Earlier this month, the San Diego Padres made the startling decision to hire former reliever Craig Stammen as the new manager. Now the Padres are adding familiar faces to the coaching staff to help Stammen adjust, per Dennis Lin of The Athletic.

On Monday, San Diego added Randy Knorr and Steven Souza Jr. as the bench coach and hitting coach. Both of whom had worked with Stammen when he was a pitcher with the Washington Nationals.

Stammen pitched for the Nationals from 2009 to 2015. Knorr was the bullpen coach when Stammen joined the team in 2009. Meanwhile, Souza Jr. had played with the Nationals in 2014 when Stammen was there.

The Padres are coming off a season in which they finished with a record of 90-72 and made it to the NL Wild Card series. Ultimately, they lost t

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