With the shuffle of coaching staff assignments at the minor league level for the Cardinals, all six of the organization’s from 2022 will return to their same roles in 2023, it was announced on Thursday.
Among the changes in assignments within the Cardinals minor league coaching staff, one will be history-making.
Christina Whitlock will be a fourth coach for Class High-A Peoria and will be the first uniformed female coach in Cardinals history. Whitlock was hired as a minor league coach by the Cardinals in 2020, but could not take the position once the MiLB season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.