Oscar Marin (born December 5, 1982) is an American professional baseball

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. He is the

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for the

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of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also coached in MLB for the Texas Rangers.

Playing career

Marin graduated from Chatsworth High School in Chatsworth, California. Marin played for Los Angeles Valley College for two seasons (2001–2002). He then pitched for two seasons (2003–2004) at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock.

Coaching career

Amateur/Minor leagues

Marin started his coaching career in 2005 as an assistant coach for the University of Arkansas-Little Rock baseball team. In 2006 and 2007, he was the pitching coach at Los Angeles Valley College. Marin spent 2008 and 2009 as the pitching coach at

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in North Hollywood, California. Marin began his career in professional baseball when he joined the Texas Rangers organization, in 2010, as the pitching coach of the Arizona Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona League. He remained in that role from 2010 to 2012. He was the pitching coach for the Leones de Ponce of the

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during the 2012 offseason. In 2013, Marin was the pitching coach of the Spokane Indians of the Class A Short Season Northwest League. From 2014 to 2015, he served as pitching coach of the Hickory Crawdads of the Class A South Atlantic League. In 2016, Marin was the pitching coach of the High Desert Mavericks of the Class A-Advanced

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. Marin left the Rangers organization and was the minor league pitching coordinator for the Seattle Mariners in 2017 and 2018.

Texas Rangers

Marin rejoined the Texas Rangers organization, for the first time on a major league staff, serving as their bullpen coach for the 2019 season.

Pittsburgh Pirates

On December 17, 2019, Marin was hired by the

as their pitching coach.

Awards

Marin was named the South Atlantic League Coach of the Year for the 2015 season.

References

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