Brent Strom hired as Pittsburgh Pirates assistant pitching coach
Arizona Diamondbacks pitching coach Brent Strom walks to the dugout during a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, Sunday, April 21, 2024. Credit: AP/Jeff Chiu
PITTSBURGH — 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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