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American baseball player and coach
Baseball player
Robert Van Scoyoc
(born November 16, 1986) is an
American
professional baseball
hitting coach
for the
Los Angeles Dodgers
of
Major League Baseball
(MLB).
Career
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Van Scoyoc attended
William S. Hart High School
in
Newhall, Santa Clarita, California
,
[1]
graduating in 2005.
[2]
and played
college baseball
at
Cuesta College
, describing his play as "pretty mediocre".
[3]
Van Scoyoc began his coaching career in 2008, working with youth hitters in the
Santa Clarita Valley
and as a part-time assistant coach for
Valencia High School
.
[2]
From 2010 to 2011 he was the hitting coach and recruitment coordinator for
San Diego Christian College
.
[2]
After that he teamed with Craig Wallenbrock to mentor numerous college and professional hitters. They worked with
J. D. Martinez
in 2013, helping him to improve his swing.
[3]
He was a hitting consultant for the
Los Angeles Dodgers
from 2016 to 2017,
[4]
and he helped
Chris Taylor
improve his results with changes to his swing.
[5]
The
Arizona Diamondbacks
hired him before the 2018 season as a hitting strategist
[4]
before he returned to the Dodgers as their major league hitting coach for the 2019 season.
[6]
References
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Negri, Landon (May 22, 2004).
"No happy ending for 'Hawks baseball"
.
San Diego Union Tribune
. Retrieved
November 28,
2018
.
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b
c
"We would like to introduce TZA Academy's Hitting Coach"
.
TZA Academy
. January 18, 2015.
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a
b
Piecoro, Nick (October 7, 2017).
"The coaching duo behind J.D. Martinez's dangerous swing"
. Azcentral.com
. Retrieved
November 28,
2018
.
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a
b
"Diamondbacks hope for edge with hitting strategist Robert Van Scoyoc"
. Azcentral.com
. Retrieved
November 28,
2018
.
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Kepner, Tyler (October 20, 2017).
"A Reinvented Swing Solves the Dodgers' Leadoff Problem"
– via NYTimes.com.
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Gurnick, Ken (November 28, 2018).
"Ebel, Van Scoyoc join Dodgers' coaching staff"
.
mlb.com
. Retrieved
November 28,
2018
.
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