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,

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.

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.