CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- Greg Maddux is back in baseball and back with the Cubs.
The team on Monday named the 300-game winner as an assistant to general manager Jim Hendry. Maddux, a four-time Cy Young Award winner, will now assist the Major and Minor League coaching staffs in Spring Training, help in the development of Minor Leaguers during the regular season and aid Hendry and the baseball operations department in talent evaluation.
"I'm looking forward to learning things about the game that I never thought I had to learn, and at the same time, trying to pass down what I've learned the last 20 years to the players who will play hopefully for the next 20 years," Maddux said.
Maddux had a couple of invitations from teams to go to their Spring Training camps, but he said he wanted to do more than throw batting practice for a couple of weeks. Hendry approached Maddux about the assistant's job a couple of months ago.
"We're thrilled to have Greg back with the Chicago Cubs," Hendry said. "He has such a vast knowledge of all phases of the game and the ultimate respect of everyone from the players to the front office. The addition of Greg Maddux makes us a better organization."
