Robert Van Scoyoc (born November 16, 1986) is an

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for the

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(MLB).

Career

Van Scoyoc attended

William S. Hart High School William S. Hart High School is a four-year public high school in the neighborhood of Newhall in the city of Santa Clarita, California, United States. Founded in 1945, it is the oldest high school in the Santa Clarita Valley. Named for local cowbo ...

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, graduating in 2005. and played

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, describing his play as "pretty mediocre". Van Scoyoc began his coaching career in 2008, working with youth hitters in the

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and as a part-time assistant coach for Valencia High School. From 2010 to 2011 he was the hitting coach and recruitment coordinator for

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. After that he teamed with Craig Wallenbrock to mentor numerous college and professional hitters. They worked with J. D. Martinez in 2013, helping him to improve his swing. He was a hitting consultant for the

from 2016 to 2017, and he helped Chris Taylor improve his results with changes to his swing. The

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hired him before the 2018 season as a hitting strategist before he returned to the Dodgers as their major league hitting coach for the 2019 season.

References

Living people Los Angeles Dodgers coaches People from Newhall, Santa Clarita, California Baseball players from Santa Clarita, California Cuesta Cougars baseball players Major League Baseball hitting coaches 1986 births William S. Hart High School alumni {{US-baseball-manager-stub