The San Francisco Giants have begun their journey to create an almost brand new coaching staff, and in turn, the Houston Astros have another vacancy on their World Series-winning coaching staff. The Giants have their new hitting coach, bringing Alonzo Powell over from the Astros, where he served as the assistant hitting coach.
The vacancy opened because of a staff-wide shakeup, which saw previous hitting coach Hensley Meulens shift to the bench coach job, which opened because Ron Wotus was moved to third-base coach following Phil Nevin‘s dismissal.
Powell, a San Francisco-native who turns 53 years old in December, played 71 major league games over two seasons.