It looks like Chili Davis might not be the only member of Joe Maddon’s staff departing after just a year on the job. While the situation is decidedly different, Brandon Hyde, who replaced Davey Martinez as Cubs bench coach last season, is a hot name among managerial candidates and has already interviewed with at least three teams.
Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News tweeted last Thursday that Hyde had interviewed with the Rangers, who fired Jeff Banister in September after suffering through consecutive losing seasons. Texas has a good number of talented young players and they’re opening a new ballpark in 2020, so they might like a guy who’s worked as part of a rebuild in the past.