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STAFF PROFILE
AL PEDRIQUE
MANAGER
The Philadelphia Phillies announced that Al Pedrique will
return as the manager of the Reading Fightin Phils for the
2024 season. Pedrique returns to Reading after leading the
R-Phils in 2023.
Pedrique finished 59-77 with Reading in 2023, but his team
boasted many accomplishments on the field. He oversaw a
roster that had 61 players pass through Reading, with 17 receiving
a call up to Triple-A Lehigh Valley during the season.
Additionally, three players that played with Reading last
season also appeared in big league games in Johan Rojas,
Drew Ellis, and Orion Kerkering. Rojas and Kerkering both
made their Major League debuts in 2023.
Prior to joining the Phillies organization in 2023,
Pedrique was a part of the Marlins for two seasons. He spent
2022 as the third base coach for Miami under Don Mattingly. In
2021, Pedrique managed Miami's Triple-A Jacksonville Jumbo
Shrimp. He guided Jacksonville to a 75-55 record and postseason
appearance in his lone season.
Pedrique served as a part of the Oakland Athletics' Major
League staff from the 2018-20 seasons. He began as the A's
first-base coach in 2018 and shifted to third-base coach in his
final two seasons with Oakland.
He enjoyed much of his Minor League managerial success
during his tenure with the New York Yankees. Pedrique was
with the Yankees from 2013-17 and managed Charleston in
2013, Tampa in 2014, Trenton in 2015 and then
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2016-17. Pedrique posted a .500 or
better record in each season as a manager in the Yankees'
organization, while additionally winning the Triple-A National
Championship in 2016 and falling in the International League
finals the following season. Overall, Pedrique posted a
394-309 record over his five seasons with New York.
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