There will be a new face on the Yankees' big league coaching staff in 2026, but he's one that some of the club's youngest stars know well. With hitting assistant Pat Roessler moving on, the Yankees are bringing up minor league hitting coordinator Jake Hirst to work with the major leaguers.
Hirst has been with the Yankees organization for nearly seven years, and during that time has worked with several of the team's most high-profile youngsters in their journey to the major leagues.
While some, like Ben Rice, have translated the success they had in the minors to the bigs, others, like Anthony Volpe and Austin Wells, have not.