The Cubs are hiring Jose Javier as their first-base coach

Jose Javier with the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League in 2022Cubs manager Craig Counsell has been filling out his coaching staff, and now, per Sahadev Sharma and P.J. Mooney in The Athletic, there’s a new Cubs first-base coach:

The Chicago Cubs are putting Jose Javier on their major-league staff as the new first-base coach, league sources told The Athletic, continuing the adjustments ahead of Craig Counsell’s second year as manager.

Javier, 32, spent this past season as a defensive coach for the New York Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate. His areas of focus within New York’s farm system have been outfield defense and base running. Prior to that, he spent six seasons as a minor-league…