More than six weeks after Eric Chavez jumped ship to become the hitting coach of the New York Mets, the New York Yankees announced this afternoon that they’ve hired Hensley Meulens, better known as “Bam Bam,” to serve as the team’s new assistant hitting coach under fellow new hitting coach Dillon Lawson.
Meulens’ hiring concludes a turbulent offseason for Aaron Boone’s coaching staff, which sees only bench coach Carlos Mendoza, pitching coach Matt Blake, bullpen coach Mike Harkey, and catching coach Tanner Swanson return. The hitting corps has undergone quite the upheaval in particular, with the team opening the winter by parting ways with Marcus Thames and assistant P.