Anthony Villa keeps a big board of all the Orioles’ player development and minor league staffing assignments, color coded for a variety of factors, including who is at a new affiliate or in a new role this year.

For 2025, the Orioles’ director of player development said around half of the staff members in his department are in new spots, creating an attractive mix as the organization looks to sustain its success in player development in the Orioles’ new competitive era.

“I think we’ve got a very fresh feel to this staff this year, which is exciting,” Villa said. “We’ve got, estimated, 50% of coaches who are in new locations. And that’s fun. That means we’ve got 50% of stable faces, which is good, and 50% of coaches that are going to have new interactions and bring a new feel to an affiliate, or pushing some different responsibilities onto people.”

Every year features turnover on the minor league coaching side, some more than others. This time, the Orioles sent two coaches from their player development ranks to the majors in the form of former Triple-A manager Buck Britton and upper-level hitting coordinator Sherman Johnson. Britton’s replacement as Norfolk manager will be Tim Federowicz, who spent parts of eight seasons in the big leagues as a catcher and has coached in the majors and minors with Seattle and Detroit since his playing career ended.

“Tim has a great temperament about him,” Villa said. “We’re very excited to bring his demeanor onboard, where he’s the critical thinker of the game, and can be stoic, and at the same time can be fiery and bring that passion to the players as well. He’s expressed very good views that fall in line with development. He wants to make sure that these Triple-A games are feeling like major league games, and that there’s pressure and intensity and that the players truly have to prepare themselves for the big leagues rather than just go play a minor league game.”

Another new manager will be taking over at High-A Aberdeen, where Ryan Goll will replace Felipe Alou Rojas Jr., Norfolk’s new fundamentals coach. Goll, 28, has been a development coach in the organization for four years and coordinates the offseason camps for minor leaguers.

“We’re very excited for him to try his hand at managing. He has been incredible, organizationally, serving as a development coach the last few years but also our offseason camps coordinator. He’s extremely organized, strong communicator. We felt like this was the next evolution in how we can give him more responsibility and challenge him and develop his skills.”

That kind of upward mobility is something the Orioles are proud of as coaches, with affiliate coaches becoming coordinators, development coaches taking on larger roles and even seasonal employees getting added to staffs.

This year, three coaches fit that billing. Casey Buckley was a staff assistant and bullpen catcher in the Dominican Republic and Aberdeen over the last two years, and now he will be the IronBirds’ development coach. James Johnson was the Florida Complex League staff assistant and bullpen coach and will be a fundamentals coach in the FCL. In the Dominican Republic, Jerry Chavarria was a tech coordinator last year and is now a fundamentals coach.

“That’s what we’re about in the organization — you get in, work hard, continue to provide value to the org, and we’re going to push you into bigger and better opportunities.”

The full minor league and player development assignments are as follows, with previous roles in the organization and new hires noted parenthetically:

Triple-A Norfolk: Tim Federowicz, manager (new hire); Justin Ramsey, pitching coach; Mike Montville, hitting coach; Felipe Rojas Alou Jr., fundamentals coach (Aberdeen); Billy Facteau, development coach (Chesapeake); Alan Rail, athletic trainer; Seth Ellanson, assistant athletic trainer; Sam Sauer, strength and conditioning coach (Chesapeake); Adam Sehlmeyer, clubhouse manager.

Double-A Chesapeake: Roberto Mercado, manager; Jordie Henry, pitching coach (Aberdeen); Josh Bunselmeyer, hitting coach; Chase Sebby, fundamentals coach; Calvin Christiansen, development coach (Aberdeen); Julio Ibarra, athletic trainer; Chris Frosch, strength and conditioning coach (Aberdeen); Jon Weinberg, clubhouse manager.

High-A Aberdeen: Ryan Goll, manager; Jeremy Hileman, pitching coach (new hire); Zach Cole, hitting coach; Daniel Fajardo, fundamentals coach (Delmarva), Adonis Smith, development coach (new hire); Tori Atencio, athletic trainer; Juan Sanchez, strength and conditioning coach (Delmarva); Herb Otto, clubhouse manager.

Low-A Delmarva: Collin Woody, manager; Casey Day, pitching coach (FCL); Christian Poulsen, hitting coach; Luis Silverio, fundamentals coach (new hire); Casey Buckley, development coach (Aberdeen); Griffin Pyott, athletic trainer; Will Reichel, strength and conditioning coach (DSL); Mason Gomez, clubhouse manager.

FCL Orioles: Christian Frias, manager; Adam Bleday, pitching coach; Bailey Vuylsteke, pitching coach (DSL); Teegan Leader, hitting coach; Jake Ratz, hitting coach (DSL); Ramón Sambo, fundamentals coach (Norfolk); Landon Lassiter, fundamentals coach; James Johnson, fundamentals coach; Quentin Holmes, development coach (new hire); Cade Johnson, development coach (new hire); Sara Padilla, athletic trainer; Brianna Moskal, athletic trainer (new hire); Gabe Sanchez, strength and conditioning coach; Austin Kuennen, strength and conditioning coach; Nate Snyder, clubhouse manager; Matt Henderson clubhouse manager.

DSL Orioles: Chris Madera, manager; Elbis Morel, manager; Dionis Pascual, pitching coach; John Nowak, pitching coach (new hire), George Bell, hitting coach; Jake Welch, hitting coach (new hire); Miguel Jabalera, fundamentals coach; Jerry Chavarria, fundamentals coach; Nick Propidlowski, development coach; Maggie Hunt, athletic trainer; Nathan Kirk, athletic trainer. Daniel Vargas, strength and conditioning coach; Jose Frias, equipment manager.

Player Development: Matt Blood, vice president of player development and domestic scouting; Kent Qualls, director of minor league operations; Anthony Villa, director of player development; Forrest Herrmann, director of pitching development; Sherman Johnson, upper-level hitting coordinator; Brink Ambler, lower-level hitting coordinator; Ramón Alarcón, coordinator of minor league operations, Anaíma García, education coordinator; Rancel Rosado , Dominican academy administrator; Anderson Tavarez, Latin America pitching coordinator; Samuel Vega, Latin America coordinator of instruction; Jeff Kunkel, minor league field coordinator; Jackson McDonnell, manager of player development, complexes; Tim DeJohn, infield coordinator; Adam Schuck, pitching coordinator; Joe Botelho, senior manager of baseball technology and initiatives; Richard Cosgrove, player development hitting analyst; Dalton Hurd, minor league hitting coordinator (new hire), Cory Popham, complex pitching development coordinator; Scott Stansbury, minor league medical coordinator; AJ Cano, assistant minor league medical coordinator; Byron Campbell, senior organizational physical therapist; Albert Navarro, international medical coordinator (new hire); Samantha Swackhammer, minor league physical therapist (new hire); Nick White, head of strength and performance; Will Alli, director of minor league strength and conditioning; Brandon Farish, rehab strength and conditioning coordinator; Joey Mylott, biomechanist; Alejandro Macario, human performance coach; Diamyn Hall, mental skills coach, Isaac Lopez, sports scientist; Jon Medici, assistant strength and conditioning coordinator; Julio Diaz, Latin America strength and conditioning coordinator; Elena Gomez, teacher; Victoria Perez, teacher; Jake Parker, minor league equipment manager.