Robert Van Scoyoc
American baseball player and coach
Baseball player
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| Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 72 | |
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| Born: (1986-11-16) November 16, 1986 (age 37) Valencia, California, U.S. | |
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Robert Van Scoyoc (born November 16, 1986) is an American professional baseball hitting coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Van Scoyoc attended William S. Hart High School in Newhall, Santa Clarita, California,[1] graduating in 2005.[2] and played college baseball at Cuesta College, describing his play as "pretty mediocre".[3]
Van Scoyoc began his coaching career in 2008, working with youth hitters in the Santa Clarita Valley and as a part-time assistant coach for Valencia High School.[2] From 2010 to 2011 he was the hitting coach and recruitment coordinator for San Diego Christian College.[2] After that he teamed with Craig Wallenbrock to mentor numerous college and professional hitters. They worked with J. D. Martinez in 2013, helping him to improve his swing.[3] He was a hitting consultant for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2016 to 2017,[4] and he helped Chris Taylor improve his results with changes to his swing.[5] The Arizona Diamondbacks hired him before the 2018 season as a hitting strategist[4] before he returned to the Dodgers as their major league hitting coach for the 2019 season.[6]
References
- ^ Negri, Landon (May 22, 2004). "No happy ending for 'Hawks baseball". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- ^ a b c "We would like to introduce TZA Academy's Hitting Coach". TZA Academy. January 18, 2015.
- ^ a b Piecoro, Nick (October 7, 2017). "The coaching duo behind J.D. Martinez's dangerous swing". Azcentral.com. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- ^ a b "Diamondbacks hope for edge with hitting strategist Robert Van Scoyoc". Azcentral.com. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- ^ Kepner, Tyler (October 20, 2017). "A Reinvented Swing Solves the Dodgers' Leadoff Problem" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Gurnick, Ken (November 28, 2018). "Ebel, Van Scoyoc join Dodgers' coaching staff". mlb.com. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
| Preceded by Turner Ward | Los Angeles Dodgers hitting coach 2019–present | Succeeded by Incumbent |
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Los Angeles Dodgers 2020 World Series champions
- 3 Chris Taylor
- 5 Corey Seager (NLCS and World Series MVP)
- 7 Julio Urías
- 10 Justin Turner
- 11 A. J. Pollock
- 13 Max Muncy
- 14 Enrique Hernández
- 15 Austin Barnes
- 16 Will Smith
- 17 Joe Kelly
- 21 Walker Buehler
- 22 Clayton Kershaw
- 31 Joc Pederson
- 35 Cody Bellinger
- 41 Jake McGee
- 43 Edwin Ríos
- 45 Matt Beaty
- 46 Tony Gonsolin
- 48 Brusdar Graterol
- 49 Blake Treinen
- 50 Mookie Betts
- 51 Dylan Floro
- 52 Pedro Báez
- 56 Adam Kolarek
- 57 Alex Wood
- 74 Kenley Jansen
- 81 Victor González
- 85 Dustin May
- Manager
- 30 Dave Roberts
- Coaches
- Bench Coach 88 Bob Geren
- First Base Coach 92 George Lombard
- Third Base Coach 91 Dino Ebel
- Hitting Coach 72 Robert Van Scoyoc
- Hitting Coach 73 Brant Brown
- Pitching Coach 99 Mark Prior
- Assistant Hitting Coach 65 Aaron Bates
- Assistant Pitching Coach 87 Connor McGuiness
- Bullpen Coach 54 Josh Bard
- Game Planning Coach 0 Danny Lehmann
- Bullpen Catcher 82 Steve Cilladi
- Regular season
- Postseason
- National League Wild Card Series
- National League Division Series
- National League Championship Series
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