After a successful first season managing Class AA Altoona, Joey Cora has been promoted to the Pirates major league staff and will serve as the team’s third-base coach, according to a report.
Cora will take over in the third-base coach’s box for Rick Sofield, who was fired last week.
The Pirates have not announced the move. The original report was from the Altoona Mirror.
Cora, 51, played in the majors for 11 seasons before becoming a coach. He won a World Series ring as third-base coach for the Chicago White Sox under manager Ozzie Guillen in 2005.