Wellington Cepeda
Cepeda with the South Bend Silver Hawks in 2007
Miami Marlins – No. 21
Bullpen coach
Born: (1973-11-25) November 25, 1973 (age 50)
La Vega, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Teams
As coach

Wellington Cepeda (born November 25, 1973) is a Dominican former professional baseball player and current coach.[1] He played in minor league baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1997 to 2000. He is the Bullpen Coach for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

Cepeda began his career as a pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.[1] He spent 1997 with the AZL Diamondbacks, 1998 with the South Bend Silver Hawks, 1999 with the High Desert Mavericks, and spent his final season in 2000 back with South Bend.[1]

Cepeda began his coaching career as the pitching coach for the Missoula Osprey in 2003 and 2004.[2] He spent the 2005 though 2007 seasons as South Bend's pitching coach.[3] Cepeda spent the 2008 and 2009 seasons as the pitching coach of the Visalia Oaks / Visalia Rawhide. He returned to South Bend as pitching coach for the 2010 through 2013 seasons.[4] He spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons as the Mobile BayBears pitching coach.[5] In 2019, Cepeda was the manager of the AZL Diamondbacks.[6]

Miami Marlins

Cepeda was hired as the Miami Marlins bullpen coach following the 2019 season.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Wellington Cepeda minor league statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "Ex-Mariner to manage Missoula Osprey". ESPN.com. February 11, 2004. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  3. ^ South Bend Silver Hawks (November 12, 2009). "Silver Hawks announce coaching staff". MiLB.com. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  4. ^ Associated Press (December 17, 2009). "Wednesday's sports transactions". Deseret News. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  5. ^ Mark Inabinett (December 20, 2013). "Southern League Manager of the Year Andy Green returning to Mobile BayBears". AL.com. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  6. ^ "D-backs announce 2019 player development staff". MLB.com. January 8, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  7. ^ Joe Frisaro (October 23, 2019). "Cepeda to be Marlins' bullpen coach". MLB.com. Retrieved October 23, 2019.

External links

Miami Marlins current roster
Major League Baseball bullpen coaches by team
Dominican Republic roster โ€“ 2015 WBSC Premier12 โ€“ 11th place
Dominican Republic roster โ€“ 2023 World Baseball Classic
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