Giants to hire Justin Meccage as pitching coach

The Giants are expected to add Justin Meccage as their pitching coach, reports FanSided’s Robert Murray. Meccage has spent most of his coaching tenure in the Pirates organization. Most recently, he was a minor league coach in the Brewers system.

After a brief playing career, Meccage got his coaching start in the college ranks. After seven years between the University of Texas-Pan American and Arkansas State University from 2004 to 2010, Meccage headed to the pros. He became a minor league pitching coach for Pittsburgh in 2011. Meccage advanced through multiple levels of the minors before taking over as minor league pitching coordinator in 2017.

Meccage got his first big league gig in 2018 as an assistant pitching coach for the Pirates. In 2020, he moved to bullpen coach, a role he held through 2024. Meccage was Triple-A pitching coach for Milwaukee this past season.

New manager Tony Vitello’s staff is slowly coming together. San Francisco added Hunter Mense as hitting coach last week. Meccage will replace pitching coach JP Martinezwho was hired by Atlanta as their bullpen coach. Martinez has been part of the Giants’ staff since 2021.

San Francisco ranked 10th in ERA last season. The staff will be led by Logan Webb And Robbie Rayalthough the options beyond that tandem are uncertain. The bullpen lost closer Camilo Doval at the trade deadline and then saw replacement Randy Rodriguez going down with an injury that led to Tommy John surgery. General manager Zack Minasian said the offseason plan will involve adding pitching depth.

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