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Try it freeLAS VEGAS — The Yankees are going in-house to fill the hole on Aaron Boone’s coaching staff.
The club has hired Dan Fiorito as its new first base coach, The Post has learned, promoting the organization’s minor league outfield/infield coordinator to replace Travis Chapman.
Fiorito is expected to double as the infield coach, as Chapman did, and finish off the revamping of Boone’s staff 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 previously served as the manager at Double-A Somerset in 2022 and High-A Hudson Valley in 2021, crossing paths with shortstop Anthony Volpe (among others) at both stops — an important relationship as the Yankees try to get the former top prospect back on track once he is recovered from left shoulder surgery.
Dan Fiorito has been tapped as the Yankees’ new first base coach. Arie Goldman-Hecht
He replaces Travis Chapman (r). JASON SZENES FOR NY POST
A Yonkers native and Fordham Prep grad, Fiorito played all four infield spots during his time in the Yankees minor league organization as an undrafted free agent from 2013-2016 before he transitioned to a coaching role. He started off as a low-level defensive coach before managing the GCL Yankees East in 2019, then was set to manage at Single-A Staten Island in 2020 before the season was wiped out by COVID.
Fiorito has cited former Yankees bench coach and current Mets manager Carlos Mendoza as an important figure from his playing days, when Mendoza was the club’s infield coordinator.
The year Fiorito managed at Somerset — the Patriots won the Eastern League title — Hirst was his hitting coach, so both will have plenty of familiarity with Volpe and Austin Wells, two key players the Yankees need to continue to develop at the plate next season. Fiorito also may be tasked with helping Ben Rice continue his transition to first base, which came with some growing pains this season.
Will Warren placed eighth in the AL Rookie of the Year voting, with the award being captured unanimously by Athletics slugger Nick Kurtz. Warren, whose 33 starts were tied for the most in the majors while posting a 4.44 ERA, received a single third and fourth-place vote. Jasson Domínguez received a single fifth-place vote.
