Wellington Cepeda
Dominican baseball coach
Baseball player
| Wellington Cepeda | |
|---|---|
 Cepeda with the South Bend Silver Hawks in 2007 | |
| Miami Marlins – No. 21 | |
| Bullpen coach | |
| Born: (1973-11-25) November 25, 1973 (age 50) La Vega, Dominican Republic | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| Teams | |
As coach
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Wellington Cepeda (born November 25, 1973) is a Dominican former professional baseball player and current coach.[1] He played in minor league baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1997 to 2000. He is the Bullpen Coach for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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]
References
- ^ a b c "Wellington Cepeda minor league statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
- ^ "Ex-Mariner to manage Missoula Osprey". ESPN.com. February 11, 2004. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- ^ South Bend Silver Hawks (November 12, 2009). "Silver Hawks announce coaching staff". MiLB.com. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- ^ Associated Press (December 17, 2009). "Wednesday's sports transactions". Deseret News. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- ^ Mark Inabinett (December 20, 2013). "Southern League Manager of the Year Andy Green returning to Mobile BayBears". AL.com. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- ^ "D-backs announce 2019 player development staff". MLB.com. January 8, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- ^ Joe Frisaro (October 23, 2019). "Cepeda to be Marlins' bullpen coach". MLB.com. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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Miami Marlins current roster
- 1 Nick Gordon
- 2 Jazz Chisholm Jr.
- 4 Nick Fortes
- 7 Tim Anderson
- 9 Josh Bell
- 12 Jesús Sánchez
- 14 Bryan De La Cruz
- 15 Emmanuel Rivera
- 17 Vidal Bruján
- 18 Sixto Sánchez
- 20 Burch Smith
- 25 Christian Bethancourt
- 28 Trevor Rogers
- 29 Braxton Garrett
- 35 A. J. Puk
- 36 Jake Burger
- 37 Anthony Bender
- 43 Andrew Nardi
- 44 Jesús Luzardo
- 51 Declan Cronin
- 53 Calvin Faucher
- 54 Dane Myers
- 60 Ryan Weathers
- 61 Otto Lopez
- 66 Tanner Scott
- 67 Emmanuel Ramírez
- 10 Xavier Edwards
- 23 Max Meyer
- 31 Huascar Brazobán
- 41 Jonah Bride
- 52 Anthony Maldonado
- 59 Tristan Gray
- 62 George Soriano
- 64 Víctor Mesa Jr.
- 71 Roddery Muñoz
- 89 Jhonny Pereda
- -- Woo-suk Go
- 22 Sandy Alcántara
- 24 Avisaíl García
- 27 Edward Cabrera
- 39 Eury Pérez
- 65 Josh Simpson
- 78 Bryan Hoeing
- 84 J. T. Chargois
- Manager 45 Skip Schumaker
- Bench 40 Luis Urueta
- Hitting 57 John Mabry
- Assistant Hitting 32 Bill Mueller
- Assistant Hitting 46 Jason Hart
- Pitching 30 Mel Stottlemyre Jr.
- First Base/Outfield 11 Jon Jay
- Third Base 81 Griffin Benedict
- Infield 33 Jody Reed
- Bullpen 21 Wellington Cepeda
- Bullpen coordinator 85 Rob Flippo
- Field coordinator 50 Rod Barajas
- Bullpen catcher 98 B.J. López
