The Giants will need to fill a big hole on manager Tony Vitello’s coaching staff this MLB offseason.The Kansas City Royals are hiring Giants hitting coach Hunter Mense, who spent one season in San Francisco, for an assistant role, a source confirmed to NBC Sports Bay Area after MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand and Maria Guardado first reported the news on Thursday.
Mense previously served as assistant hitting coach for the Toronto Blue Jays before taking the lead job with San Francisco last fall, and now the 42-year-old will continue his coaching career with Kansas City.
In his one season with the Giants, San Francisco’s offense, as a team, ranked 10th in batting average (.245), eighth in hits (1,341), ninth in slugging percentage (.400) but 26th in on-base percentage (.306), 20th in home runs (178), 23rd in runs scored (669) and 30th in walks (449).
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