PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WKBN) – Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that the Pittsburgh Pirates are hiring Brent Strom as an assistant pitching coach. The 76-year-old spent the last three seasons as the pitching coach of the Arizona Diamondbacks but was fired following the 2024 season.

On Wednesday, the Pittsburgh Pirates hired long-time pitching coach Brent Strom as assistant pitching coach. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette beat reporter Noah Hiles was the first to break the news.

During the spring of 2012, Matt Hague earned the nickname “the hit collector” after a torrid Spring Training that earned him a spot on the Major League team. Twelve years later, the Pirates are turning to him again to try to get the offense going.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WKBN) – Scott Mitchell of TSN is reporting that the Pittsburgh Pirates are hiring Matt Hague as the team’s new hitting coach. Hague served as assistant hitting coach with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2024.

The 2024 MLB season saw the Pirates offense rank in the bottom half of the league, with just 665 runs scored placing 24th and an overall team OPS of .672 putting the Buccos at 27th in baseball. The overall poor showing saw hitting coach Andy Haines get the boot when the season ended,

Another Toronto Blue Jays staff member has left the team. On Wednesday morning, TSN’s Scott Mitchell reported that Matt Hague has departed the Blue Jays to become the Pittsburgh Pirates’ new hitting coach.

Bucs replacing Andy Haines with a former Pirates draft pick and briefly a player, where Matt Hague has been coaching the last few years