ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves hired Tim Hyers as hitting coach Thursday after a shakeup of manager Brian Snitker’s staff earlier this month.
The 53-year-old Hyers joins the Braves after spending the past three seasons in the same capacity with the American League’s Texas Rangers, where he was part of the team’s World Series championship in 2023.
Hyers replaces Kevin Seitzer, who was among three coaches dumped by Atlanta shortly after an injury-plagued season for the National League’s fifth-seeded Braves ended when they were swept by the fourth-seeded San Diego Padres in a best-of-three matchup in the wild-card round of the playoffs.
Seitzer served as hitting coach for 10 years. Assistant hitting coach Bobby Magallanes and catching coach Sal Fasano also were fired by the Braves.
Hyers previously served as hitting coach for the AL’s Boston Red Sox from 2018 through 2021, preceded by a two-year stint as assistant hitting coach with the NL’s Los Angeles Dodgers. He has worked with a dozen Silver Slugger winners in his coaching career.