After retiring from the game, Ausmus worked as a Special Assistant in Baseball Operations with the San Diego Padres for three seasons (2011–13). In addition, he served as Team Israel’s bench coach in the 2023 World Baseball Classic and as their manager in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
Ausmus batted and was well-known for being one of the best defensive catchers.During 18 Major League seasons with San Diego (1993-96), Detroit (1996, 1999-2000), Houston (1997-98, 2001-08), and Los Angeles-NL (2009-10), he amassed 251 (1,579-for-6,279) with 718R, 270 doubles, 34 triples, 80HR, 607RBI, 634BB, 102SB, and a.325 on-base percentage. In addition to ranking fourth in Major League history for catcher putouts (12,839) and seventh in games played as a catcher (1,938), Ausmus won three Gold Glove Awards (2001–02, ’06
Ausmus, a New Haven, Connecticut native, was chosen by the Yankees in the 48th round of the 1987 First-Year Player Draft after graduating from Cheshire High School. He chose to attend Dartmouth College, but instead of playing baseball there, he played in the Minor League system of the Yankees while pursuing his degree, which he eventually earned in 1991. He spent five seasons (1988–1992) in the minor league ranks of the Yankees, reaching the pinnacle of the organization at Triple-A Columbus in his last year before the Colorado Rockies took him in the expansion draft of 1992.
In his fifth season back as the Yankees’ pitching coach, Blake, 38, is back. When it came to opponents’ batting average (.234) in 2023, Yankees pitchers placed second in the American League and third in the Major League. The Yankees
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