With the New Year rapidly approaching, the Yankees had no shortage of areas to fill, both in terms of player personnel side and the coaching side. However, in the midst of the lockout, teams may not add nor even contact players, but are free to fill the latter vacancies.
That’s exactly what the Yankees did this afternoon, rounding out their major league coaching staff by hiring Eric Chavez and Casey Dykes as assistant hitting coaches and Travis Chapman as the first base and infield coach. They were revealed as part of the team’s general announcement of the 2022 staff:
The Yankees today announced the 2022 coaching staff under Manager Aaron Boone.