New Assistant Hitting Coach

fjk090852-7 · Post by **fjk090852-7** » Thu Nov 22, 2018 3:18 pm

Pirates Prospects is reporting that Jacob Cruz is the Pirates new Assistant Hitting Coach. He was previously the Cubs minor league hitting coach.

SCBucco · Post by **SCBucco** » Thu Nov 22, 2018 8:02 pm

070B0A5158515954534C56610 wrote: Pirates Prospects is reporting that Jacob Cruz is the Pirates new Assistant Hitting Coach. He was previously the Cubs minor league hitting coach.

Does anyone truly wonder how some of these guys who were mediocre to average hitters in their baseball careers become hitting coaches?

maher.timothy20@gm · Post by **maher.timothy20@gm** » Thu Nov 22, 2018 8:53 pm

3020211600000C630 wrote: Pirates Prospects is reporting that Jacob Cruz is the Pirates new Assistant Hitting Coach. He was previously the Cubs minor league hitting coach.

Does anyone truly wonder how some of these guys who were mediocre to average hitters in their baseball careers become hitting coaches?

They say Ted Williams was a lousy manager because he got frustrated with the abilities of all the average players he had to coach.

BenM · Post by **BenM** » Fri Nov 23, 2018 3:00 am

What does an assistant hitting coach do? Is he the guy who does film work?