ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have hired pitching coach Rick Kranitz, who served in the same role for NL East rival Philadelphia last season.

Kranitz, 60, replaces Chuck Hernandez, who was not retained following Atlanta’s playoff loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Kranitz joined the Phillies as bullpen coach in 2015. He was promoted him to assistant pitching coach for 2017 and took over the direction of the staff one year later.

Braves manager Brian Snitker says Kranitz “has had a lot of success developing young talent.”

Kranitz was Milwaukee’s pitching coach from 2011-15. He previously served as pitching coach for Florida (2006-07) and Baltimore (2008-10).

SPRING TRAINING

NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — The Atlanta Braves’ new spring training home in Florida will be known as CoolToday Park.

The team announced a 20-year naming rights deal with the home service company.

CoolToday Park will host Atlanta’s final spring game in 2019 and become the team’s full-time training home in 2020. It is set to replace the Walt Disney World complex near Orlando, which the Braves are leaving because of long travel times to other spring training sites in Florida.

The centerpiece of the new $125 million facility in Sarasota County is a 7,000-seat stadium with a total capacity of 8,500.