league system for four seasons.

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French worked with Orioles’executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias with the Astros from 2016-2018.

He pitched and played outfield for Concordia University before coaching collegiately.

Besides Holt’s departure, assistant pitching coach Darren Holmes left the organization. No replacement has been named.

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Rich Dubroff

Rich Dubroff grew up in Brooklyn as a fan of New York teams, but after he moved to Baltimore, quickly adopted the Orioles and Colts. After nearly two decades as a freelancer assisting on Orioles coverage for several outlets, principally The Capital in Annapolis and The Carroll County Times, Dubroff began covering the team fulltime in 2011. He spent five years at Comcast SportsNet’s website and for the last two seasons, wrote for PressBoxonline.com, Dubroff lives in Baltimore with his wife of more than 30 years, Susan.

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