Coaches
Jody Martinez
Jody started his professional baseball career in 1996 as a middle infielder who was a line drive hitter with good speed on the base paths. Jody played 8 minor league seasons turning into a fulltime utility player who hit lead off. Jody played professionally in three different countries the United States, Canada and Mexico. Jody had the combination of versatility and speed which made him a valuable asset for any team he played for. After his playing career, Jody went to Major League Baseball Scout School in 2015 through the Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau.
Diego Rico
Diego Rico earned all-state honors as a senior at Sunnyside in 1994, batting ,407. He went on to excel at The University of Arizona from 1995 to 1997, batting .390 as a junior. Diego left The University of Arizona after his junior season and signed with the Chicago Cubs and played in 1998 and 1999 for Class A Dayton (Fla.) and batted .279 with 11 home runs and 100 RBIs, and he went on to play independent-league baseball in Sonoma County (Calif.) and Yuma from 1999 to 2001.
Diego tours different rodeo events in Arizona with the goal of qualifying for the World Series of Roping in Las Vegas at the end of the year and he prides himself in being part of a small fraternity of professional baseball players who also are involved with rodeo. Diego has been a competitive roper since he was 6 years old.
Darryl Robinson
Darryl Robinson has coached many all-star hitters in his career –Jose Altuve, George Springer, Carlos Correa, Alex Bregman. Robinson was the AAA hitting coach for the Philadelphia Phillies and is a former hitting coach for the AAA team under the Houston Astros. He previously played minor league baseball for the Kansas City Royals organization and was drafted in the 2nd round of the 1986 MLB Draft. Playing 13 seasons as a first baseman and third baseman.
Robinson was the manager of the 1996 Moose Jaw Diamond Dogs. Robinson returned to affiliated ball with the Houston Astros organization as a coach for the Lancaster Jet Hawks from 2009 to 2016 and Fresno Grizzlies in 2017-2018. He moved to the Philadelphia Phillies' chain as hitting coach of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs in 2019 and was scheduled to return in 2020 before the season was cancelled due to Covid-19. Robinson was coach of Lehigh Valley in 2021.
Desi Wilson
Desi Wilson was originally drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1991 amateur draft. In 1994, he was traded to the Giants, along with Rich Aurilia, for pitcher John Burkett. Wilson played part of one season on the 1996 Giants, with a .271 batting average over 41 games. He also played in Japan for the Hanshin Tigers in 1998.
Wilson played in the affiliated minor leagues until 2002, then went on to play in the independent leagues until 2007. Overall, he hit .312 in his minor league career. In 2005, while playing for the Surprise Fightin' Falcons, Desi had a 30-game hitting streak and batted .411, setting a Golden Baseball League record. He was primarily a first baseman. He is currently the hitting coach of the Iowa Cubs, an affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.
Ed Vosberg
Ed Vosberg is a native of Tucson, AZ. He is a former left-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. His career spanned 21 years with 10 years in the major leagues. Ed is the first player, and only pitcher, to play in the Little League World Series (finished second to Taiwan in 1973), the College World Series Championship (with the University of Arizona in 1980) and the Major League World Series (1997 Florida Marlins).
Ed was inducted into the Salpointe Catholic High School Hall of Fame in 1994, the University of Arizona Hall of Fame in 2001, and the Pima County Hall of Fame in 2003.
Ed had a career record of 24-4 at Salpointe High School with a career ERA of 0.813. His 29 wins as an Arizona Wildcat ranks 6th all time.
JD Ramirez
JD Ramirez is from Douglas, AZ. His professional baseball career began in 1989, signed by the Salt Lake Trappers out of his home state of Arizona. With the Trappers, Ramirez got into games, knocking a double in a mid-July win. Ramirez also caught the eye of the Montreal Expos, who purchased his contract in August. He played out the year at short-season Jamestown. Ramirez moved to single-A Rockford in 1990, then high-A West Palm Beach for 1991. He hit .235 at West Palm Beach, ending his Expos career.
For 1992, Ramirez went back to Salt Lake City. In 44 games, he hit .347. He didn't start with the team until that July, collecting three hits in his first game back. After spending 1993 with independent Sioux City, Ramirez returned to affiliated ball for 1994 and 1995 with the Anaheim Angels. He played most of that time at AA Midland, but he also got a game at AAA Vancouver.
For 1996, Ramirez arrived at Lubbock. He ended up playing there through 1998. He hit no worse than .327. He also made the 1997 league All-Star game. He played his final games as a pro in 1999, with Sioux City.
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