Phillies announce minor league managers, other staff promotions

Phillies organizational assistant coach coach Jorge Velandia (right) has been promoted to a special assistant to the general manager (Frank Klose/Sports Talk Philly)

The Phillies announced a large number of coaching changes at the minor league levels.   They include some familiar names in the organization, including former Phillies third baseman Charlie Hayes and long-time Phillies minor leaguer Greg Legg.

The moves fans might recognize are:

• Jorge Velandia was named special assistant to the general manager, as did Bryan Minniti, who comes from the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
• Frank Cacciatore is promoted from Reading hitting coach to assistant hitting coordinator
• Greg Legg is promoted to manager of the Double-A Reading Fightin' Phils
• Dusty Wathan is formally announced as Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs manager
• Shaun Williams is promoted from Class-A Lakewood to Class-A Clearwater
• John Mizerock is promoted from Short Season Williamsport to Double-A Reading hitting coach
• Charlie Hayes joins the Gulf Coast Phillies staff
• Marty Malloy will manage Class-A Lakewood

Other moves include:

• Geoff Miller is new Mental Skills Coach
• Natan Weinberger is the new Analyst, Baseball Research & Development
• Greg McMillan will serve as Coordinator of International Scouting
• Rafael Alvaraez as International Scout
• Ray Robles as Assistant Director of International OPerations
• Orlando Munoz, Joe Betancourt, Feliberto Sanchez, and Samuel Hiciano were named the staff  in the Dominican Summer League
• Greg Schilz comes from the Pirates to be National Scouting Coordinator
• Will Brunson, Justin Morganstern, and Justin Munson become scouts