The Giants announced on Thursday afternoon that they have hired Oscar Bernard and Damon Minor to serve as assistant hitting coaches under manager Bob Melvin and hitting coach Pat Burrell.
Additionally, Taira Uematsu was promoted to major-league quality control coach.
Bernard and Minor will replace Pedro Guerrero and Justin Viele, who both left the Giants to join the Marlins and Rangers, respectively. Along with Guerrero and Viele, Alyssa Nakken joined the Guardians while Bryan Price stepped down following one year as pitching coach. J.P. Martinez was subsequently elevated to pitching coach.
With the additions of Bernard and Minor, the Giants have officially set their 2025 major-league coaching staff. Ryan Christenson (bench coach), Mark Hallberg (first base coach), Matt Williams (third base coach), Garvin Alston (bullpen coach) and Alex Burg (catching coach) will all return to their respective roles.
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Minor, 50, spent the previous nine seasons as the hitting coach for Triple-A Sacramento. Prior to that role, Minor served as the hitting instructor for Triple-A New Orleans of the Marlins’ organization. Minor was drafted by the Giants in the 12th round of the 1996 MLB Draft, hitting .232 with 10 home runs in 136 games with the major-league club over four seasons.
Bernard, 41, joins the Giants after spending the last nine years in the Padres organization, spending seven of those seasons as San Diego’s minor-league hitting coordinator. In 2023, Bernard served as an assistant hitting coach on the major-league staff under Melvin.
Before joining the Padres, Bernard worked three seasons with the Cubs organization and five seasons in the Rangers organization. Bernard signed with the Cubs as a non-drafted free agent in 2001 but never made the majors, spending five seasons as a position player (2001-05) and two seasons as a pitcher (2006-07).