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Orioles’ coaching staff will include Britton, French, Klimek, Plassmeyer

Feb 13, 2025; Sarasota, FL, USA; Baltimore Orioles pitching coach Drew French during spring training workouts at Ed Smith Stadium. Mandatory c

Manager Craig Albernaz’s coaching staff will include some new coaches and some holdovers, with some still to be decided.

In addition to new bench coach Donnie Ecker, hitting coach Dustin Lind and first base coach Jason Bourgeois, three members from this past season’s team are staying: pitching coach Drew French, assistant pitching coach Ryan Klimek and third base coach Buck Britton. Their roles and titles haven’t been announced.

Mitch Plassmeyer, who served as bullpen coach after Tim Cossins was dismissed along with manager Brandon Hyde on May 17th, also will return, according to an industry source.

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News of the retentions of Britton, French and Klimek were first reported by MLB.com and The Baltimore Banner and confirmed by an industry source.

Development coach Grant Anders, who’d been in that role for the last two years, will not return. He’d been in the organization since 2020. News on Anders was first reported by MASNsports.com and confirmed by an industry source.

No decision has been made on senior advisor John Mabry, according to a source.

French has been with the Orioles for the past two seasons. Klimek, who’s been in the organization since 2017 and has been pitching strategy coach since 2022, was French’s assistant in the dugout after Plassmeyer moved to the bullpen.

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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.