Shocking news: New York Yankees head coach Pat Roessler officially been suspended for 6 years today after facing…….
The Yankees officially announced their 2024 coaching staff under manager Aaron Boone on Wednesday afternoon, which includes Pat Roessler, the Yanks’ longtime director of player development and one of Juan Soto’s former hitting coaches, returning to the organization.
The staff includes holdovers Matt Blake (pitching coach), Mike Harkey (bullpen coach), Desi Druschel (assistant pitching coach), Luis Rojas (third-base coach), Travis Chapman (first-base coach), Casey Dykes (assistant hitting coach) and Tanner Swanson (Major League field coordinator and director of catching).
However, the team made some changes to the staff. James Rowson is now the hitting coach, replacing Sean Casey, who was hired midseason in 2023 and left the role in October to spend more time with his family.
Roessler will be one of Rowson’s assistant hitting coaches, replacing Brad Wilkerson, while Brad Ausmus becomes Boone’s bench coach, replacing Carlos Mendoza, who was named manager of the Mets last November.
The 2024 season will mark Roessler’s 13th year with the Yankees (also 2004-14, ’19) and 37th season in professional baseball.
In 2019, he was a player development advisor for the Yankees after serving as the organization’s director of player development from September 2004 through the end of the 2014 season.
Additionally, he was the organization’s field coordinator from September 2004 through the 2013 season and served as the club’s hitting coordinator in 2005, ’12 and ’13.
Roessler’s most recent stop came with the Nationals as an assistant hitting coach from 2020-23, where he overlapped with Soto from 2020-22.
During that span, Soto won three Silver Slugger Awards, twice finished in the top five in MVP voting and twice led the National League in on-base percentage.
