Toronto, ON (SportsNetwork.com) – Former major league manager Dale Sveum will be the Kansas City Royals’ new hitting coach as part of a staff shakeup the team announced Thursday.<\/p>\n
Sveum, who had been serving as Kansas City’s third base coach in his first year with the organization, replaces Pedro Grifol, with the latter assigned to a catching instructor role.<\/p>\n
Mike Jirschele will assume third base coaching duties beginning with Thursday’s game at Toronto.<\/p>\n
The Royals have been among the worst offensive teams in the majors this season, having hit a league-low 21 home runs and standing last in the American League in runs scored (197) and on-base plus slugging percentage (.654).<\/p>\n
Grifol had been Kansas City’s hitting coach since July of last season.<\/p>\n
Sveum joined Ned Yost’s staff with the Royals in October, three days after being fired as manager of the Chicago Cubs. He went 134-202 over two seasons in Chicago.<\/p>\n
The 50-year-old previously worked as the hitting coach of the Milwaukee Brewers from 2009-11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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