The Major League Baseball lockout may still be going on, but the Pirates can still make some additions to their front office.
Per a source, the club has hired Dewey Robinson, who had been the director of pitching development/coordinator over the last 12 years for the Rays, as a special advisor of pitching development. Chris Truby has been brought on as the new minor-league infield coordinator, and Dan Meyer is the new Class AAA pitching coach.
There will be more front office hirings and role shifting to come.
While many of the Pirates’ front office and coaching hires have been younger, Robinson brings 41 year of pro ball experience to the front office. He became the Rays’ director of pitching development ahead of the 2020 season.
He stepped down with the Rays this offseason after overseeing and assisting in the development of one of the best pitching prospects cores in baseball.
Truby had spent the last 13 years in the Phillies organization, most recently as the minor-league field coordinator.
Meyer pitched in the majors from 2004-2010 with three different teams, including the Marlins from 2009-2010, where he worked alongside catcher John Baker, who is now the Pirates’ director of coaching and player development.
He joined the Braves in 2015 as a minor-league pitching rehabilitation coordinator and made the transition to pitching coach in 2018. He was named the interim manager of the Class AA Mississippi Braves in June of last year.
He will be replacing Joel Hanrahan at Class AAA Indianapolis, the Pirates’ Danny Murtaugh minor-league coach of the year, who announced last week that he was leaving the organization to pursue a new opportunity.
The Pirates will still have several more moves to announce, such as a catching coordinator that Baker said he wanted to add to the player development team and an Indianapolis manager.
