Saturday Bird Droppings: The O’s coaching staff is set

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The big news of the day is that O’s skipper Brandon Hyde has finalized his coaching staff for the 2024 season. Unsurprisingly, there was relatively little turnover following the 101-win campaign in 2023. And the most notable change—a new pitching coach—has been known since November.

Drew French is the name to learn. The new pitching coach is 39 years old. He comes over from the Atlanta Braves, where he was bullpen coach since December 2020. Prior to that, French had been with the Houston Astros organization since 2016, rising to Triple-A pitching coach in 2019. He overlapped with GM Mike Elias and former O’s pitching…