Ken Rosenthal of Fox sports has reported that Pirates bench coach Jeff Banister has been hired by the Texas Rangers to be their new manager replacing Ron Washington, who resigned late this season due to personal issues.
Sources: #Rangers to hire #Pirates’ Banister as manager.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) October 16, 2014
Banister had been with the Pirates organization for 29 years as a player and manager in the minors and bench coach since 2011 with the Major League club.
The Pirates will now begin their search for a replacement. It is not known if they will do this internally or will look outside of the organization.
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