The Cubs will have one more new coach in 2025.
Earlier this offseason, three Cubs coaches were let go — first-base coach Mike Napoli, assistant hitting coach Jim Adduci and bullpen coach Darren Holmes.
Today, one more Cubs coach left the team:
Breaking Cubs news- 3B coach Willie Harris and the Cubs front office have agreed to part ways. Both sides leave on good terms. Harris is open to other coaching positions in baseball.
— Bruce Levine (@MLBBruceLevine) October 11, 2024
This sounds like a difference of opinion between manager Craig Counsell and Willie Harris on what direction that position would take going forward. It’s neither good nor bad, just a choice likely made by Harris and the team to “part ways,” as noted by Bruce Levine.
It was always assumed that Counsell would be bringing in more of “his guys” as coaches for 2025, as he wasn’t really able to do so given the timing of his hiring in 2024. It would not surprise me if other coaches, including bench coach Ryan Flaherty, might be replaced for next season.
That way, Counsell will have a staff more in tune with the way he wants to manage the Cubs.
As always, we await developments.