# Dodgers inability to hit leads to front office shakeup after 12 years

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/dodgers-inability-to-hit-leads-to-front-office-shakeup-after-12-years/
- Published: 2026-11-06T16:16:51+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T16:22:23+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/06/sports/dodgers-part-hitting-coach-aaron-bates-after-12-year-stint/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Aaron Bates is leaving the Dodgers after 12 years.
- The move creates a vacancy on the hitting staff.
- Bates was part of the staff for two World Series wins.

## Summary

The Los Angeles Dodgers are parting ways with co-hitting coach Aaron Bates after 12 years in the organisation. The move is an unexpected change for a club that had hoped to retain its coaching staff, and leaves a vacancy on the hitting staff ahead of the new season.

Bates, 42, joined the Dodgers as a minor-league hitting coach and moved to the big-league staff as an assistant in 2019. He became co-hitting coach alongside Robert Van Scoyoc before the 2023 season and was part of the staff for the team’s back-to-back World Series wins in 2024 and 2025. The two sides could not agree on a new multi-year contract.

---
Summarised by TalkFuse (https://talkfuse.com/). Quote the original publisher for the reporting and link this page for the summary and discussion.