Pedro Orlando Grifol (born November 28, 1969) is an American former

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player and coach. He is the current

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for the

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(MLB). He previously served as a coach for the

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Playing career

Grifol attended Christopher Columbus High School in Miami, Florida, where he was the Florida high school baseball player of the year in 1988. He attended Florida State University, where he played

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for the

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team. With the Seminoles, Grifol participated in the

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and

1991 College World Series The 1991 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1991 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series ...

. He was named an

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n in 1991. In 1990 and 1991, he played

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with the

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of the

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and was named a league all-star in 1990. The Minnesota Twins selected Grifol in the sixth round of the

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. He played in the minor leagues for the Twins and New York Mets organizations from 1991 to 1999. He worked for the Seattle Mariners as their director of minor league operations.

Coaching career

Grifol joined the

organization in 2013 as a minor league coach. He was promoted to the major league staff in May 2013 as an assistant hitting coach. He was moved to be a catching instructor in 2014. In 2015, the Kansas City Royals won the World Series, their first World Series in 30 years. For the 2020 season, Grifol was named as the Royals bench coach. On November 1, 2022, Grifol was hired by the

to be their 42nd manager.

Personal life

Grifol and his wife, Ali, have three daughters.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grifol, Pedro 1969 births Living people Major League Baseball bench coaches Chicago White Sox managers Kansas City Royals coaches Florida State Seminoles baseball players Brewster Whitecaps players Elizabethton Twins players Orlando Sun Rays players Fort Myers Miracle players Nashville Xpress players Portland Beavers players Hardware City Rock Cats players Binghamton Mets players Norfolk Tides players Seattle Mariners executives Seattle Mariners scouts Baseball coaches from Florida Baseball players from Miami Sports coaches from Miami All-American college baseball players Christopher Columbus High School (Miami-Dade County, Florida) alumni Minor league baseball managers American expatriate baseball people in Venezuela