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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 22, 2020

INDIANS ANNOUNCE 2020 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT STAFF ASSIGNMENTS

CLEVELAND, OH – The Indians today announced the organizational staff alignment within the Player Development System as it currently stands for the upcoming season. 2019 MiLB.com ORGANIZATIONAL , a native of Bowling Green, OH, assumes the helm of Triple-A Columbus ALL-STARS after joining the organization in 2019 as the Hitting of the Clippers. Assisting Tracy will again C nd nd 1B Bobby Bradley be RIGO BELTRÁN (Pitching Coach, 2 season) and (Bench Coach, 2 season) 2B Jose Fermin as JASON ESPOSITO moves into the Hitting Coach role from Class-A Lake County. ROUGLAS 3B ODOR returns for his second campaign guiding the Akron RubberDucks and DENNIS MALAVÉ has SS Tyler Freeman been promoted from Short Season Class-A Mahoning Valley to High-A Lynchburg. OF Brandon Barnes will guide the Mahoning Valley Scrappers and JERRY OWENS (Blue) and KEN KNUTSON () OF Daniel Johnson OF Ka’ai Tom will pilot the two Arizona League clubs from Goodyear. UTL Will Benson

RHP GREG DiCENZO joins the system to Class-A Lake County, having spent the last LHP 12 years as the Head Baseball Coach of Holy Cross. The Crusaders went 137-109 in Patriot RP League regular season play during DiCenzo's tenure, posted 20-win seasons in 10 of his 12 years and captured the first Patriot League Championship in program history in 2017.

JOE TORRES and JOEL MANGRUM received promotions to the role of Pitching Coordinator following joining the Major League coaching staff. Torres was the Pitching Coach for Lynchburg in 2019 and has been with the organization since 2017 while Mangrum has spent his two years in the system as Pitching Coach in the Arizona League. JOHN McDONALD has been elevated to Field Coordinator after spending the last four years as the organization’s Defensive Coordinator. , who managed AAA Columbus in 2019, has transitioned into a coordinator role and will assume infield duties in 2020. CODY BUCKEL was brought on as the club’s Pitching Resource Coordinator prior to the 2019 season and will join the front office in Cleveland as Assistant Director of Player Development, replacing the departed .

Other first year members of the organization include: VANCE LAW (LC Bench Coach; previous: White Sox PD) JB EARY (DSL Bench Coach; previous: UNLV) +11-year MLB career; Former BYU Head Coach +Coached at Ottawa (AZ) Univ.

IAN FORSTER (DSL Hitting Coach; previous: Central FL) KEVIN ERMINIO (MV Pitching Coach; previous: Kennesaw St.) +Cleveland native; BW alum +Also coached at Miami (OH) Univ.

KYLE LINDQUIST (AZL Bench Coach; previous: Davidson) STEPHEN OSTERER (Pitching Resource Coord.) +Columbus native; Marietta College alum +Cornell alum; formerly of Baseball Development Group in Toronto

CRAIG MASSONI (MV Hitting Coach; previous: Missouri State) +Austin Peay alum; 5-year pro career

2020 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM STAFF ALIGNMENT VP, Player Development…... James Harris Special Assistant……………………. Advisor, Player Development…..Minnie Mendoza Dir., Hitting Development….. Alex Eckelman% Special Assistant……………………… Advisor, Player Development….. Assistant Director of PD…….. Cody Buckel% Special Assistant………………………. Advisor, Player Development …. Assistant Director of PD…….. Rob Cerfolio% Special Assistant………………………. Dave Wallace Assistant Director of PD…….. Andrew Bahnert% Special Assistant……………………….Tom Wiedenbauer Director, Administration……… Wendy Hoppel Administrative Assistant………….. Nilda Taffanelli

