Two Express Coaches Promoted to Rangers Coaching Staff
November 5, 2015 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Round Rock Express News Release
Round Rock Express Hitting Coach Justin Mashore
(Round Rock Express)
ROUND ROCK, Texas - The list of roster moves for the Round Rock Express keeps growing, even in the offseason. Former pitching coach Brad Holman and hitting coach Justin Mashore got the call to join the Texas Rangers major league staff, the club announced Thursday. Holman will serve as bullpen coach while Mashore was named assistant hitting coach. Former Express manager Bobby Jones was named replay coordinator.
Holman served as the Express pitching coach for the last three seasons (2013-15), leading the pitching staff to a 4.36 ERA over those three years. He was the co-recipient of the Bobby Jones Player Development Man of the Year Award following the 2013 season. Holman has been a coach in the Rangers system for seven years, after coaching stints in both the Pittsburgh (2008) and Seattle (2002-07) organizations. Drafted by the Royals in the 35th round of the 1990 June Draft, Holman had a seven-year playing career as a pitcher from 1990-96, including a stint in the major leagues with the Mariners in 1993.
Mashore joined the Express coaching staff in 2014 after spending the following two years with the AZL Rangers (2012) and High-A Hickory Crawdads (2013). In his two years in Round Rock, Mashore guided the offense to a combined.264 batting average. Prior to joining the Rangers organization, he spent nine years as a coach in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Mashore was drafted by the Tigers in the 5th round of the 1991 June Draft and spent 11 seasons in the minor leagues between Detroit, Seattle, San Diego, Boston, New York (NL) and Colorado, making his major league debut with the Padres in 1997.
This is the first major league post for both Holman and Mashore. Jones, former Express manager, served two years as the Rangers assistant hitting coach before being named to his new position as replay coordinator.
The Express coaching staff for 2016 will be named at a later date.
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