The Red Sox have hired Greg Colbrunn as their hitting coach.

Colbrunn won a World Series as a player with the Diamondbacks in 2001.

After spending six years as a hitting coach in the Yankees' farm system, Colbrunn will be on a Major League staff for the first time.

"I've had a couple opportunities in the past to move up or do something different here in Charleston, but nothing ever really sounded too good or anything until this offseason," he said. "And then this situation came up, this opportunity came up. After going through the interview process and my wife being from Connecticut and all that, it's a great opportunity."