Rockies Name Brett Pill Hitting Coach

The former Dodgers minor-league coordinator arrives to jump-start a stagnant offense under a new, development-driven front office.

Overview

Colorado announced the hire Friday, placing Pill on manager Warren Schaeffer’s major-league staff.
Pill spent six seasons in the Dodgers system, serving as a minor-league hitting coach from 2020 to 2022 and as minor-league hitting coordinator since 2023.
He previously played for the Giants from 2011 to 2013, finished his career with three seasons for the KBO’s Kia Tigers, and later scouted for the Tigers internationally.
The appointment is his first major-league coaching role and follows a 43–119 season in which the Rockies posted an MLB-worst .293 on-base percentage and the league’s lowest 6.7% walk rate.
The choice reflects existing ties to GM Josh Byrnes from their Dodgers tenure, and the duties of interim coaches Nic Wilson and Jordan Pacheco are still being defined with both expected to remain.