The Cubs have slowly but surely added people to their coaching staff, though the position of pitching coach remains vacant.
They’ve got an assistant hitting coach now to help out Anthony Iapoce:
Sources: The Cubs are planning to add Terrmel Sledge to Joe Maddon’s staff as the assistant hitting coach. Sledge worked in the Cubs’ farm system (2015) and as a Double-A hitting coach for the Dodgers (2016-18). After his big-league career, Sledge played with Yu Darvish in Japan.
— Patrick Mooney (@PJ_Mooney) November 29, 2018
Sledge was drafted in 1999 by the Mariners and traded to the Montreal Expos (remember them?