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Yankees Fire Hitting Coach Jeff Pentland After Just 1 Season

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — For the second straight offseason, the Yankees will be looking for a new hitting coach.

According to the New York Post, Jeff Pentland — who was hired to be the Bombers’ hitting coach on January 11 — was informed by general manager Brian Cashman last week that he wouldn’t be returning for the 2016 season.

Bullpen coach/catching instructor Gary Tuck will also not return, the newspaper reported.

“I am not coming back,’’ Pentland told the New York Post. “When I signed, I was told it was probably a one-year deal.