Cardoza, 39 in January, gets his first job on an MLB staff. The Puerto Rico native has been coaching professionally for a decade, spending most of that time on the Texas farm system. He was a minor league manager and led the Rangers’ Double-A affiliate for the past three seasons. Seattle needed a new third base coach to replace Kristopher Negrón, who left to take over as Don Kelly’s bench coach with the Pirates.
McKinley also makes his debut on a big league staff. He makes the jump from the college ranks after spending the past three seasons as head coach at the University of Nevada. (Kendall Rogers of D1 Baseball reported that McKinley left the Wolfpack earlier this week to join the M’s as field coordinator.) McKinley, the 2025 Mountain West Coach of the Year, led Nevada to a 19-11 record in conference play and won the regular season conference championship. He had previously worked in the professional ranks as part of Milwaukee’s player development department.
The rest of Wilson’s staff returns on the heels of the ALCS berth. Bench coach Manny Acta, senior director of pitching strategy Edgar Martinez, hitting coach Kevin Seitzer, assistant hitting coach Bobby Magallanes, pitching coach Pete Woodworth, assistant pitching coach Danny Farquhar, director of pitching strategy Trent Blank, first base coach Eric Young Jr., and infield coach Perry Hill are all back in their previous roles.
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