The St. Louis Cardinals have hired former outfielder Brant Brown as their new hitting coach. Brown, 53, played five seasons in the MLB (1996-2000). Brown spent most of his career four seasons (1996-1998, 2000) with the Chicago Cubs. Brown also played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Florida Marlins (now Miami Marlins).
After retired from the MLB, Brown went into coaching. Brown was a hitting coach for in the Texas Rangers minor leagues for six seasons (2007-2012). After, leaving the Rangers, Brown was the Seattle Mariners outfield coordinator for four seasons (2013-2016). Brown was then the Mariners minor league offensive coordinator for one season (2017), and minor league hitting strategist for two seasons (2018-2019).
Brown ended up being hired by the Los Angeles Dodgers as their assistant hitting coach for five seasons (2018-2022). In 2020, Brown helped the Dodgers win the World Series.
Brown became the Marlins hitting coach in 2023. The Marlins offense was successful under Brown. That season, the Marlins hit .259 as a team. The .259 team batting average was tied for fourth with the Houston Astros overall in the MLB.
The Mariners then decided to hire Brown as their offensive coordinator and bench coach. The offensive coordinator was a new position. The Mariners offense ended up doing badly, and Brown was fired on May 31, 2024.
How much of the Mariners offense doing badly was because the Mariners had let one of their best hitters in Teocar Hermandez go in free agency? The Mariners didn't like that Hernandez struck out a lot. How much of it was because Brown was doing two different jobs instead of one? Would either of those made a difference for the Mariners offense?
Brown has the potential to be a good hire for the Cardinals. Brown has been successful in his coaching career.
Brown is also reunited with new Cardinals assistant coach Jon Jay. Both Brown and Jay were on the Marlins coaching staff in 2023.
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