Jared Lawrence Sandberg (born March 2, 1978) is an American

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coach and a former

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(MLB)

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and minor league

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. Sandberg served as the manager for Triple-A

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in the PCL for the 2022 season. He became the major league field coordinator for the

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of the

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prior to the 2019 season.Ryan Dovish, "Mariners Hire Jared Sandberg to Serve as Major League Field Coordinator"

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(21 November 2018) Born in

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, where he graduated from Capital High School, Sandberg had a 12-year pro playing career (1996–2007), and prior to joining the Mariners he had spent 20 years in the

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' organization. His entire MLB career — 196 games played — was spent with the team (then called the ''Devil Rays'') from through . He spent ten years as a manager in the Rays' farm system, including 2015 through 2018 as the pilot of the Triple-A

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, their top affiliate, where he won consecutive International League Governors' Cup championships in 2017–18.

Career

Sandberg threw and batted right-handed, and was listed as tall and . During his MLB career, he collected 139 hits, with 38 doubles and 25 home runs. In , Sandberg showed potential to hit for power, hitting 18

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s in 102 games with the Devil Rays. On June 11, Sandberg hit two home runs in the fifth inning against the

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, becoming the first player in Devil Rays history to hit two home runs in an inning and the first player to do so in an interleague game. However, he struck out 139 times that season, and his difficulties hitting for

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prevented him from spending a full season in the major leagues. His career batting average was only .221. In , Sandberg played with the

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, Double-A affiliate of the

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. Sandberg started the season with the Houston Astros Double-A affiliate

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. He played mainly third base, but struggled to hit for average. In his final game for the Hooks, he broke out of an 0-for-26 slump with a home run. The following day, he was released to make room for a player to come off the disabled list. Sandberg signed with the

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and was assigned to the Double-A

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. In , Sandberg signed with the Kansas City Royals, and was assigned to play for the Double-A

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. He retired after the 2007 season and took a job as the hitting coach for the Single-A

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in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. After the season, he became the manager of the Rookie level

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. In the 2013 season, he became the manager of the Single-A

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in the Tampa Rays organization. He was named the manager of the High-A

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for the 2014 season. Following the departure of

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, Sandberg was named manager of the Triple-A Durham Bulls in January . On July 29, 2016, Sandberg was named the manager of the

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for the 2016 season. His career minor-league managerial record (2009 through 2018) was 612–522 (.540). On Wednesday November 21, 2018, the

announced Sandberg had been hired to serve as their Major League field coordinator for the 2019 season.

Personal life

Sandberg is the nephew of the Baseball Hall of Fame former Chicago Cubs second baseman

Ryne Sandberg Ryne Dee Sandberg (born September 18, 1959), nicknamed "Ryno", is an American former professional baseball player, coach, and manager. He played sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies (19 ...

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