Rumors have been flying in recent weeks about the Cubs’ coaching staff vacancies. And now, we have official word on the rest of the coaching staff for 2019.
As noted here a couple of weeks ago, Tommy Hottovy has been named pitching coach. He’s been in the organization the last couple of years as run prevention coordinator, and from that article, here’s what that title means:
That’s an unusual title; in the position, Hottovy has worked with Cubs catching coach Mike Borzello “to create and communicate advanced scouting plans to the pitchers and catchers,” per Sharma’s article.