Dodgers Lose Another Member of the Organization

The Dodgers lost another member of the front office as Ehsan Bokhari has accepted a position with the Houston Astros. Bokhari has been a senior analyst in baseball operations R&D with the Dodgers since May of 2015. He now will join Houston as their Director of research and development, replacing Mike Fast.

Ehsan Bokhari has joined the Astros as Director, R&D, where he will lead the organization's R&D department. Bokhari joins the Astros from the Los Angeles Dodgers, where he has spent the last four seasons as a senior analyst in the club's Research and Development department.

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) November 9, 2018

With Bokhari leaving, that’s now an outstanding SIX members of the Dodgers’ organization departing this young off season, by my count.

The names including:

• Again, Bokhari to the Astros
• Of course Farhan Zaidi to the San Francisco Giants as the new President of Baseball Operations
• Former third base coach Chris Woodward, who hired as the new manager of the Texas Rangers
• Hitting coach Turner Ward to the Cincinnati Reds as their new hitting coach 
• Danny Lehmann, Game-Planning/Communications Coach in 2018, and advance video scout from 2015-17

Gameplanning/communications coach Danny Lehmann will not be returning to #Dodgers coaching staff in 2019

— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) November 8, 2018

• And minor league hitting coordinator Paco Figueroa leaving to the Philadelphia Phillies

#Phillies have hired Paco Figueroa as major league outfield/baserunning coach. 

Most recently, Paco served as the minor league hitting coordinator for the Dodgers.

Welcome to Philly, Paco! pic.twitter.com/Xoo3lwWHbR

— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) November 6, 2018

We are still awaiting word on Dave Roberts’ bench coach Bob Geren’s status for 2019 and beyond. His name was missing from a list of field staff and coaches returning for 2019.