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The Los Angeles Dodgers last week announced their minor league coaching staffs for 2012, and for the most part they look very similar to those of 2011. The biggest coaching news is the hire of Doug Mientkiewicz, who will make his coaching debut as the hitting coach of the rookie league Ogden Raptors in the Pioneer League. Mientkiewicz played for the Dodgers in 2009.

Matt Herges, who pitched for the Dodgers as well as every other team in the National League West, will be coaching for his second year in 2012. He was promoted from pitching coach of the Arizona Rookie League Dodgers in 2011 to pitching coach of the Class A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes next year.

The Dodgers’ staffs at Triple A and Double A remained the same as 2011. Here are the 2012 coaching assignments for the Dodgers:

Field Coordinator: Bruce Hines
Senior Advisor, Player Development: P.J. Carey, Gene Clines, Charlie Hough
Senior Advisor, Latin America: Ramon Martinez
Hitting Coordinator: Eric Owens
Pitching Coordinator: Rafael Chaves
Outfield/Baserunning Coordinator: Damon Mashore
Infield Coordinator: Jody Reed
Catching Coordinator: Travis Barbary
Coordination of Arizona Instruction: Matt Martin
Campo Las Palmas Coordinator: Henry Cruz
Field Coordinator, Campo Las Palmas: Antonio Bautista

Triple-A Albuquerque:
Manager: Lorenzo Bundy
Hitting Coach: John Valentin
Pitching Coach: Glenn Dishman

Double-A Chattanooga:
Manager: Carlos Subero
Hitting Coach: Franklin Stubbs
Pitching Coach: Chuck Crim

Single-A Rancho Cucamonga:
Manager: Juan Bustabad
Hitting Coach: Michael Boughton
Pitching Coach: Matt Herges

Single-A Great Lakes:
Manager: John Shoemaker
Hitting Coach: Razor Shines
Pitching Coach: Hector Berrios

Rookie-advanced Ogden:
Manager: Damon Berryhill
Hitting Coach: Doug Mientkiewicz
Pitching Coach: Bill Simas

Rookie-level Arizona League Dodgers:
Manager/Coordinator of Arizona Instruction: Matt Martin
Hitting Coach: Leo Garcia
Pitching Coach: Kremlin Martinez

Rookie-level Dominican Summer League Dodgers:
Manager: Pedro Mega
Hitting Coach: Keyter Collado
Pitching Coach: Alejandro Peña
Catching Coach: Jose D. Hernandez
Assistant Coach: Rafael Ozuna

Camelback Ranch – Glendale:
Pitching/Rehab Coach: Jim Slaton
Coach: Johnny Washington
Coach: Esteban Lopez

For more Dodgers offseason news and analysis, be sure to read True Blue LA.

LOS ANGELES – Former Great Lakes Loon star Clayton Kershaw could net as much as $8 million in arbitration if he does not come to an agreement with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Kershaw won the National League pitching triple crown, leading the league in strikeouts, ERA and wins, leading to the NL Cy Young Award.

The left-handed starter is eligible for arbitration and is expected to earn much more than the $500,000 salary he had in 2011.

So Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti approached Kershaw and his agents to see if they were interested in a long-term deal. Kershaw responded that he was.

mlb.com: “That’s the stage that that’s at,” he said. “We haven’t sat down and started to negotiate a deal. I have no idea what their financial interest is. All they said was a snappy ‘OK.’”

By Rich Linton, on November 17, 2011, at 12:28 pm

NEW YORK — Clayton Kershaw, Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier became the first trio of Los Angeles Dodgers to win National League Gold Gloves in the same year, while Adrian Gonzalez, Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury became the first three Boston Red Sox in 32 seasons to win the AL honor together.

Kershaw became a first-time winner at pitcher when the awards were announced Tuesday. Ethier earned his first Gold Glove in the outfield and outfielder Kemp won the NL honor he also received in 2009.

First baseman Gonzalez earned his first AL Gold Glove to go along with two he won in the NL while with San Diego, Pedroia won at second base for the first time since 2008 and center fielder Ellsbury picked up his first Gold Glove. The previous three Red Sox to win in the same year were shortstop Rick Burleson along with outfielders Dwight Evans and Fred Lynn in 1979.

For the first time since 1986, the Mariners lacked a Gold Glove winner. Ichiro’s streak ended at 10; he shares the AL record for Gold Gloves won by an outfielder with ex-Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. and Al Kaline.

Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle, who won for the third year in a row, was the lone AL honoree who also earned a Gold Glove last year.

Other AL Gold Gloves went to catcher Matt Wieters and right fielder Nick Markakis of Baltimore, shortstop Erick Aybar of the Los Angeles Angels, ex-Mariners third baseman Adrian Beltre of Texas and left fielder Alex Gordon of Kansas City.

Non-Dodgers to win NL Gold Gloves were St. Lous catcher Yadier Molina, Cincinnati first baseman Joey Votto and second baseman Brandon Phillips, Colorado shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, Philadelphia third baseman Placido Polanco and Arizona left fielder Gerardo Parra.

Managers and coaches do the voting.

McCourt to sell Dodgers

LOS ANGELES — Frank McCourt has agreed to sell the Los Angeles Dodgers, surrendering the team he fought to retain for two years and in two courts.

McCourt and Major League Baseball have agreed to seek approval from U.S. Bankruptcy Court for an auction of the Dodgers.

Notes

• Former Mariners infielder Willie Bloomquist, 33, has declined his end of a $1.1 million mutual option for 2012 with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

• Brian Cashman, New York Yankees general manager, signed a three-year, $9 million contract.

LOS ANGELES – Former Great Lakes Loons star Dee Gordon was named the September winner of the National League Rookie of the Month Award, according to MLB.com.

The Dodgers shortstop hit .372 during September, including seven doubles, one triple, six RBIs, 21 runs and 12 stolen bases. His 42 hits led the National League during the month and his 12 stolen bases were second.

Despite spending part of the season in Triple A Albuquerque, Gordon was tied for first among NL rookies with 24 stolen bases and eighth with 34 runs.

He finished the season hitting .304.

Gordon played for the Loons in 2009, hitting .301 with 73 stolen bases.