Brent Strom hired as Pittsburgh Pirates assistant pitching coach

Updated Dec. 5, 2024, 5:16 p.m. by AP 1 min read

PITTSBURGH (AP) Brent Strom was hired Thursday as the Pittsburgh Pirates' assistant pitching coach.

The 76-year-old will work with Oscar Marin, the team's pitching coach since 2020.

A big league pitcher from 1972-77, Strom was pitching coach of Houston (1996 and 2014-21), Kansas City (2000-01) and Arizona (2022-24).

He reached the World Series with the 2017, 19 and 21 Astros and the 2023 Diamondbacks.

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