White Sox assistant hitting coach Joel McKeithan departing for promotion with Cardinals

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<p>Successful MLB offenses have a tendency to lose their assistant hitting coaches.</p><p>After leading the American League in runs scored in 2026, and socking the fifth-most home runs in baseball, the White Sox are indeed losing assistant hitting coach Joel McKeithan. A source confirmed to the Sun-Times the news first reported by FanSided–the Cardinals are hiring the 35-year-old McKeithan to be their lead hitting coach.</p><p>McKeithan has been a lead hitting coach for an MLB team before, coming to the White Sox in 2025 after two years in that role for the Reds. In his two seasons as an…

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