85) Chris Denorfia
Chris Denorfia is the Double-A manager for the Colorado Rockies but he has some MLB coaching experience and a long career in the majors.
Denorfia, 41, spent parts of 10 seasons in the majors, playing with the Padres, A’s, Rays, Mariners, and Cubs as late as 2015. However, he continued to play in the minors through the 2017 season and he ended his career in Triple-A with Colorado.
Denorfia retired and immediately became a special assistant for the Cubs, the final team he played for in the majors. In 2019, Denorfia moved back down to the field dugout. He was the quality assurance coach for the Cubs in Joe Maddon’s final season on the North Side. For the Cubs and most teams, their quality assurance (or quality control) coach is the person that conveys the analytics from the front office to the coaching staff and players and that’s what Denorfia did.
Denorfia left the Cubs, as did Maddon and most of his coaching staff after 2019 and Denorfia joined Colorado. He was slated to be their Double-A manager in 2020 before the pandemic canceled the minor league season.
He was their Double-A manager in 2021 and will be again in 2022.