Along with retaining the entire Triple-A Oklahoma City coaching staff for the 2017 season, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced the same holds true for Double-A Tulsa, led by manager Ryan Garko. He’s again joined by pitching coach Bill Simas, hitting coach Terrmel Sledge and coach Leo Garcia.
Garko enters his second season with the Dodgers organization, Simas his seventh, Sledge’s second, and Garcia’s ninth. All but Garcia were newcomers to the Drillers coaching staff in 2016.
Simas was the pitching coach for High-A Rancho Cucamonga in 2015 and Sledge was the hitting coach for the Chicago Cubs’ Single-A Eugene affiliate.