Former Vanderbilt baseball player Ryan Flaherty is expected to be named Chicago Cubs bench coach, according to a report from Britt Ghiroli of The Athletic.
Flaherty played with the Commodores from 2006-08 under coach Tim Corbin and was a first-round pick of the Cubs in 2008. He played in MLB from 2012-19 with the Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Guardians.
Since retiring after the 2019 season, Flaherty has been a coach and scout in the San Diego Padres organization, eventually being named the bench coach in 2023, where he worked with former Vanderbilt teammate and Cubs draftee David Macias.