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Prior to joining the Pirates organization in 2009, he spent seven years (2002-08) in the Florida Marlins minor league system, compiling a 428-415 (.508) record in his six seasons as a manager.\u00a0 Treanor managed Toros del Este in the Dominican Winter League for two straight seasons,\u00a0and\u00a0he led the team to a Caribbean World Series berth to represent the Domincan Republic last season.<\/li>\n<li>P.J. Forbes will return to Double-A Altoona after guiding the Curve to a 64-77 record in 2011. Prior to his promotion to Altoona, Forbes led Class-A Bradenton to the third-best overall record (76-62) and a post-season appearance in the Florida State League in 2010. Forbes joined the Pirates organization in 2009 and managed Lynchburg to a Carolina League Championship that year.<\/li>\n<li>Carlos Garcia will return to Class-A Bradenton after guiding the Marauders to a playoff berth in 2011 in his first season as a manager. Prior to last year, Garcia served as First Base Coach and Infield Instructor for the Major League team in 2010. Garcia is currently managing Navegantes del Magallanes in the Venezuelan Winter League.<\/li>\n<li>Rick Sofield will take over managerial duties at Class-A West Virginia after coaching the University of South Carolina Beaufort the previous four years. Sofield played three seasons (1979-81) in the Majors with the Minnesota Twins and will return to the Pirates for a second stint after serving as the organization\u2019s Minor League Field Coordinator in 2002. It will also be Sofield\u2019s first managerial assignment since 2003 with Triple-A Colorado Springs.<\/li>\n<li>Dave Turgeon will manage State College in 2012 after serving as West Virginia\u2019s Pitching Coach last season. Prior to last season, Turgeon was the associate head coach and pitching coach at Virginia Tech from 2007-10.<\/li>\n<li>Tom Prince returns for his sixth season as manager of the GCL Pirates, in addition to serving as the organization\u2019s Catching Instructor. Last year Prince guided the GCL Pirates to a 34-26 record and a postseason appearance for the second time since taking over the team in 2007.<\/li>\n<li>Larry Sutton will manage one of the organization\u2019s two entries in the Dominican Summer League after joining the organization as the Dominican Field Coordinator. Sutton spent the previous four seasons as Kansas City\u2019s Hitting Coach in the Dominican Summer League. Sutton played parts of seven seasons in the big leagues with Kansas City (1997-99), St. Louis (2000-01), Oakland (2002) and Florida (2004).<\/li>\n<li>Gera Alvarez will manage Pittsburgh\u2019s other entry in the Dominican Summer League after spending last year as a player\/coach for Single-A West Virginia. Alvarez played in the Orioles organization from 2002-07 after being selected by Baltimore in the 16th round of the 2002 First-Year Player Draft.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Pirates also announced the following assignments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tyler Buckminster, Rafael Sepulveda, Chad Uihlein, Adam Wagner and Ricky White will be strength and conditioning coaches (affiliate assignments to be determined).<\/li>\n<li>The Pirates also announced the coordinator staff for the 2012 season. In addition to Tom Prince and Larry Sutton, this group includes the following:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brad Fischer has had his responsibilities expanded as the Field Coordinator. Scott Mitchell has been promoted to Pitching Coordinator after serving as the Assistant Pitching Coordinator last year. Assisting him will be Miguel Bonilla, who will assume supervision of the Rehab and Dominican pitching programs. Tyson Holt has joined the organization as the Mental Conditioning Coordinator. 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Kiyoshi Momose (Latin American Strength and Conditioning Coordinator and Assistant Major League Strength and Conditioning Coach) and Carl Randolph (Athletic Training Coordinator) return in their same roles.<\/li>\n<li>In addition to the field staff assignments above, Diane Depasquale has been promoted from Minor League Administrator to Coordinator of Minor League Operations. The 2012 season will be DePasquale\u2019s 36th in the Pirates organization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PITTSBURGH &#8212; The Pittsburgh Pirates today announced the minor league staff for the 2012 season. &nbsp; INDIANAPOLIS (AAA) Manager: Dean Treanor Coach: Jeff Branson Pitching Coach: Tom Filer Athletic Trainer: Bryan Housand &nbsp; ALTOONA (AA) Manager: P.J. 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