Former Pirates Manager Clint Hurdle is back in baseball.
Hurdle, who was fired in September 2019 by the Pirates, has been hired by the Colorado Rockies as a special assistant to the organization’s general manager Bill Schmidt.
MLB.com’s Thomas Harding says that Hurdle’s role will involve player development.
Hurdle was the Rockies manager from 2002-2009, leading the Rockies to their only World Series appearance in 2007.
"I mean, he's Clint, right? He's upbeat. He has a lot of history with the Rockies back to when he first started and with the people who got involved,” Schmidt told MLB.com “He can help us get better. That's why I asked. I was very happy that he wanted to join us, just helping people grow."
Hurdle will begin his new job on January 1, 2022.
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