The Chicago Cubs today announced several members of manager Rick Renteria’s major league coaching staff. Here are the people staying for the Chicago Cubs Coaching staff, and the new additions to the Chicago Cubs Renteria regime.
Chris Bosio (pitching coach), Lester Strode (bullpen coach), Mike Borzello (catching and strategy coach) and Franklin Font (staff assistant) return to the coaching staff. Joining the staff in 2014 are Brandon Hyde (bench coach), Gary Jones (third base/infield coach), Bill Mueller (hitting coach), Mike Brumley (assistant hitting coach) and Jose Castro (quality assurance coach). The Chicago Cubs have yet to name a first base coach.
Jaron Madison, who joined the Chicago Cubs as director of amateur scouting on August 10, 2012, has been named director of player development, replacing Hyde in that role. Matt Dorey, who this year worked for the Chicago Cubs as a national and regional crosschecker, has been named director of amateur scouting.
Bosio, 50, returns for his third season as the club’s major league pitching coach. Overall, this is his third stint as a big league pitching coach, previously coaching in the majors for Tampa Bay in 2003 and Milwaukee in 2009. A veteran of 11 big league seasons, the former righthander worked as a special assignment pitching coach in Seattle’s system from 2000-02, including a stint as Triple-A Tacoma’s pitching coach, before joining Lou Piniella’s staff in Tampa Bay. Bosio has also served as a pitching coach in Milwaukee’s farm system and as an advance scout for the Brewers.
Hyde, 40, enters his third year in the Cubs organization and begins his second stint as a major league bench coach, previously serving as bench coach for Jack McKeon and the Marlins for 1.5 seasons from June 23, 2010-2011. Overall, Hyde has 11 years of coaching experience, including nine seasons in the Marlins organization, following a four-year playing career in the White Sox system from 1997-2000. Hyde joined the Chicago Cubs organization in December of 2011 as minor league field coordinator and was named director of player development on August 29, 2012.
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