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Cubs mental skills coach John Baker has taken a role with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Chicago Cubs got some ‘sad’ news today – but it was far from tragic. Fan favorite John Baker, 39, got a job with the Pittsburgh Pirates as the organization’s farm director. Baker had been serving as Chicago’s the mental skills coach, and a damn fine one, too.
Of course, the Bucs are run by none other than former Red Sox executive Ben Cherington. Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and GM Jed Hoyer are obviously familiar with him from their days in Boston.