What will be interesting is, if most of the staff sticks around for this year, whether Counsell then takes a year to evaluate and more fully overhauls the staff after next season (when the Cubs can be early instead of late, and will actually have a chance to talk to preferred targets (and also when maybe some Brewers coaches become free agents)). We have heard Tommy Hottovy and Dustin Kelly are staying, and we have not yet heard about any departures other than assistant hitting coach Johnny Washington (who got the top hitting coach job with the Angels John Mallee is reportedly taking his spot, bumped up from Iowa).
Most decisions have probably been made, and just not yet announced. We know the reason – with Craig Counsell surprisingly coming in, there was necessarily a period of internal evaluation, external reach-outs, and some waiting to see if any Brewers coaches would be allowed to leave – but it is certainly atypical. The Cubs still haven’t announced their coaching staff, making this pretty easily the latest I can remember that getting finalized.
