Friday afternoon news dumps are typically rife with bad news, because companies can float stuff out there when no one is really paying attention. The opposite was true for the Cubs, who announced several minor league coaching hires as their organizational overhaul moves forward.
The initial series of moves consisted primarily of reorganizing current employees and establishing roles for pitching and hitting director. Their first big hire from outside the system was former A’s assistant GM Dan Kantrovitz, who was named VP of scouting and given the responsibility of overseeing the draft. This latest round of hires includes several new minor league coaches from outside the system to help beef up hitting instruction and pitching and data analysis.