Red Sox hire Tim Hyers as new hitting coach

Prior to this weekend, the Red Sox only had to fill the hitting and pitching coach roles on their coaching staff after hiring a bench coach and both base coaches earlier in the week. Whoever was going to come in as hitting and pitching coach was going to be replacing a couple of well-respected coaches in Chili Davis and Carl Willis, although neither are the favorites of every fan. Still, this was a key decision for Alex Cora and Dave Dombrowsi, and they found a new hitting coach. On Saturday, they hired Tim Hyers from the Dodgers as their hitting coach as well as Andy Barkett as their assistant hitting coach.

I’m not going to sit here and tell you about Hyers’ philosophies as a hitting…