Oscar Marin

Oscar Marin
Oscar Marin
	Marin with the Rangers in 2019
Pittsburgh Pirates – No. 47
	Pitching coach
	Born: December 5, 1982 (age 42); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
	Bats: Right Throws: Right
Teams
	As coach Texas Rangers (2019); Pittsburgh Pirates (2020–present);

Oscar Marin (born December 5, 1982) is an American professional baseball coach. He is the pitching coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also coached in MLB for the Texas Rangers.

Playing career

Marin graduated from Chatsworth High School in Chatsworth, California. Marin played for Los Angeles Valley College for two seasons (2001–2002).^[1] He then pitched for two seasons (2003–2004) at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock.^[2]

Marin started his coaching career in 2005 as an assistant coach for the University of Arkansas-Little Rock baseball team.^[3] In 2006 and 2007, he was the pitching coach at Los Angeles Valley College.^[3] Marin spent 2008 and 2009 as the pitching coach at Harvard-Westlake High School in North Hollywood, California.^[4]^[3]

Marin began his career in professional baseball when he joined the Texas Rangers organization, in 2010, as the pitching coach of the Arizona Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona League. He remained in that role from 2010 to 2012. He was the pitching coach for the Leones de Ponce of the Puerto Rican Winter League during the 2012 offseason.^[1] In 2013, Marin was the pitching coach of the Spokane Indians of the Class A Short Season Northwest League.^[5] From 2014 to 2015, he served as pitching coach of the Hickory Crawdads of the Class A South Atlantic League.^[6] In 2016, Marin was the pitching coach of the High Desert Mavericks of the Class A-Advanced California League.^[3]

Marin left the Rangers organization and was the minor league pitching coordinator for the Seattle Mariners in 2017 and 2018.^[7]^[8]

Marin rejoined the Texas Rangers organization, for the first time on a major league staff, serving as their bullpen coach for the 2019 season.^[9]

On December 17, 2019, Marin was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates as their pitching coach.^[10]

Marin was named the South Atlantic League Coach of the Year for the 2015 season.^[11]

^ ^a ^b "Rangers Roster & Staff". MLB.com. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
^ "Oscar Marin". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Shane Philipps (December 3, 2015). "Texas Rangers announce 2016 High Desert Mavericks field staff". MiLB.com. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
^ Jason Cole (December 3, 2010). "Rangers announce minor league field staff". 247Sports.com. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
^ Bud Bareither (January 5, 2013). "Spokane Indians Announce 2013 Coaching Staff". MiLB.com. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
^ Mark Parker (September 10, 2015). "Arms Development: An Interview with SAL Coach of the Year Oscar Marin". crawdadsbeat.com. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
^ Eric Mandel (December 19, 2016). "Mariners minor-league staff stays largely intact for 2017 season". 710 ESPN Seattle. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
^ Ryan Divish (January 10, 2018). "Mariners announce their minor league coaching and development staff for the 2018 season". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
^ "Rangers finalize Woodward's staff with the addition of these two coaches". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. December 4, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
^ Adam Berry (December 17, 2019). "Pirates name Marin as pitching coach". MLB.com. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
^ Aaron Cox (September 1, 2015). "Oscar Marin Named All-Star Coach". MiLB.com. Retrieved December 5, 2018.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Hector Ortiz	Texas Rangers bullpen coach 2019	Succeeded by Doug Mathis
Preceded by Ray Searage	Pittsburgh Pirates pitching coach 2020–present	Succeeded by Incumbent