Hiring Bill Murphy as pitching coach was a strong first step. But the Pirates are hardly finished with the composition of manager Don Kelly’s staff.

There are important openings to fill at bench coach and third-base coach — and potentially more tweaks to fit what Kelly wants or needs.

Similar to the pitching side, there are myriad candidates who’d make sense for the Pirates.

Here’s a look.

Reunion time?

We opened the pitching version of this piece with a familiar name in Jared Hughes, whose title is coordinator of pitching performance and analysis with the Angels. There’s another Pirate from that era who could make sense here in Francisco Cervelli.

Cervelli, who played for the Pirates from 2015-18 and compiled 8.8 wins above replacement (per Baseball Reference), was appointed in Janu

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