Michael Brdar
American baseball coach (born 1994)
Baseball player
| Michael Brdar | |
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| Detroit Tigers – No. 90 | |
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| Born: (1994-04-07) April 7, 1994 (age 30) Pleasanton, California | |
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Michael Joseph Brdar (born April 7, 1994) is an American professional baseball hitting coach for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also coached in MLB for the San Diego Padres.
Career
Brdar attended De La Salle High School in Concord, California, and played for the school's baseball team.[1] He enrolled at Diablo Valley College, where he began his college baseball career. He transferred to the University of Michigan to play for the Michigan Wolverines.[2] The St. Louis Cardinals selected him in the 36th round of the 2017 MLB draft.[3]
Following Brdar's playing career, he spent two seasons as the hitting coordinator for the San Francisco Giants organization.[4] After the 2021 season, the San Diego Padres hired Brdar as their hitting coach.[5][6] After one season with the Padres, the Detroit Tigers hired Brdar to be their hitting coach.[7]
References
- ^ Ben Enos (May 5, 2012). "Late miscues prove costly for De La Salle in loss to Bishop Amat – East Bay Times". Eastbaytimes.com. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ "Padres to hire Michael Brdar, 27, as their next hitting coach – The Athletic". Theathletic.com. November 23, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
- ^ Forde, Mitchell (June 14, 2017). "Cardinals confident they can meet Fuller's asking price". STLtoday.com. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
- ^ "Padres to hire Brdar as hitting coach (source)". MLB.com. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
- ^ "Giants' Mike Brdar to be next Padres hitting coach". San Diego Union-Tribune. November 23, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
- ^ "Padres hire Matt Williams as 3B coach". MLB.com. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
- ^ Beck, Jason (November 16, 2022). "Tigers revamp staff with 3 hitting coach hires". MLB.com. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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Detroit Tigers current roster
- 4 Beau Brieske
- 7 Shelby Miller
- 8 Matt Vierling
- 9 Jack Flaherty
- 12 Casey Mize
- 13 Gio Urshela
- 15 Carson Kelly
- 17 Andrew Chafin
- 18 Kenta Maeda
- 19 Will Vest
- 21 Mark Canha
- 29 Tarik Skubal
- 31 Riley Greene
- 32 Ryan Kreidler
- 33 Colt Keith
- 34 Jake Rogers
- 39 Zach McKinstry
- 43 Joey Wentz
- 44 Justyn-Henry Malloy
- 45 Reese Olson
- 46 Wenceel Pérez
- 53 Mason Englert
- 60 Akil Baddoo
- 68 Jason Foley
- 77 Andy Ibáñez
- 87 Tyler Holton
- 20 Spencer Torkelson
- 22 Parker Meadows
- 25 Matt Manning
- 38 Dillon Dingler
- 50 Ryan Vilade
- 51 Eddys Leonard
- 52 Brendan White
- 54 Keider Montero
- 55 Alex Lange
- 59 Wilmer Flores
- -- Easton Lucas
- 28 Javier Báez
- 30 Kerry Carpenter
- 49 Alex Faedo
- 66 Sawyer Gipson-Long
- Manager 14 A. J. Hinch
- Bench coach 26 George Lombard
- Hitting 37 Keith Beauregard
- Pitching 41 Chris Fetter
- Major league coach 86 Gary Jones
- Third base 56 Joey Cora
- Assistant pitching/Bullpen 61 Juan Nieves
- Assistant pitching 63 Robin Lund
- Catching 83 Ryan Sienko
- Assistant Hitting 90 Michael Brdar
- Assistant hitting 91 Lance Zawadzki
- Bullpen catcher 98 Jeremy Carrell
- First base 99 Anthony Iapoce
- Bullpen catcher 97 Tim Remes
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