Cubs have a new Assistant Pitching Coach

The Chicago Dogs announced the hiring of the former Major League Baseball player, Daniel Moskos, as his assistant pitching coach. The 35-year-old former left-handed pitcher has spent the past two seasons training on the Yankees’ farm system, but now he will get his first chance to join a major league team.

Moskos is best known for the early days of his playing career with the Pirates. Pittsburgh selected the left-hander from Clemson University with the fourth overall pick in the 2007 draft.:

He was one of the Bucs ‘best pitching prospects early in his professional career, but Moskos’ speed receded fairly early in his tenure in the minor leagues. By 2010, he had been moved to the bullpen full time, but he contributed to Pittsburgh in 2011.

Working primarily as a situational reliever, Moskos pitched 24 1/3 innings with a 2.96 ERA as a rookie. He didn’t miss many bats, though, and the Pirates fired him midway through the 2012 season. Moskos spent the following seasons bouncing between teams’ Triple-A affiliates and made a comeback effort in the Mexican League in 2018. but he never returned to the GL as a player.

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Now he will have the opportunity to return to the Major League level as a coach. Moskos will team up 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).

Rafael Martinez

I am fond of the King of Sports, especially the Boston Red Sox in MLB and in general all of Mexican baseball. This profession has given me the opportunity to cover major events such as the Caribbean Series, LMB All Star, LMP (uninterrupted since 2009), signings of important players. I had the chance to attend the 2013 World Classic in Arizona, USA, albeit as a fan. Apart from this beautiful sport, I love basketball, where I have also narrated games and even an NBA friendly 10 years ago, but I carry baseball in my veins. Bachelor of Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) , from which I graduated in 2011. I was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa and started in the world of sports journalism in 2004 in the newspaper El Sol de Mazatlán, where I was a baseball columnist and reporter at the same time. In January 2009 I came to El Debate as a journalist reporter and it was almost six years (in the first stage), until in November 2014 I emigrated to the radio providing my services in Línea Directa-Grupo RSN. My cycle there ended in July 2019 and after a few days, El Debate gave me another opportunity to work and opened the doors for me again. That is how I came to Al Bat, where I have been since 2019 as a web journalist.

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