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This and the following three posts include this year's coaching debuts through 10-Sep-2021. Please note that as of these posts, the Padres bullpen coach role (after the firing of pitching coach Larry Rothschild and promotion of bullpen coach Ben Fritz on 23-Aug) and the Pirates assistant coach role (after the firing of hitting coach Rick Eckstein on 30-Aug and promotion of assistant hitting coach Chistian Marrero) are vacant, with no interim or acting coach yet named.

Starting off the 2021 rookie coaches class:
Quintin Berry, Caleb Cotham, Jose Cruz, Jr., Chris Fetter, Drew French