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Last year, Arizona affiliates were 455-382 (.544), the second-highest winning percentage in the Minors behind Houston (.553; 502-405). Four D-backs affiliates made it to the postseason with 2 winning league titles (Short-Season A Hillsboro, Rookie-Advanced Missoula). The D-backs and Astros were the only 2 organizations with 2 full-season clubs with a .600+ winning percentage, with Single-A Advanced Visalia (.600) and Single-A Kane County (.609), who had the fourth-best winning percentage (.609; 84-54) among all full-season Minor League clubs.
In 2016, the D-backs will be in their eighth season with the Triple-A Reno Aces, 10th season with the Double-A Mobile BayBears and Single-A Advanced Visalia Rawhide, second with Single-A Kane County Cougars, fourth with the Short-Season A Hillsboro Hops, 18th with the Rookie-Advanced Missoula Osprey, sixth with the Rookie Arizona League (AZL) D-backs and 21st with the Dominican Summer League (DSL) D-backs.
The D-backs return all 6 of their coordinators while adding the roles of Assistant Coordinator (Mark Grudzielanek) and Short-Season Field Coordinator (Luis Urueta) and Short-Season Pitching Coordinator (Wellington Cepeda).
The D-backs return 6 managers with Mike Benjamin being promoted to Kane County from AZL D-backs while newcomer Darrin Garner will take over at the helm of the AZL D-backs, his ninth season as a manager.
The D-backs will return 12 coaches and have added 8 new coaches while also introducing new "Coach" roles at Mobile (Mike Lansing and Eddie Oropesa), Visalia (Javier Colina), Kane County (Shawn Roof) and AZL D-backs (Dan Kelly). Along with the aforementioned, the other new coaches include Jose Amado, Darwin Peguero, Rich Sauveur and Franklin Stubbs. Oropesa spent 4 seasons in the Majors including 2 with the D-backs in 2002-03. Franklin Stubbs spent parts of 10 seasons in the Majors, Mike Lansing played 9 Major League seasons and Rich Sauveur pitched in parts of 6 seasons.
Arizona Diamondbacks 2016 player development
Numbers in parentheses: first number is years in current role (consecutive); second number is years with D-backs.
Front-office
| Senior Vice President, Baseball Operations | De Jon Watson (2nd/2nd) |
| Director, Player Development | Mike Bell (5th/9th) |
| Assistant Director, Player Development | T.J. Lasita (4th/4th) |
| Senior Coordinator, Minor League Administration | Shawn Marette (2nd/2nd) |
Support staff
| Field/Infield Coordinator | Tony Perezchica (3rd/14th) |
| Short-Season Field Coordinator | Luis Urueta (1st/15th) |
| Pitching Coordinator | Dan Carlson (3rd/15th) |
| Short-Season Pitching Coordinator | Wellington Cepeda (1st/13th) |
| Hitting Coordinator | Chris Cron (3rd, 3rd) |
| Assistant Coordinator | Mark Grudzielanek (1st/2nd) |
| Outfield/Baserunning Coordinator | Joel Youngblood (8th/10th) |
| Catching Coordinator | Bill Plummer (3rd/15th) |
| Coach – Short-Season/AZL/DSL | Audo Vicente (2nd/12th) |
| Coordinator, Latin American Operations | Hatuey Mendoza (9th/9th) |
| Medical Coordinator | Kyle Torgerson (1st/4th) |
| Assistant Medical Coordinator | Paul Porter (2nd/4th) |
| Rehab Pitching Coordinator | Brad Arnsberg (4th/4th) |
| Strength Coordinator | Vaughn Robinson (4th/10th) |
| Complex Coordinator | Bob Bensinger (16th/16th) |
| Clubhouse Assistant | Mike Young (2nd/6th) |
| Clubhouse Assistant | James Cameron (16th/16th) |
| Video Coordinator | Jim Currigan (8th/20th) |
| Minor League Video Assistant | Alex Cultice (6th/6th) |
| Hillsboro Consultant | Ben Petrick (4th/4th) |
Minor-league franchises - full season
| Triple-A Reno Aces |
Double-A Mobile BayBears |
Single-A Advanced Visalia Rawhide |
Single-A Kane County Cougars |
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| Manager | Phil Nevin (3rd/3rd) | Robby Hammock (2nd/5th) | J.R. House (2nd/5th) | Mike Benjamin (1st/2nd) |
| Pitching Coach | Gil Heredia (1st/8th) | Doug Drabek (1st/7th) | Jeff Bajenaru (1st/6th) | Rich Sauveur (1st/1st) |
| Hitting Coach | Greg Gross (4th/4th) | Jason Camilli (2nd/5th) | Vince Harrison (1st/3rd) | Jonathan Mathews (1st/3rd) |
| Coach | Tack Wilson (2nd/2nd) | Mike Lansing (1st/1st) Eddie Oropesa (1st/1st) | Javier Colina (1st/3rd) | Shawn Roof (1st/1st) |
| Trainer | Masa Abe (1st/6th) | Rafael Freitas (1st/3rd) | Chad Moeller (2nd/3rd) | Ryne Eubanks (1st/3rd) |
| Strength/Cond. | Matt Tenney (1st/6th) | Sean Light (1st/4th) | Steven Candelaria (1st/3rd) | Skyler Zarndt (1st/5th) |
Minor-league franchises - short season
| Short-Season A Hillsboro Hops |
Rookie-Advanced Missoula Osprey |
Rookie-Level Arizona League D-backs |
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| Manager | Shelley Duncan (2nd/2nd) | Joe Mather (2nd/2nd) | Darrin Garner (1st/1st) |
| Pitching Coach | Mike Parrott (1st/20th) | Darwin Peguero (1st/1st) | Manny Garcia (1st/10th) |
| Hitting Coach | Jose Amado (1st/1st) | Franklin Stubbs (1st/1st) | Jacob Cruz (2nd/6th) |
| Coach | - | - | Dan Kelly (1st/1st) |
| Trainer | Eddie Nungesser (1st/2nd) | Chris Schepel (2nd/2nd) | Joe Rosauer (1st/1st) |
| Strength/Cond. | Jeremy Fradin (1st/3rd) | Mike Locasto (1st/1st) | Mike Schofield (1st/7th) |
| Short-Season | Dominican Summer League Boca Chica D-backs |
| Field Coordinator | Wil Tejada (4th/4th) |
| Manager | Juan Ballara (6th/19th) |
| Coach | Juan Francia (1st/1st) |
| Pitching Coach | Jose Tapia (14th/14th) |
| Assistant Pitching Coach | Horacio Estrada (1st/1st) |
| Hitting & Outfield Coach | Rolando Arenado (4th/4th) |
| Infield Coach | Elvis Pena (6th/6th) |
| Trainer | Carlos Perez (5th/5th) |
| Trainer | Spencer Ryan (1st/1st) |
| Assistant Trainer | Edgar Soto (6th/6th) |
| Administrative & Video Assistant | Jose Diaz (19th/19th) |
| Administrator | Mariana Dibildox (1st/1st) |
| Academic | Marcos Rosa (4th/4th) |