The Los Angeles Dodgers have added Pedro Guerrero as hitting coach, the team announced, marking the first major coaching hire in years.
The Dodgers elected to end talks with former hitting coach Aaron Bates. They sent him an initial offer to renew his deal, which would have ended after this season, but he felt it was not competitive and rejected it.
LA never gave him a follow-up offer, leaving him to depart from the organization and leave a vacancy at the hitting coach spot.
The Dodgers had Bates and Robert Van Scoyoc as co-hitting coaches. Van Scoyoc is staying on board, and now, Guerrero slots into the spot formerly occupied by Bates.
Who is Pedro Guerrero?
Not to be confused with former Dodgers player Pedro Guerro, who is now 70 years old, hitting coach Pedro Guerro has been a coach since 2016.
He was a professional player himself, playing in the infield and reaching High-A ball. Funny enough, he was part of the Dodgers organization as a professional player for even years, up until 2013.
Guerrero joined the Phillies organization as a bench coach for rookie ball before becoming the assistant hitting coach for the major-league club until 2021.
He then joined the Giants as the team’s assistant hitting coach for the 2022 season.
In November 2024, he joined the Miami Marlins after three years with the Giants and has served as the team’s hitting coach since.
As a professional, Guerrero hit .236/.287/.351 with 23 home runs, 29 stolen bases, and 163 RBIs over 411 games.
The Marlins announced that they were not bringing back Guerrero for 2027, as president of baseball operations Peter Bendix praised Guerrero and noted that the decision came down to wanting a new voice.
“He did a tremendous job for us,” Bendix said.
“He’s a wonderful human being. We’re going to miss having him around, and really appreciate everything that Pedro gave to us. Just time for a new voice in the hitting space.”
Now, Guerrero returns to his long-time team to work alongside Van Scoyoc to ideally revamp the offense that failed the Dodgers in the 2026 NLCS.
