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Pirates Announce Several Baseball Operations Changes

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The Pittsburgh Pirates announced several changes among their baseball operations on Wednesday morning. The most notable change is that Dave Jauss has been named the bench coach for 2016. He has been on the coaching staff since October 31, 2012 and he’s currently in his 29th season in pro ball. He began his career as a manager in the Gulf Coast League in 1988 for the Montreal Expos. On top of the pro experience, he also spent six years managing in college baseball. The Pirates went without an official bench coach last year after Jeff Banister left.

Other changes include Kevan Graves being promoted from Director of Baseball Operations to Assistant General Manager. He was originally promoted to Assistant Director of Baseball Operations back in 2009, receiving the promotion to Director in 2011.

Will Lawton takes over as Assistant Direction of Baseball Operations, adding the Director part to his job title. He originally started with the Pirates out of college in 2010 on an internship.

Sean Kelly is now a Baseball Operations Assistant, taking over Lawton’s old job. Kelly’s job title before was “Fellow”, which Baseball Prospectus explained in detail here, though his specific jobs with the Pirates in 2015 may have differed slightly.

One non-change was also announced, as Brad Fischer returns as Major League Coach.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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