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Garey Ingram, a former major league player, will serve as the Mississippi Braves’ hitting coach next season, the Atlanta Braves announced today. The Braves organization has yet to name a manager or pitching coach for the Double-A club, though it wouldn’t be a surprise to see Phillip Wellman and Marty Reed return to those duties. Ingram previously worked in the Giants and Dodgers minor league systems. Atlanta also announced that former big league pitching coach Dave Wallace will take the reins as its minor league pitching coordinator, replacing Mississippi native Kent Willis, who was not retained. That does come as a surprise. Willis had helped groom many of the talented young arms now popping up in Atlanta.