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Bob Melvin has announced the following new hires:

Bench Coach - Ryan Christenson
Third Base Coach - Matt Williams
Hitting Coach - Pat "The Bat" Burrell

Williams played 11 seasons for the Giants (1986-1996), 4x all star, 3x Gold Glove, 3x Silver Slugger, 6th in NL MVP vote in 1990, 2nd in 1994 NL MVP vote.

Burrell retired in 2011, won a WS with the Giants in 2010, hit 292 HRs, career .834 OPS. 2012-15, special assignment scout for SFG, hitting coach for Low-A SJ Giants. Attended high school in So Bay at Bellarmine, played in college at Miami, 10 years with Philly. Bellarmine influence should mean a World Series Championship next year... ;)

Justin Viele, who served as hitting coach for Kapler will return as co-hitting coach with Burrell. Pedro Guerrero will return as assistant hitting coach. Former director of hitting Dustin Lind was let go.

Ryan Christenson spent 16 seasons in the A's organization as a minor league manager and a bench coach on Melvin's major league staff.

Hallberg, who coached third base last season, will coach first base this season.

Alyssa Nakken, J. P. Martinez and Taira Uematsu will return as assistant coaches.

Remainder of the staff will be announced in a few weeks.

Former Cincy manager Bryan Price has been mentioned as possible pitching coach. Also Vogelsong could be on staff in some capacity.

Williams should be a big help to Marco Luciano. Luciano has had trouble hitting off speed stuff. certainly not uncommon for a young player. It’s something that Williams went through in his first couple years with the Giants. He could always hit the fastball, but he struggled mightily with offspeed pitches. Also, Williams defensive history  fits pretty well with Luciano. Originally a shortstop with somewhat limited range that ultimately pushed him to third base.  Just guessing, but I think Williams will see a lot of himself in  Luciano and can help him particularly on the mental side of the game.

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Bob Melvin has announced the following new hires:

Bench Coach - Ryan Christenson
Third Base Coach - Matt Williams
Hitting Coach - Pat "The Bat" Burrell

Williams played 11 seasons for the Giants (1986-1996), 4x all star, 3x Gold Glove, 3x Silver Slugger, 6th in NL MVP vote in 1990, 2nd in 1994 NL MVP vote.

Burrell retired in 2011, won a WS with the Giants in 2010, hit 292 HRs, career .834 OPS. 2012-15, special assignment scout for SFG, hitting coach for Low-A SJ Giants. Attended high school in So Bay at Bellarmine, played in college at Miami, 10 years with Philly. Bellarmine influence should mean a World Series Championship next year... ;)

Justin Viele, who served as hitting coach for Kapler will return as co-hitting coach with Burrell. Pedro Guerrero will return as assistant hitting coach. Former director of hitting Dustin Lind was let go.

Ryan Christenson spent 16 seasons in the A's organization as a minor league manager and a bench coach on Melvin's major league staff.

Hallberg, who coached third base last season, will coach first base this season.

Alyssa Nakken, J. P. Martinez and Taira Uematsu will return as assistant coaches.

Remainder of the staff will be announced in a few weeks.

Former Cincy manager Bryan Price has been mentioned as possible pitching coach. Also Vogelsong could be on staff in some capacity.

Williams should be a big help to Marco Luciano. Luciano has had trouble hitting off speed stuff. certainly not uncommon for a young player. It’s something that Williams went through in his first couple years with the Giants. He could always hit the fastball, but he struggled mightily with offspeed pitches. Also, Williams defensive history  fits pretty well with Luciano. Originally a shortstop with somewhat limited range that ultimately pushed him to third base.  Just guessing, but I think Williams will see a lot of himself in  Luciano and can help him particularly on the mental side of the game.