Now that risk aversion has killed the Winter Meetings and made Baseball predictable, let’s grab at the few things that are unpredictable and weird: coaching hires.
The Cubs have expressed an interest in Mark DeRosa for their open vacancy at bench coach (Brandon Hyde is now managing the Orioles). What exactly are his qualifications? He was a former major leaguer, is currently an analysts on MLB Network, and has alluded to working with players in the offseason, maybe from a mental skills perspective (my recollection on this is fuzzy).
DeRosa’s primary skill seems to be his ability to talk.