Dillon Lawson is getting another shot on a big league coaching staff — and the Yankees will see plenty of him.
The Red Sox on Sunday promoted Lawson, the former Yankees hitting coach who was fired at the All-Star break last season, to be their assistant hitting coach on Alex Cora’s staff.
Lawson spent this season as the Red Sox’ minor league hitting coordinator, working mostly with the upper levels of their farm system, and now will be one of three assistants under hitting coach Peter Fatse.
The Yankees had promoted Lawson from their own minor league system to become their hitting coach entering the 2022 season.
They ranked second in runs per game in Lawson’s first year, thanks in large part to Aaron Judge’s record-breaking 62 homer season.
But the Yankees struggled in the first half of 2023, which led to Brian Cashman citing the need for a new voice and making Lawson his first in-season coaching dismissal during his long tenure in The Bronx.
Sean Casey replaced Lawson as hitting coach when the Yankees came out of the All-Star break before James Rowson took over in the offseason.
“[Lawson] has brought a lot of amazing content to improve a lot of aspects of our operation, especially on our player development side,” Cashman said last summer on the day he fired Lawson. “But clearly, when you’re dealing at the major league level, it’s a little bit different at times and that can take on a life of its own.”