WASHINGTON (AP) — interim manager Miguel Cairo, who replaced the fired in July, will not get the job on a permanent basis, and members of his coaching staff are being let go, too, a person with knowledge of the moves told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because nothing had been announced about Washington’s plans for its on-field leadership next season.
The changes include the departures of pitching coach Jim Hickey, hitting coach Darnell Coles, bullpen coach Ricky Bones, first-base coach Gerardo Parra — of “Baby Shark” fame — and third base coach Ricky Gutierrez.
The Washington Post first reported that Cairo and the coaches would not stay in their positions.
Word of the overhaul comes less than a month after as the Nationals’ new president of baseball operations.
Washington and Martinez in July. The team in the nation’s capital has gone through six consecutive losing seasons since , including a 66-96 record in 2025 that put Washington 14th out of 15 clubs in the National League.
At the news conference at Nationals Park on Oct. 1 to announce the hiring of Toboni, who had been an assistant general manager with the Boston Red Sox, Washington owner Mark Lerner said: “We’re not happy where we are right now. That’s why we brought in Paul. And we’re going to get back to where we’re supposed to be. … Don’t give up on us; we’re going to be there again. Guaranteed.”
Toboni said that day he wanted to talk to Cairo before speaking publicly about plans for the managing role.
Cairo, a close friend of Martinez’s, had been the Nationals’ bench coach since last year.
Hickey’s first season as Washington’s pitching coach was 2021; Coles started as the hitting coach the following year.
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