The Pittsburgh Pirates' new hitting coach played for them in 2012 and 2014.
The Pittsburgh Pirates will be leaning on one of their former players to help turn around one of the league's worst offenses last season.
Hague, 39, was the Blue Jays' assistant hitting coach last season and was the hitting coach across Double-A and Triple-A from 2021 to 2023. With him now leading the show in Pittsburgh, Hague noted the importance of using the resources available to get information to players in a way that's easy for them to process and how that approach helped him in Toronto.
The Pirates were among the league's worst hitting teams last season, ranking 23rd in batting average, 24th in runs, 25th in home runs, 26th in on-base percentage and 27th in slugging percentage. Toronto fared slightly better, though injuries played a big role in its regression at the plate. The Blue Jays were 13th in on-base percentage, 19th in batting average, 20th in slugging percentage, 23rd in runs and 26th in home runs.
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