Wellington Cepeda

Wellington Cepeda
Cepeda with the South Bend Silver Hawks in 2007
Arizona Diamondbacks
Bullpen coach
Born: (1973-11-25) November 25, 1973 (age 51)
La Vega, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Teams
As coach

Wellington Cepeda (born November 25, 1973) is a Dominican professional baseball coach and former pitcher who currently serves as the bullpen coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously served as a manager in the Dominican Professional Baseball League.[1] He played in minor league baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1997 to 2000.

Career

Cepeda began his career as a pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.[1] He spent 1997 with the AZL Diamondbacks, 1998 with the South Bend Silver Hawks, 1999 with the High Desert Mavericks, and spent his final season in 2000 back with South Bend.[1]

Cepeda began his coaching career as the pitching coach for the Missoula Osprey in 2003 and 2004.[2] He spent the 2005 though 2007 seasons as South Bend's pitching coach.[3] Cepeda spent the 2008 and 2009 seasons as the pitching coach of the Visalia Oaks / Visalia Rawhide. He returned to South Bend as pitching coach for the 2010 through 2013 seasons.[4] He spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons as the Mobile BayBears pitching coach.[5] In 2019, Cepeda was the manager of the AZL Diamondbacks.[6]

Miami Marlins

Cepeda was hired as the Miami Marlins' bullpen coach following the 2019 season.[7] On October 2, 2024, Cepeda was fired alongside the entirety of the Marlins coaching staff.[8]

Arizona Diamondbacks

On November 28, 2024, Cepeda was hired to be the new bullpen coach and assistant pitching coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Wellington Cepeda minor league statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "Ex-Mariner to manage Missoula Osprey". ESPN.com. February 11, 2004. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  3. ^ South Bend Silver Hawks (November 12, 2009). "Silver Hawks announce coaching staff". MiLB.com. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  4. ^ Associated Press (December 17, 2009). "Wednesday's sports transactions". Deseret News. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  5. ^ Mark Inabinett (December 20, 2013). "Southern League Manager of the Year Andy Green returning to Mobile BayBears". AL.com. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  6. ^ "D-backs announce 2019 player development staff". MLB.com. January 8, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  7. ^ Joe Frisaro (October 23, 2019). "Cepeda to be Marlins' bullpen coach". MLB.com. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  8. ^ "Marlins Part Ways With Entire Coaching Staff After Skip Schumaker's Exit as Manager". syndication.bleacherreport.com. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  9. ^ https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/11/diamondbacks-to-add-wellington-cepeda-to-coaching-staff.html

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