The Rangers plan to rent Giants co-hitting coach Justin Viele as their new hitting coach, experiences Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning Information. Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic first reported that Viele “appeared headed” to the Rangers regardless that he had a 12 months remaining on his contract and had been invited again for the 2025 season.
Viele, 34 later this month, will step in for veteran hitting coach Tim Hyers, who was just lately employed away by the Braves. He’s been on the Giants’ teaching workers for the reason that 2020 season and spent a number of years as a university coach and a minor league coach with the Orioles and Dodgers organizations previous to his time in San Francisco. Viele and Rangers bench coach/offensive coordinator Donnie Eckers have been each on the Giants’ teaching workers in 2020-21. A former infielder at Santa Clara College, Viele had a quick two-year minor league profession after being drafted by the Orioles again in 2013.
There will likely be different adjustments coming to the teaching staffs each in Texas and San Francisco. The Rangers just lately bid farewell to affiliate supervisor Will Venable, who was employed by the White Sox as their new skipper simply yesterday. They’ll want to interchange him.
In the meantime, Baggarly added that Giants assistant hitting coach Pedro Guerrero has interviewed for a place with the Marlins, who just lately gutted their total workers. There’s no indication but that he’ll be employed, however he’s not but been eradicated from consideration, both. The Giants enlisted three hitting coaches this previous season: Viele, Guerrero and former huge league slugger Pat Burrell. With Viele departing and Guerrero probably following, it stands to cause that San Francisco will look to herald not less than one new hitting coach to assist shoulder the workload.
