Breaking: Yankees’ Loss Become Red Sox’s Gain: Former Coach Get Promotion
After missing the playoffs again in 2024, the Boston Red Sox are beefing up their major league staff. The team announced on Sunday that they have promoted Dillon Lawson to the position of assistant hitting coach.
Lawson had been working with the minor league players before this promotion. He previously served as the hitting coach for the Yankees from 2022-2023. He was fired during the 2023 season by New York.
The 39-year-old Lawson had a long coaching career in college ball, including a year as the University of Missouri’s hitting coach in 2017 that was sandwiched between his first two jobs with a Major League team. Lawson worked as a hitting coach for two separate Astros Single-A affiliates in 2016 and 2018, and then moved on to join the Yankees as a minor league hitting coordinator for the 2019-21 seasons.
Lawson and head hitting coach Pete Fatse certainly have a lot to work with in Boston. Though the team missed the playoffs, they are armed with stud offensive pieces like Rafael Devers and Jarren Duran, who is likely to finish in the Top-10 of MVP voting in the American League. Furthermore, Tristan Casas is one of the best young offensive pieces in the game and Trevor Story will be back and healthy in 2025.
Vaughn Grissom and Ceddanne Rafaela are young pieces who have played with the Red Sox and certainly have room to grow as well, giving the Red Sox a balanced and deep lineup that should keep them competitive.
If the team can figure out the pitching staff, then the Red Sox could be extremely competitive in 2024 and could even threaten for the American League East crown.
