I wasn’t able to get to this when it dropped last night and I’m rushed this morning, so apologies for the brevity. The Cubs have Jose Javier to be their new first base coach, replacing Mike Napoli. The 32-year-old Javier previously served as a defensive coach for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, the Triple-A affiliate for the Yankees. In that role, he was primarily responsible for outfield defense and baserunning.
Those are similar areas of expertise to former Cub Quintin Berry, who Craig Counsell poached from the Brewers to replace Willie Harris as third base coach.