FUNDAMENTAL COORDINATORS Field Coordinator……….. John McDonald% Hitting Coordinator ………………. Player Programs Coord……. Larry Day% Assistant Field Coordinator... Anthony Medrano Short-Season Hitting Coord…….. Pete Lauritson Pitching Coordinator……… Joe Torres% Pitching Resource Coordinator…. Stephen Osterer# Pitching Coordinator……… Joel Mangrum% Infield Coordinator…………………. Tony Mansolino%

SUPPORT STAFF & COORDINATORS Performance Analyst ……… Todd Kubacki Performance Analyst……………. Josh Tubbs Performance Analyst………… Josh Morrison Education & Language Coord.. Anna Bolton Performance Coord. (DR)………… Hasani Torres Medical Administrator…………Teddy Blackwell Mental Performance Coach….. Oscar Gutierrez Mental Performance Coach………… Martin Rasumoff Baseball Ops Assistant…… Ilana Mishkin S/C Coordinator, Affiliates… Chris Giacchino Performance Coord. (AZ)………… Ryan Faer Rehab S/C Coach……………. Moises Cuevas Medical Coordinator………… Andrew Pipkin Physical Therapist………………… Jeremy Harris Physical Therapist………… Dan Himmerick

TRIPLE-A COLUMBUS -A AKRON HIGH CLASS-A LYNCHBURG Manager………………………. Andy Tracy % Manager……………………………….. Manager………………………. Dennis Malavé % Pitching Coach………………. Rigo Beltrán Pitching Coach……………………… Tony Arnold Pitching Coach………………. Owen Dew% Hitting Coach………………… Jason Esposito% Hitting Coach……………………….. Junior Betances%B Hitting Coach………………… Grant Fink% Bench Coach…………………. Kyle Hudson Bench Coach……………………….. Jordan Smith% Bench Coach…………………. Juan De La Cruz% Strength/Cond……………….. Travis Roberson% Strength/Cond………………………. Scott Nealon% Strength/Cond………………… Eric Ortego

Athletic Trainer……………… Jeremy Heller Athletic Trainer……………………….Bobby Ruiz Athletic Trainer…………….. Jake Legan

CLASS-A LAKE COUNTY SHORT-SEASON A MAHONING VALLEY ONE/TWO Manager………………………. Greg DiCenzo# Manager………………………………. Luke Carlin % DR Field Coordinator …. José Mejía Pitching Coach………………. Jason Blanton% Pitching Coach……………………… Kevin Erminio# DSL 1 Manager………………. % Hitting Coach………………… Mike Mergenthaier% Hitting Coach……………………….. Craig Massoni# Pitching Coach DSL1…………. Jesús Sánchez Bench Coach………………….Vance Law# Bench Coach……………………….. JT Maquire% Hitting Coach DSL 1………… Ian Forster# Strength/Cond……………….. Paul Synenkyj% Strength/Cond………………………. Juan Acevedo Bench Coach DSL 1…………. JB Eary# Athletic Trainer……………… Patrick Reynolds% Athletic Trainer…………………… Franklin Sammons% Pitching Coach….. Carlos Jan% Manager DSL 2 ……………….. Jesus Tavares% ROOKIE ARIZONA LEAGUE BLUE ROOKIE ARIZONA LEAGUE RED Pitching Coach DSL 2 ……….. Anderson Polanco# Manager…………………….. Jerry Owens Manager……………………………….Ken Knutson% Hitting Coach DSL 2………….. Ordomar Valdéz Pitching Coach………………. Mike Steele Pitching Coach……………………… TBD Bench Coach DSL 2………... Carlos Fermin Hitting Coach………………… Jordan Becker Hitting Coach……………………….. Chris Smith% Strength/Cond…………………. Luis Jimenez Bench Coach………………….Kyle Lindquist# Bench Coach……………………….. TBD Strength/Cond…………………. Fernando Cabral Strength/Cond……………….. César Yepez Strength/Cond………………………. Trent Kaltenbach# Athletic Trainer……………… Derrik Diaz# Athletic Trainer……………… Luis Estala % Athletic Trainer……………………… Matt Beauregard

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