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Insider suggests reunion with former Pirates catcher on Don Kelly's coaching staff

Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly still has some work to do to fill the holes on his coaching staff, not the least of which are at bench coach and third base coach.

There are a number of candidates who would make sense for the Pirates, and Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette floated the idea of a potential reunion with a familiar name: former Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli.

Cervelli played for the Pirates from 2015-18 and amassed 8.8 WAR. In many ways, he was the heartbeat of those post-McCutchen playoff teams in Pittsburgh.