The San Diego Padres are keeping manager
Bud Black's coaching staff intact for the 2010 season, handing out one-year
contract extensions on Thursday to the group.
Retained to reprise their current roles with the team were bench coach Ted
Simmons, hitting coach Randy Ready, pitching coach Darren Balsley, first base
coach Rick Renteria, third base coach Glenn Hoffman and bullpen coach Darrel
Akerfelds.
Black had his contract extended through the 2010 season with a club option for
2011 back on August 7.
Simmons returns for his 11th year with San Diego and second as bench coach.
Ready will begin his first full season as hitting coach in 2010 after taking
over the job on July 31 of last season. He had previously managed the Triple-A
Portland Beavers since 2008 and returns for his seventh season with the Padres
organization.
Balsley has served as pitching coach for San Diego since 2003 and returns for
his seventh full season at the position. Renteria is entering his third season
as the Padres first base coach while Hoffman is set to begin his fifth season
as the club's third base coach. Akerfelds returns for a ninth season as
bullpen coach.
The Padres finished last in the National League West in 2009 with a 75-87
record.
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