The Cubs have been busy interviewing candidates to succeed Joe Maddon as manager.
Since the 2019 season ended for the Cubs, Joe Girardi, David Ross, Mark Loretta and Will Venable completed interviews.
Now, we have learned of two more candidates to be interviewed by Theo Epstein and his management team:
Cubs to interview Gabe Kapler and Joe Espada this week for their managerial position. Should be final two candidates.
— Jesse Rogers (@ESPNChiCubs) October 14, 2019
The key in that tweet is the final sentence — that Gabe Kapler, recently dismissed as Philles manager, and Joe Espada, currently Astros bench coach, will be the “final two candidates.