Cubs manager Dale Sveum has made some of his first staff decisions, including retaining well-regarded hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo, one of the top-paid coaches in the game. He’s under contract through 2012. The two other coaches under contract through next year — bullpen coach Lester Strode and bench coach Pat Listach — also are expected to be asked back. Sources said first-base coach Bob Dernier and third-base coach Ivan DeJesus were informed they won’t be back. Pitching coach Mark Riggins spoke with Sveum over the weekend, according to a source, and was expected to talk again soon.First off, while Rudy Jaramillo is extremely overpaid, he's still one of the better hitting coaches in baseball. The one thing that he needs to do next season is to get the Cubs to be more patient at the plate something that they've struggled with since 2008.
But the best news coming out of this story is the fact that Ivan DeJesus will not be on the Cubs staff next year. DeJesus is the worst 3rd base coach the Cubs have had since Wavin Wendell Kim in 2004 and was probably the worst 3rd base coach in baseball last season. So many times last year the Cubs had horrible sends at 3rd base that costed them runs.
The next move Sveum needs to make is to get rid of Mark Riggins who did an awful job in his 1st season as Cubs pitching coach last year. He should have never had the job anyways.
No comments:
Post a Comment