That shift puts a spotlight on their scouting and player-development infrastructure, which has been revamped in the last few years. The coronavirus pandemic, however, forced the Cubs’ scouting ...

President Theo Epstein’s vow to keep the Cubs on the cutting edge of teaching and evaluation crystallized Thursday with a series of changes in the team’s player development department.

We haven’t gotten that far, but a quick look shows that the player development of the Cubs has helped lead the way. Gone are the days of the Chicago Cubs having to buy all their talent during ...

MESA, Ariz. — Off in the left-field corner of Field 3 on the backfields of the Cubs’ spring training complex is a simple setup. Three Edgertronic cameras are lined up behind three pitchers ...

AP Share The Cubs are putting the finishing touches on their adjusted baseball operations structure, hiring former Astros assistant hitting coach Jason Kanzler as director of player development ...

The Cubs have hired Jason Kanzler as director of player development and promoted Ryan Otero to oversee the organization’s pitching department, league sources said. Advertisement Kanzler comes ...

The Cubs have promoted Double A-Tennessee manager Mark Johnson to minor-league catching coordinator. Johnson’s appointment highlights a series of changes in the team’s player development ...

Otero has worked in the Cubs’ player development and research & development departments since 2018, and he worked as the assistant director of pitching last season under Breslow. 4:15PM ...

Both teams have some talented young players, though, and development will be key, for the remainder of this season as well as future seasons. The Cubs have more prospects to get excited about than ...

Even though the Chicago Cubs have missed the playoffs for three ... when Jared Banner was promoted from vice president of player development to assistant general manager. Chicago was aggressive ...

The Mets are bringing in former Cubs bench coach Andy Green in a senior role for player development and reportedly plucking Kris Gross from the Astros for a role in amateur scouting. Green ...

While everyone thought they had acquired that level player in ... a huge role in his development. Turner was a borderline afterthought addition because he signed with the Cubs towards the end ...