Pirates tab Matt Hague as their next hitting coach hoping to unlock anemic offense
FILE - This is a 2024 photo of Matt Hague of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Charlie Neibergall]
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have hired Matt Hague as their hitting coach, bringing him back to the team that drafted him in 2008. Hague replaces Andy Haines, who was fired after Pittsburgh finished in the bottom 10 in the majors in every significant statistical category last season, including runs (24th) and home runs (25th), while also striking out a club-record 1,504 times, second-most in the National League behind Colorado. The 39-year-old Hague spent last season as an assistant hitting coach with the Toronto Blue Jays.
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