CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs are waiting out the pitching market in this ever-so-slow-moving offseason, but they've made one big winter acquisition to help at the plate -- and he won’t even get one at-bat this season.
The Cubs hired former Red Sox hitting coach Chili Davis while saying goodbye to John Mallee, who was hired by the Philadelphia Phillies for the same job. On the surface, adding Davis may not seem like a newsworthy move. But the Cubs said the only reason they parted ways with Mallee was because Davis became available after manager John Farrell and his staff were dismissed in Boston.