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Dodgers hire Ron Roenicke as third base coach in staff shuffle

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

LOS ANGELES -- With just seven weeks remaining in the regular season, the Dodgers made a change to their major league coaching staff on Monday, hiring former Brewers manager Ron Roenicke as their new third base coach.

Lorenzo Bundy, who was coaching third, will move into the dugout and continue to be in charge of outfield defense, with assistant hitting coach John Valentin no longer in uniform during games.

Roenicke managed the Brewers since the start of the 2011 season, winning the National League Central in his first season. He was 342-331 (.508) during his managerial tenure in Milwaukee, but after a 7-18 start this season he was fired on May 3.

Before he managed the Brewers, Roenicke was a coach on the Angels' major league staff for 11 years, including as third base coach from 2000-2005. Roenicke coached with the Dodgers in 1992-1993, positioning outfielders as the "eye in the sky."

Roenicke, who turns 59 on Wednesday, was drafted by the Dodgers as a player in the first round in 1977, and played parts of three seasons with the Dodgers, from 1981-1983. The switch-hitting outfielder hit .239/.324/.301 in 212 games with the Dodgers.

Bundy has been the Dodgers third base coach since the start of the 2014 season, after managing Triple-A Albuquerque in the system from 2011-2013.

Valentin is in his eighth year coaching in the Dodgers organization, and in his third on the major league coaching staff.