As the Reds continue to interview candidates outside of the organization, their next set of interviews will include a pair of bench coaches.

The Reds will interview San Francisco Giants bench coach Hensley Meulens and Tampa Bay Rays bench coach Charlie Montoyo within the next week, club sources confirmed.

Meulens, who managed the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic in 2013 and 2017, was a finalist for the New York Yankees managerial opening last year before the Yankees hired Aaron Boone. He was the Giants’ hitting coach for eight seasons before moving to bench coach this year.

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Meulens, nicknamed “Bam Bam,” speaks five languages: English, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese and Papiamento. He was with the Giants when they won World Series titles in 2010, ’12 and ’14.

A power-hitting minor league prospect, Meulens played in 159 games with the Yankees throughout five seasons.

Montoyo managed for 18 seasons in the Rays’ minor league system, including eight years at Triple-A Durham. His teams advanced to the postseason nine times and he broke the Durham franchise record for managerial wins.

A sixth-round pick in the 1987 MLB Draft, Montoyo had five Major League at-bats.

Including Meulens and Montoyo, the Reds have interviewed or plan to interview at least 10 candidates. Joe Girardi, Brad Ausmus and David Bell interviewed in the past week. The Reds interviewed five internal candidates: Jim Riggleman, John Farrell, Billy Hatcher, Pat Kelly and Freddie Benavides.