As further confirmation of what we’d assumed last week about the departure of strength and conditioning coach Tim Buss, the Cubs are making sweeping changes to their athletic training staff and mental skills program. Bleacher Nation’s Bryan Smith tweeted that they’d be overhauling the training infrastructure just as they had the pitching and hitting areas, and multiple reports from the past two days back that up with several specific moves.
Per Bruce Levine of 670 The Score, casualties of the organizational shift include assistant athletic trainer Matt Johnson, massage therapist Laura Paluch, and yoga instructor Christine Schwan.