Pill is best known for his three-year stint playing in the MLB for the Giants. Between 2011 and 2013 he played in 111 matches. Pill spent parts of four seasons in Triple-A, ending his playing career with a three-year stint with the Kia Tigers between 2014 and 2016. He then remained in Korea for three years, working as a scout for his former KBO team before taking the job with the Dodgers.
This is Pill’s first Major League coaching role. Hopefully he will bring some stability to a position that was in flux in 2025. Colorado opened the season with Hensley Meulens as hitting coach. A few weeks into the year he was fired. Clint Hurdle came in from the front office to take over, but he moved to bench coach when Bud Black and Mike Redmond were fired in May. Jordan Pacheco and Nic Wilson split hitting coach responsibilities for the remainder of the season.
After a 43-119 season, there should be nowhere to go but up. Colorado was by far the worst offensive team in the MLB. They led only the Pirates in scoring despite playing half of their games at Coors Field. They had an MLB-worst on-base percentage of .293 thanks to the lowest walk rate in the league (6.7%). Only the Angels struck more often. Colorado hitters have a lot of work to do in road games because of the difference in field movement at altitude. Even with that caveat, their .203/.259/.330 team batting line outside of Denver was abysmal.
Clearly this can’t be solved in one offseason. They won’t have a good lineup in 2026, but they can hope for process improvements from among others Ezequiel Tovar, Jordan Beck and (if not traded) Brenton Doyle. They hope for a repeat performance from the 26-year-old catcher Hunter Goodmanone of the few bright spots of the ’25 team. Goodman hit 31 home runs with a batting line of .278/.323/.520, tying Shea Langeliers for second among catchers in home runs.
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