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Reports: Giants poach hitting coach from World Series champ Astros

Related Topics: baseball coach, Alonzo Powell

The Giants have reportedly narrowed in on their new hitting coach, and his name is Alonzo Powell.

San Francisco intends to add Powell a few weeks after shifting Hensely Meulens to bench coach, as first reported by Evan Drellich of NBC Sports Boston and confirmed by the Houston Chronicle.

The San Francisco native spent the last two seasons as an assistant hitting coach for newly minted World Series champion Astros. The wait on an announcement is presumably because of Houston’s postseason run.

Powell previously spent four seasons as an assistant hitting coach for the Padres.