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Colorado Rockies News / Field Level Media / April 17
Rockies fire hitting coach Hensley Meulens

Rockies fire hitting coach Hensley Meulens

Former Colorado Rockies manager Clint Hurdle is back on the team's bench after it fired hitting coach Hensley Meulens on Thursday. Hurdle will take over as hitting coach through the end of the season after the Rockies carried a .220 batting average and .629 OPS into Thursday's off day.

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Colorado Rockies News / Yardbarker / April 17
With horrid hitting history, Rockies finally make long overdue move

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Rockies bring back former manager as new hitting coach

Rockies bring back former manager as new hitting coach

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Colorado Rockies News / MLB Trade Rumors / April 17
Rockies fire hitting coach, name replacement

Rockies fire hitting coach, name replacement

The Rockies announced that hitting coach Hensley Meulens has been relieved of his duties.

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The Yankees thought about hiring Meulens as their own manager after parting ways with Joe Girardi in October 2017. They granted him an interview, and he was in the mix along with the like likes of then-bench coach Rob Thomson, but as we know, the job went to Aaron Boone.

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