While the club is still yet to make an official announcement, former Brewers hitting coach Andy Haines is set to be the Pirates’ next hitting coach.
If you followed the club last year, you know how daunting a job that is going to be. The Pirates finished near or at the bottom of just about every offense category, including average, OPS, runs, homers and just too many others. It ultimately cost former hitting coach Rick Eckstein his job in August and convinced Derek Shelton and Ben Cherington that the whole hitting program needs to be revamped, not just at the major league level.