Cubs will interview Gabe Kapler for managerial vacancy, per report

Gabe Kapler managed the Phillies for two seasons. (Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire)It appears increasingly possible that Gabe Kapler, who the Phillies fired last Thursday, will work somewhere in baseball in 2020.

The latest is that Kapler, per Bruce Levine of 670 The Score, will be interviewed for the Chicago Cubs managerial vacancy this week. Houston Astros bench coach Joe Espada will also be interviewed by the Cubs according to Levine.

Over the weekend, Jon Heyman of RADIO.COM reported that the San Francisco Giants will interview Kapler. That news wasn’t surprising. Farhan Zaidi, the Giants president of baseball operations, was the Los Angeles Dodgers general manager from 2014-2018. Prior to his…