The Pirates are hiring Kristopher Negrón as their bench coach and Tony Beasley as third-base coach, in response to a supply, bringing the Pirates’ teaching employees nearer to completion.
Pittsburgh has not but confirmed the hires.
Negrón, 39, performed six years within the Majors from 2012-19 as a utilityman. Per week after his retirement as a participant in ’19, he joined the Mariners as an assistant to the director of participant improvement, and he took over as supervisor of the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers in ’21. He was elevated to the Mariners’ teaching employees in ’22 as a first-base coach, and he was named the third-base coach in ’25.
The Pirates didn’t have a standard bench coach after Don Kelly was elevated to supervisor midseason, as a substitute opting to rent Gene Lamont and splitting bench coach duties amongst different coaches. Whereas no official announcement has been made, the expectation was that Lamont wouldn’t return to the Main League employees.
Beasley, 58, has spent 18 years within the Pirates’ group in quite a lot of roles, together with as third-base coach from 2008-10. Most of his time with the group has been in participant improvement and the Minor Leagues. He joined the Rangers’ teaching employees in ’15 and held quite a lot of roles earlier than the 2 sides parted following the 2025 season, together with first- and third-base coach and serving to with infield and outfield protection. Beasley managed 48 video games with the Rangers in ’22 on an interim foundation, when he went 17-31.
Earlier this month, Pittsburgh employed Invoice Murphy of the Astros as their new pitching coach. There are nonetheless a number of extra hires coming to Kelly’s teaching employees, together with one or two help roles, and for the coaching room and weight room.
