The Phillies announced their Minor League player development staff today:

We already knew Ryne Sandberg will manage Triple-A Lehigh Valley and Mickey Morandini will manage Class A Williamsport.

Les Lancaster joins the organization as the rookie-level Gulf Coast Phillies pitching coach. Mark Parent will manager Double-A Reading after managing Class A Lakewood last season. Chris Truby will manager Lakewood after managing Williamsport last season. Here is a look at the rest of the staffs:

• Lehigh Valley: Sandberg (manager), Sal Rende (coach) and Rod Nichols (pitching coach).
• Reading: Parent (manager), Frank Cacciatore (coach) and Bob Milacki (pitching coach).
• Clearwater: Dusty Wathan (manager), TBA (coach), Dave Lundquist (pitching coach).
• Lakewood: Truby (manager), Gregg Legg (coach), Steve Schrenk (pitching coach).
• Williamsport: Morandini (manager), Jorge Valandia (coach) and Lance Carter (pitching coach).
• Gulf Coast Phillies: Roly deArmas (manager), Kevin Jordan (coach), Carlos Arroyo (pitching coach) and Lancaster (pitching coach).

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