The Giants brought in former Dodgers minor league hitting coach Justin Viele ’13 as one of its major league hitting coaches. Viele served as hitting coach for the low-A Great Lakes Loons in 2019 and as hitting coach for the high-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in 2018, where he worked with top prospect Gavin Lux. Viele is from Southern California but has Bay Area ties, having played at SCU and worked on its coaching staff before joining the Dodgers.