SEATTLE -- Cubs Minor League pitching coordinator Jim Brower was hired as an assistant coach for the Mariners' Major League club on Tuesday, leaving only the bullpen coaching job vacant on manager Scott Servais' staff for 2018.
The 44-year-old Brower pitched nine seasons in the big leagues with eight different teams from 1999-2007 before competing in Japan, Italy, Venezuela and independent ball in the United States. He then became a pitching coach in the Royals' Minor League organization from 2011-15 and worked for the past two seasons with the Cubs.
He was the pitching coach for Class A Kane County from 2011-12 and Double-A Northwest Arkansas from 2013-15 prior to joining the Cubs as their Minor League coordinator in '16.