"The Toronto Blue Jays will be searching for not one, but two new coaches for their MLB staff ahead of the 2026 season. After Don Mattingly stepped down from his role as bench coach earlier this offseason, it has been announced the assistant hitting coach Hunter Mense will also be leaving the club. As reported by Mitch Bannon of The Athletic, Mense will be taking his talents to the West Coast and joining the San Francisco Giants to be their hitting coach."
"Some #BlueJays news: Jays are losing assistant hitting coach Hunter Mense, per multiple sources. He's taking a hitting coach job with the SF Giants, reuniting with Tony Vitello.Mense had been on the Jays' big league staff since 2022. Leaves another hole on their staff- Mitch Bannon (@MitchBannon) Revolutionary Blue Jays coaching staff absorbs blow after Giants steal key piece It is not surprising to see that members of the Blue Jays staff are being approached by other organizations."
Hunter Mense will leave the Toronto Blue Jays to become the San Francisco Giants' hitting coach, creating another vacancy on the Blue Jays' MLB staff after Don Mattingly's bench coach departure. Mense, 41, played at the University of Missouri with Giants manager Tony Vitello and coached in the Blue Jays' minor-league system before joining the big-league staff in 2022. The Blue Jays posted a .257/.326/.416 slash line and 109 wRC+ during Mense's tenure, the fourth-best mark in MLB in that span. The 2025 Blue Jays emphasized plate discipline, contact and situational hitting, a philosophy other teams may try to emulate.
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