The Milwaukee Brewers are hiring Ozzie Timmons and Connor Dawson to serve as co-hitting coaches next season.

They are replacing Andy Haines.

David Stearns announced that the club had selected Timmons and Dawson to split up responsibilities as part of their "hitting coach team at the Major League level."

Stearns said the Brewers also plan to hire an assistant hitting coach to join that duo.

"What we are doing is really a recognition that this has transformed into a very big job," Stearns said. "Over the last three to five years, as information continues to proliferate our game, we're asking more and more of our coaches in general and that's certainly true of our hitting coaches.

"... I think we're going to see other teams in the industry follow similar structures in the not-too-distant future, so we think this is the right way to go."