Hunter Mense | |
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Toronto Blue Jays – No. 59 | |
Assistant Hitting Coach | |
Born: Liberty, Missouri | August 30, 1984|
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
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Hunter Mense (born August 30,1984) is an American professional baseball coach with for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was promoted to the Blue Jays major league coaching staff ahead of the 2022 season,in the role of assistant hitting coach. [1]
Mense attended the University of Missouri and played baseball for the Tigers,eventually being drafted in the 17th round of the 2006 MLB Draft by the Florida Marlins. [2] He spent parts of five seasons in the Marlins minor league system,briefly reaching Triple-A in 2010. Mense produced a .254 average and 19 home runs over 349 career MiLB games.
Mense served as the hitting coach for the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats in 2018,who subsequently won the league championship. Mense then spent three seasons as the Minor League hitting coordinator for the Blue Jays. Ahead of the 2022 season,the Blue Jays promoted Mense to the major league staff as an assistant hitting coach,while still retaining his minor league coordinating title. [3]
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