The Top 100 coaches most likely to become MLB managers

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Mike Aldrete, Oakland A's, MLB coaching staffs, MLB managers

Aug 10, 2021; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Oakland Athletics first base coach Mike Aldrete (10) stands on the field during a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports /

37) Mike Aldrete

In 2022, Mike Aldrete will be the quality control coach for the Oakland A’s after he has held many titles on MLB coaching staffs in recent years.

Aldrete, 60, has been with Oakland since the 2015 season. Initially, he was their bench coach for a season (2015) before becoming their first base coach (2016-2017). He became their assistant hitting coach for two seasons (2018 and 2019) before becoming their first base coach again (2020-2021).

Aldrete started his MLB coaching career in 2004 after serving as a minor league coach and manager in 2001 for Arizona. He joined Bob Melvin’s coaching staff in Seattle in 2004 as first base coach before he joined Melvin, who left to become the manager of the D-Backs, in 2005 as their hitting coach.

He was there for two seasons and then (after not coaching 2007) Tony LaRussa hired Aldrete to be St. Louis’s assistant hitting coach, making Aldrete the first assistant coach in all of MLB for the 2008 season. He held that position until his promotion to bench coach in 2012. He served as bench coach from 2012 through 2014 before re-joining Melvin in Oakland in 2015.

Aldrete was a candidate for the managerial opening with Arizona before they hired Chip Hale before the 2015 season.

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