The Pittsburgh Pirates announced the coaching staffs for their four full-season affiliates on Thursday morning.
Indianapolis will be managed by Brian Esposito, who will have Jon Nunnally as his hitting coach and Joel Hanrahan as the pitching coach. Argenis Diaz will also be part of the coaching staff. Hanrahan and Nunnally both move up from Altoona, while Esposito stays at Indianapolis for a third season. Diaz joined the Pirates last year and spent a good deal of time working with Oneil Cruz on his improvements at shortstop.
Altoona will be led by Dave Turgeon, who managed the Pirates affiliate in the Arizona Fall League this season. His pitching coach is Tom Filer and his hitting coach is Dave Newhan, while Gera Alvarez will also be on the coaching staff, after managing the GCL team last year. Filer has moved all around the system during his time with the Pirates in various roles. He was at Morgantown last year. Newhan is new to the system, the only first-year coach here, though there will be others for the short-season teams. He is coming over from the Dodgers, where he was their Double-A manager in 2019. He’s in his tenth season of coaching.
Bradenton will have Miguel Perez at the helm, with Andy Benes returning as the pitching coach and Chris Petersen moving up a level to take over as their hitting coach. Kory DeHaan will be the extra coach on the team. Perez has been a coach for the Pirates for 13 years and moves up from Greensboro. DeHaan has been a coach with the Pirates since 2011, most recently as the GCL hitting coach.
Greensboro has Kieran Mattison as the manager, moving him up from Bristol last year. His hitting coach is Jonny Tucker, his pitching coach is Stan Kyles and the fourth coach is Salvador Paniagua, who was the assistant coach with Altoona last year. Tucker moves up from Morgantown, while Kyles has been in the system since 2013 at various levels.
