By Brittany Ghiroli, Sahadev Sharma and Dennis Lin Ryan Flaherty will be named the bench coach of the Chicago Cubs under new manager Craig Counsell, a league source confirmed Wednesday. Flaherty spent the last year in the same role under Bob Melvin with the San Diego Padres. He had a year remaining on that contract but was given permission to interview for other positions once the Padres named Mike Schildt as their manager. Flaherty is a well-liked coach who many expected to take over in San Diego after Melvin left to manage the San Francisco Giants. A favorite of Padres general manager A.J.