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Cubs Hire Daniel Moskos As Assistant Pitching Coach

By Anthony Franco | November 15, 2021 at 12:49pm CDT

The Cubs announced the hiring of former major leaguer Daniel Moskos as their assistant pitching coach. The 35-year-old has spent the past two seasons coaching in the Yankees’ farm system, but he’ll now get his first opportunity to join a big league staff.

Moskos is best known for his early-career playing days with the Pirates. Pittsburgh selected the southpaw out of Clemson University with the fourth overall pick of the 2007 draft. He was one of the Bucs’ top pitching prospects early in his pro career, but Moskos’ velocity backed up pretty early into his minor league tenure. By 2010, he’d been moved to the bullpen full-time, but he did contribute for Pittsburgh in 2011.

Working primarily as a situational reliever, Moskos tossed 24 1/3 innings of 2.96 ERA ball as a rookie. He didn’t miss many bats, though, and the Pirates waived him midway through the 2012 campaign. Moskos spent the next few seasons bouncing between teams’ Triple-A affiliates and made a comeback effort in the Mexican League in 2018, but he never got back to the bigs as a player.

He’ll now earn the opportunity to return to the major league level as a coach. Moskos will pair with pitching coach Tommy Hottovy to lead a Chicago pitching staff that ranked in the bottom ten in 2021 in ERA (4.88) and strikeout/walk rate differential (12.3 percentage points).

Russell Dorsey of the Chicago Sun-Times first reported Moskos’ hiring prior to the team announcement.

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  1. Camden453

    2 years ago

    Moskos will make the difference. Cubs will win 90 games now

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  2. Dbird777

    2 years ago

    The old “those who can’t, teach” angle, eh

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    • stlcubsfan

      2 years ago

      There are a good amount of managers in the HOF who were garbage players that would agree with that statement.

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  3. tuckshop25

    2 years ago

    Impressed that this article got written without mentioning Matt Wieters. Well done! Also I hate the Pirates.

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    • angels1961

      2 years ago

      ARRRRR you not crazy about eye patch

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    • Born a pirate

      2 years ago

      Well the pirates hate you too…..and by the way to the author of this article. Daniel Moskos was drafted by the pirates as a relief pitcher.

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      • tuckshop25

        2 years ago

        I wish they hated me then they’d stop soliciting season ticket sales etc.

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        • Born a pirate

          2 years ago

          You still owe the pirates for season tickets that you purchased in 1997

          Reply
  4. Mike Carlini

    2 years ago

    Guy couldn’t hit the side of the barn as a pitcher. Sounds like a great choice as a pitching coach.

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    • angels1961

      2 years ago

      Maybe he was standing in front of barn.

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      • bucsfan

        2 years ago

        He missed that too. And every other building in the general area code.

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        • FlytheW1616

          2 years ago

          Maybe he was standing in Antarctica.

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        • Robertowannabe

          2 years ago

          Actually he could hit the side or the front of the barn. The problem is the barn hit the ball back. )

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    • I Like Big Bunts

      2 years ago

      Because so many of the great pitching coaches today are former great pitchers…even pitchers?

      Reply
  5. angels1961

    2 years ago

    Chris is Taylor made for Angels

    Reply
  6. panj341

    2 years ago

    I had completely forgotten about this guy. One of the all time worse picks in the first round.

    Reply
  7. DodgerOK

    2 years ago

    Remember the days when a pitching or hitting coach had to have done something significant as an MLB player to be considered?

    Reply
    • Robertowannabe

      2 years ago

      Over the years there have been many journeyman pitchers and hitters become pitching coaches or hitting coaches. The first name that came to mind was Ray Miller, one of the great pitching coaches. Never made it to the Majors as a player I believe.

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      • DodgerOK

        2 years ago

        I agree there have been many but that was the exception. Now it seems like a successful MLB player being a coach is now the exception.
        May have to do with the money made by successful players. They don’t need to stay in the game to make money.

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