The Giants will officially have a new hitting coach next season, and they cut their third base coach loose to make room. Phil Nevin was let go, and he’ll be replaced by Ron Wotus, who is returning to his original major league job at third base. Hensley Meulens will move into the bench coach role, which means there’s a hitting coach vacancy.
The offseason hasn’t technically started yet, and the Giants are already wild people.
Bob Nightengale reported the news during Game 1 of the Cubs/Astros game (shut up, it’s easier this way), and when I retweeted it, I got a lot of variations of this response:
Who cares?