In a play for continuity amid turnover, the Padres are expected to dip into their minor-league system and preexisting major-league staff to fill all three of their coaching vacancies.



Triple-A El Paso manager Rod Barajas is the favorite to be named Andy Green’s bench coach after the resignation of Mark McGwire, according to two sources. Meanwhile, assistant hitting coach Johnny Washington likely will receive a promotion to lead hitting instructor. San Diego does not intend to hire a secondary hitting coach, but Damion Easley, who has been the organization’s rehab hitting coordinator, could assist in that area while ascending to the position of infield coach.



Washington would replace Matt Stairs, who was fired after the 2018 season as the ninth hitting coach in Petco Park history. Barajas and Easley would assume their first big-league coaching roles. Stairs and Josh Johnson, the Padres’ 2018 infield coach, spent only one season with the...