Dodgers promote Luis Matos to manage Single-A Great Lakes.

Luis Matos

Luis Matos played 494 of his 508 career major-league games for the Baltimore Orioles. (Getty Images)

Luis Matos will manage Single-A Great Lakes in 2015, the Dodgers announced Thursday.

Matos replaces Bill Haselman, who managed the Loons to a 66-73 record in 2014. Haselman was originally re-hired as the Loons’ manager, with Matos as a third coach. When P.J. Forbes resigned as the manager of Single-A Rancho Cucamonga on Feb. 2, Haselman moved up a level, creating the vacancy at Great Lakes.

Matos was a hitting coach this past winter for Crillos de Caguas of the Puerto Rican Winter League and also served as a coach in MLB’s Puerto Rico Youth Summer League.

Here’s more from the Dodgers’ press release:

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Dodgers sign top draft picks Chris Anderson, Tom Windle, two others.

Chris Anderson

Chris Anderson (foreground) and Tom Windle (background, right) visited Dodger Stadium on Wednesday.

The Dodgers signed pitchers Chris Anderson and Tom Windle, their top two picks in the First-Year Player Draft last Thursday. Both signed for the assigned slot value — Anderson for $2,109,900 and Windle for $986,500 — and will report to the Dodgers’ facility in Glendale, Ariz for a week of training. They will then be assigned to Single-A Great Lakes.
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