Alex Ochoa Added to Coaching Staff

From the official press release:

RED SOX ADD ALEX OCHOA TO MAJOR LEAGUE COACHING STAFF: The Red Sox today named Alex Ochoa as the Major League Coaching Staff Assistant. His duties will include helping the coaching staff in all pregame on-field preparations, assisting in the advance scouting effort, as well as completing special in-game assignments as delegated by manager Terry Francona.

Ochoa is entering his first season as a professional coach after an eight-year Major League career with the Mets (1995-97), Twins (1998), Brewers (1999, 2002), Reds (2000-01), Rockies (2001) and Angels (2002), during which he hit .279 with 46 home runs and 261 RBIs over 807 games. He played for Hiroshima of the Japanese Central League in 2008 after spending part of the 2007 campaign in the Red Sox system, appearing in 24 games for Triple-A Pawtucket.