{"id":86868,"date":"2024-09-30T21:09:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T01:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=86868"},"modified":"2024-09-30T21:09:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T01:09:51","slug":"cubs-make-several-changes-coaching-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/09\/30\/cubs-make-several-changes-coaching-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs Make Several Changes to Coaching Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the 2024 Major League Baseball regular season wrapped up on Monday, many teams around the league \u2014 including the Chicago Cubs \u2014 began to look toward the future. According to ESPN&#8217;s Jesse Rogers, the Cubs parted ways with several members of their coaching staff, including first base coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/n\/napolmi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-30_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Napoli<\/a>, assistant hitting coach James Adduci, bullpen coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/holmeda01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-30_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Darren Holmes<\/a>, and a couple of strength coaches.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Black Monday around the league for coaches: The Cubs are making several changes including letting go of first base coach Mike Napoli, hitting coach Jim Adduci, bullpen coach Darren Holmes and a couple of strength coaches, per sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseRogersESPN\/status\/1840889184627609786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Cubs Move On from Several Members of Coaching Staff<\/h2>\n<p>After finishing third in the National League Central at 83-79 and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/09\/22\/with-cubs-eliminated-from-postseason-what-comes-next\/\" target=\"_self\">missing the postseason<\/a> for the fourth straight season, it&#8217;s hardly a surprise that the Cubs are eager to make changes.<\/p>\n<p>Napoli, the former All-Star first baseman and catcher and 2013 World Series champion with the Boston Red Sox, had been with the Cubs organization since 2019 when he was hired as a quality assurance coach. The Cubs eventually promoted him to first base coach before the 2022 season.<\/p>\n<p>Adduci joined the Cubs after the 2020 season as an assistant hitting coach. As a player, the 39-year-old appeared in parts of five MLB seasons with the Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, and Cubs from 2013 to 2019. He is the son of former big leaguer <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=adducji01,adducji02&amp;search=Jim+Adduci&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-30_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Adduci<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Holmes just wrapped up his first season with the Cubs after his hiring in December 2023. He was a bullpen coach for the Colorado Rockies from 2015 to 2019 and the Baltimore Orioles from 2019 through 2023. During his playing career, he appeared as a relief pitcher with several teams, concluding his 13-year MLB career in 2003 with a 4.25 ERA.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Next for the Cubs?<\/h3>\n<p>Cubs manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/counscr01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craig Counsell<\/a> inherited most of his staff upon his hiring by the club in November 2023. Given his success as manager of the Milwaukee Brewers from 2015 until 2023, it stands to reason that Counsell may seek out some of his former staff to join him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Craig Counsell knows Cubs fans deserve better than this product.<\/p>\n<p>Big-market expectations are part of what lured him to the Chicago \u2014 the chance to be challenged, scrutinized and celebrated.<\/p>\n<p>And the Cubs haven&#8217;t lived up to it, writes <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PJ_Mooney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@PJ_Mooney<\/a>.<a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kDprFuFKyG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/kDprFuFKyG<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7DZOnc784g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/7DZOnc784g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Athletic MLB (@TheAthleticMLB) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticMLB\/status\/1840764494496063742?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Counsell spoke to reporters on Monday, including <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2024\/09\/29\/chicago-cubs-season-finale\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meghan Montemurro<\/a> of the Chicago Tribune, saying there was &#8220;work to do&#8221; this offseason in Chicago. These coaching changes are likely just the beginning of a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/09\/28\/cubs-may-add-another-ace-this-offseason\/\" target=\"_self\">busy winter<\/a> in the Windy City as the Cubs look to return to relevance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the 2024 Major League Baseball regular season wrapped up on Monday, many teams around the league \u2014 including the Chicago Cubs \u2014 began to look toward the future. According to ESPN&#8217;s Jesse Rogers, the Cubs parted ways with several members of their coaching staff, including first base coach Mike Napoli, assistant hitting coach James [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5330,"featured_media":86911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1071,35],"tags":[2238,595],"class_list":["post-86868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cubs","category-mlb","category-news","tag-craig-counsell","tag-mike-napoli"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5330"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}