Associated Press
Seattle – Former Tiger Sean Casey was hired Monday as hitting coach of the struggling New York Yankees, a day after the team fired Dillon Lawson.
Casey, a three-time All-Star during a 12-year big league career including a .281 batting average in two years with Detroit from 2006-2007, had spent the past 15 years with MLB Network as an analyst.
“I’ve been able to keep my finger on the pulse of the game, speaking with current big leaguers, watching a tremendous amount of video, breaking down film as part of my job and trying to figure out what hitters are doing physically and mentally,” the 49-year-old Casey said in a statement.