Cubs Promote Minors Pitching Development Coordinator Casey Jacobson to Assistant Pitching Coach

AP Photo/Matt YorkIt’s been a long weekend filled with family, friends, food, and football, which is why I haven’t written anything in at least two days. That means this one is going to be short as well, though part of that is due to the subject matter. Craig Counsell had gotten most of his coaching staff solidified earlier in the offseason, but the Cubs had to do a little backfilling when assistant pitching coach Daniel Moskos was hired away to take the lead pitching coach gig under new Marlins skipper Clayton McCullough.

As Sahadev Sharma reported for The Athletic, the team made the quick decision to promote Casey Jacobson to replace Moskos. Jacobson has been with the organization for five…