The Phillies have added the following personnel to the staff in Baseball Operations:
Howie Kendrick has been named special assistant to the general manager. Kendrick, 38, played in 1,621 games over parts of 15 seasons in the majors for the Los Angeles Angels (2006-14), Los Angeles Dodgers (2015-16), Phillies (2017) and Washington Nationals (2017-20). With the Nationals in 2019, Kendrick hit a grand slam in Game 5 of the National League Division Series, was named NL Championship Series Most Valuable Player and hit a go-ahead two-run home run in Game 7 of the World Series.
Brian Kaplan has been named assistant major league pitching coach and director of pitching development. Kaplan comes to the Phillies after serving as vice president and co-founder of Cressey Sports Performance in Jupiter, Fla. Prior to his time at CSP, Kaplan founded Athletic Development Performance which is a sports performance facility based in Jupiter. He played collegiately at the University of Notre Dame.
Jason Camilli has been hired as assistant major league hitting coach. Camilli, 46, joins the Phillies after most recently serving as a development coach for the Cincinnati Reds affiliate in the Arizona League. Prior to his time with Cincinnati, Camilli worked in the player development system of the Arizona Diamondbacks as hitting coach for several minor league teams from 2012-19. He was originally drafted by the Montreal Expos in the second round of the June 1994 draft.
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