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Cubs To Hire Andy Green As Bench Coach

By Jeff Todd | November 8, 2019 at 7:19pm CDT

Former Padres skipper Andy Green will be named the new bench coach for the Cubs, per Jesse Rogers of ESPNChicago.com (via Twitter). Jon Heyman of MLB Network tweeted that Green was expected to be tapped after he was linked to the job through reports earlier this week.

Green becomes the top lieutenant under new Cubs manager David Ross, who is turning over a major portion of his staff. Last year’s bench coach, Mark Loretta, will leave the Chicago organization, Heyman adds via Twitter. Loretta, like Green, came from San Diego.

It seems the Cubs preferred to provide Ross with an experienced manager at his right hand, as this’ll be his first-ever season in charge of a dugout. Green helmed the Friars for almost four full seasons and also did the in-game decisionmaking before that in the minor-leagues.

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  1. Deleted Userrrrr

    6 years ago

    laughingduck

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    • tycobb016

      6 years ago

      Why didn’t Theo just hire Green to manage and Ross to be bench coach? Things are looking up.

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      • rayrayner

        6 years ago

        Do you really think Ross would have accepted a job as bench coach?

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        • HubcapDiamondStarHalo

          6 years ago

          What, he had leverage because of all his managing experience?

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        • raiders

          6 years ago

          No, because he doesn’t have to manage or coach at all. He had a good gig at ESPN

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        • tycobb016

          6 years ago

          Who the hell is David Ross?

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        • raiders

          6 years ago

          Go home, Ty. You’re drunk…

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        • tycobb016

          6 years ago

          Okay see you tomorrow.

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        • Logjammer D"Baggagecling

          6 years ago

          He’s ty cobbs brothers uncles son’s sister-mother

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  2. larry48

    6 years ago

    Andy green can show Cubs new ways to lose games.

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  3. myaccount

    6 years ago

    In over his head as a manager, but a solid hire as a bench coach, particularly under a guy who hasn’t managed before.

    Should be better than Loretta.

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  4. Ryan The Riot Theriot

    6 years ago

    When I read some of the criticisms Loretta had with Maddon’s management style, I had a feeling he might be next to go. I still think he has a future as a skipper in the MLB, but I do think having a more experienced bench coach will be a plus for rookie manager Ross.

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  5. 99socalfrc

    6 years ago

    Andy is a good guy. Not sure he is cut out to be a manager, but it’s impossible to tell. All he got todo in 4 years in SD was be a scapegoat.

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  6. Deleted Userrrrr

    6 years ago

    Does he get paid twice now since his Padres contract runs through 2021?

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    • DiegoDuder

      6 years ago

      Yes. The Padres are paying him for the next two years to not manage for them.

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    • ngk

      6 years ago

      Padres will pay the difference between his Cubs salary and what he would have made in SD. He doesn’t get to double dip on full salaries for both.

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      • erauber

        6 years ago

        That’s MLB player salary rules, but coaches. Likely he gets full pay from the Padres, plus whatever from the Cubs.

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        • Deleted Userrrrr

          6 years ago

          That’s what I was trying to find out…

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        • padreforlife

          6 years ago

          I was thinking same thing. I think NBA used to be different Doug Moe was getting paid by like 4 teams

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  7. bbatardo

    6 years ago

    Andy Green is a smart guy, but wasn’t really put in a position to succeed in San Diego. Will probably make a good bench coach.

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    • DarkSide830

      6 years ago

      agreed. dont think he quite got the chance to prove his coaching ability. i might bet we’ll see him managing again at some point in the future.

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    • lowtalker1

      6 years ago

      I don’t know why you are all defending green. He is awful and clueless

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  8. xxbooradley

    6 years ago

    Come on guys let’s get the scouting report. Can he position players well? Does he have good communication skills? Did he have a baseball career anywhere playing?

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    • TJECK109

      6 years ago

      It’s called google

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      • draushaus

        6 years ago

        Can google tell us if Green has good communication skills?

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  9. keepinthafaithsd1

    6 years ago

    Its hard to get punked by the other manager when your a bench coach..

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  10. Thundercub12

    6 years ago

    I would have liked to see someone with a little more credentials than him. I still think he are just swapping chairs. No really new people added to the Cubs. Just the people who share the same philosophy. Like restructuring the player development by making new titles and promoting existing people who contributed to the lack of player development in the last 3 yers.

