Yankees faucet in-house candidate Dan Fiorito as new first base coach

LAS VEGAS — The Yankees are going in-house to fill the outlet on Aaron Boone’s teaching employees.

The membership has employed Dan Fiorito as its new first base coach, The Put up has realized, selling the group’s outfield/infield coordinator to switch Travis Chapman.

Fiorito is anticipated to double because the Yankees’ infield coach, as Chapman did, and end off the revamping of Boone’s employees heading into 2026.

Gone are Chapman, bullpen coach Mike Harkey and assistant hitting coach Pat Roessler, and in are Fiorito, Desi Druschel and Jake Hirst.

The 35-year-old Fiorito beforehand served because the supervisor at Double-A Somerset in 2022 and Excessive-A Hudson Valley in 2021, crossing paths with shortstop Anthony Volpe at each stops. 

A Fordham Prep grad, Fiorito performed all 4 infield spots throughout his time within the Yankees’ minor league group from 2013-16 earlier than he transitioned to a training function