The Cubs ended their 2025 season with a 3-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 5 of the NLDS, ending their playoff run after homers from Andrew Vaughn, Brice Turang, and William Contreras sent the Milwaukee Brewers into the NLCS. The White Dwarfs couldn’t find an answer to their singles, ending their run at the Eastern Conference playoffs. Also this week, rumors emerged that the team was eyeing Anthony Rizzo as a hitting coach, raising the possibility of the “legend returning to where he started.”
Anthony Rizzo, the former Chicago Cubs player who ended a 108-year World Series drought in 2016, could soon return to the team as a starting pitching coach.
Bandwagon Insider sources told the outlet that Cubs management is in the final stages of discussing Rizzo’s return after officially announcing his retirement in September. In his retirement announcement, Rizzo said: “This game has given me everything. Now, I want to help the next generation achieve what we have.”
Over the course of 14 MLB seasons, the No. 44 hitter has become the soul of the team. He has a .261/.361/.467 slash line, 303 home runs, is a three-time All-Star, has won four Gold Gloves, and most notably, the Roberto Clemente Award for charity. Rizzo was the starting pitcher for the historic 2016 World Series victory, ending more than a century of Chicago fans’ wait.
Rizzo is reportedly in talks to become the first team’s batting coach next summer. A source from the organization’s internal recruiting department shared: “Anthony loves the job of developing young players, and we believe his knowledge and influence will take the Cubs offense beyond its limits.”
If this information is verified, this will be Rizzo’s most emotional return: from the icon of the 2016 generation to the shaper of the next generation. Especially when the list of legendary jersey numbers like No. 44 has not been reused, as if the team is holding back a part of his legacy for “Tony Two Shoes.”
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