The Arizona Diamondbacks are naming Tim Bogar the next third base coach of the club, replacing Shaun Larkin, the team confirmed to Arizona Sports on Friday.
Nick Piecoro of AZCentral.com reported the hiring first.
Bogar is an internal hire, as he managed Double-A Amarillo in 2024 and has spent this season as a player development staff advisor and special assistant for the Diamondbacks.
Bogar, who played nine MLB seasons (1993-2001) before getting into coaching, has experience as a major league third base coach with the Boston Red Sox from 2010-11. Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen was an executive with Boston at the time.
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Before landing with the Diamondbacks as a minor league manager last year, Bogar coached with the Washington Nationals from 2018-23, winning a World Series in 2019 as the first base coach under Dave Martinez.
Bogar has also coached in Tampa Bay, Texas and Seattle. He was the interim manager of the Rangers in 2014 before getting replaced by current D-backs bench coach Jeff Banister.
The Diamondbacks decided to pull Larkin from the third base coach role after Wednesday’s game.
In his first season as third base coach, Larkin found himself under the microscope for questionable decisions to send runners home or hold them up, and the D-backs made 18 outs at home plate this year.
Manager Torey Lovullo announced on Wednesday that making a change was “the best thing for this ballclub, for him and for us moving forward.”
Larkin will continue to coach infield defense, where the club has seen him make strides working with Blaze Alexander, in particular.
The Diamondbacks take on the Cincinnati Reds on Friday at 6:40 p.m. MST.
Catch the game on 98.7 and the Arizona Sports app.
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