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- Updated: October 5, 2016
MIAMI — Manager Don Mattingly is credited with changing the culture and creating a calmness inside the Marlins clubhouse and dugout. But while a majority of Mattingly’s coaching staff is staying, the club on Wednesday announced that three coaches will not return in 2017 — hitting coach Barry Bonds, bullpen coach Reid Cornelius and third-base coach Lenny Harris.
The rest of the staff is expected to remain, but some may be in different capacities.
At their annual season-ending news conference at Marlins Park, Mattingly didn’t get into specifics regarding why the changes were made.
“I don’t need to get into the reasons, really, with the meeting with Barry,” Mattingly said. “Any time you talk about coaches and letting someone go, those are not easy things to talk about. Those are not easy conversations to have.”
Bonds, Major League Baseball’s all-time home run leader, was hired on a one-year contract last offseason at the urging of team owner Jeffrey Loria, who wanted Bonds to mentor Giancarlo Stanton, Christian Yelich, Marcell Ozuna and the rest of a youthful …
