Tim Bogar was hired as the Arizona Diamondbacks' third base coach after serving in the organization's player development department. Bogar played parts of nine MLB seasons as a utility infielder and has spent over two decades coaching, including minor-league managerial stints and major-league roles dating to 2008. He has served as a base coach with the Red Sox and as a bench coach in Boston, Texas, Seattle and Washington, including a month as the Rangers' interim manager in 2014. Shaun Larkin was removed from third-base duties and will remain on staff focusing on infield instruction after criticism for send/hold decisions. A recent waved-run play that resulted in an out prompted the change.
The D-Backs are hiring Tim Bogar as third base coach, report Nick Piecoro and José M. Romero of The Arizona Republic. He'd already been in the organization's player development department but now returns to coaching. Arizona skipper Torey Lovullo announced on Wednesday that they were removing prior third base coach Shaun Larkin from that responsibility; Larkin will remain on staff in a different capacity.
After playing parts of nine MLB seasons as a utility infielder, Bogar has spent over two decades in coaching. He has plenty of minor league managerial experience, including with Arizona's Double-A club last year. He has been on big league staffs in various roles going back to 2008. Bogar spent a couple seasons as a base coach with the Red Sox.
The final of those came on Wednesday. Larkin waved Alek Thomas around from first base after Guardians center fielder Angel Martínez stumbled following a bloop single. Martínez got to his feet and set up shortstop Gabriel Arias for a relay to the plate. Cleveland threw Thomas out, the first in what would be a scoreless inning. Arizona came back to win in extras, but Lovullo decided it was time for a change.
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