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    • Ry.the.Stunner

      6 years ago

      There’s not much more you could ask for than a former manager becoming your bench coach. You’re not going to get an accomplished former manager to take a bench coach job.

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      • spinach

        6 years ago

        Ron Washington.

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      • moethacker

        6 years ago

        Don Zimmer found a good gig as Yankees bench coach. Now we could perhaps wonder whether Popeye was an “accomplished former manager,” but he managed a good while in high profile jobs before doing the bench coach thing.

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  11. SoCalStuntman

    6 years ago

    Hire an inexperienced manager with a clueless former manager as bench coach. It’s good to read the Cubs are moving forward.

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    • mistry gm

      6 years ago

      Blow it out your Bryant, fool. Good move all around.

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    • getright11

      6 years ago

      Says some guy on the internet named SoCalStuntman…..

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      • raiders

        6 years ago

        How much experience did Aaron Boone have?

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  12. VegasSDfan

    6 years ago

    I think he is perfect for the job. Good for him

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  13. MadDon

    6 years ago

    Wow, another person from the Padres organization. A shocker! Guess it sbetter than someone from Boston.. or is it?

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  14. Rallyshirt

    6 years ago

    This should be okay for the Cubs, but it says a lot about SD.

    Green rebuilds their franchise with the likes of many players in the “where are they now” category. Funny how this happened right after calling up a 20 year-old and spending for Machado.

    Like school in the summer-time, no class.

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  15. lowtalker1

    6 years ago

    Hahaha this is the stupidest thing ever.
    I mean they could hire David Ross to be the manager. Dream team lmao.

    Only thing as stupid as this is the Mets hiring Beltran as the manager

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  16. ChiSoxCity

    6 years ago

    I have a feeling Ross won’t last long—cubs are in for a tough season.

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    • getright11

      6 years ago

      Obsess over the Cubs much??? lol

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    • SoCalStuntman

      6 years ago

      Agreed!

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      • rondon

        6 years ago

        Stunt boy… How bout them Dodgers? Oh, wait.

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    • Deleted Userrrrr

      6 years ago

      Was supposed to be a dynasty. Instead they got a 3-year window.

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      • Capi

        6 years ago

        I don’t know where you learned how to count, but 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018… Looks like FOUR years out of the last 5 and not 3… Even dynasties can miss the playoffs once or twice in a decade.

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        • pullhitter445

          6 years ago

          Dynasty’s win multiple championships, not just 1. This group is no dynasty.

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        • Capi

          6 years ago

          Well, the world hasn’t ended, right? Cause as far as I know…. There are more chances ahead to win another one.

          And… No team has won more than one WS since the Cubs won in 2016…. So, by that token, there’s no current dynasty righ now.

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        • ChiSoxCity

          6 years ago

          Ice cold koolaid here! Ice cold!

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        • Capi

          6 years ago

          Why am I not surprised coming from a chisox fan?

          Im just talking facts

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        • Priggs89

          6 years ago

          “And… No team has won more than one WS since the Cubs won in 2016…. So, by that token, there’s no current dynasty righ now.”

          Yes, that is correct… And… I don’t recall any other fanbase saying they had a dynasty after winning 1 WS.

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        • Capi

          6 years ago

          Are you sure? Cause you are speaking for A LOT of people… Personally… I’ve seen other fanbases claim such things… I’m just not obsessed about it like some people seem to be.

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  17. Deleted Userrrrr

    6 years ago

    Surprised Pads Fans/Koamalu/outinleftfield/ websoulsurfer/WatermelonMtnScout/The Padfather hasn’t commented on this yet.

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  18. Vandals Took The Handles

    6 years ago

    A few more of these Epstein moves and the Reds can move ahead of the Cubs if they have a decent off-season.

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    • tycobb016

      6 years ago

      Still think they should have hired Young to manage and Green as bullpen coach and Ross as bench coach.

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  19. CrikesAlready

    6 years ago

    The San Diego connections (Epstein, Ross, Green) will guarantee a winner. Their castoffs do well.

    Hope they survive… http://www.heyjackass.com

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    • padreforlife

      6 years ago

      Jed Hoyer also

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  20. richt

    6 years ago

    The word “this’ll” has no place in respectable journalism.

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    • Polymath

      6 years ago

      I’gree’wit’ya

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