*Hitting, Pitching, Defense, Catching

Dan Puente will be spending the 2022 season with the Chicago Cubs as a Hitting Coach.

Dan Puente is currently the hitting coach for Single-A South Bend Cubs.  Puente, also served as an associate scout for the Houston Astros and from 2008-12 was the Manager of Youth Baseball Initiatives for the Chicago White Sox. A former catcher, he was selected by Baltimore in the 12th round of the 2004 Draft, following four years at Bradley University.  Puente played two minor league seasons, finishing at Single-A Delmarva Shorebirds.  A native Chicagoan, Puente has been a hitting and catching instructor at Elite Baseball Training since 2012, and has worked with all age groups and ability levels.

Coach Stone’s comments on Dan Puente – “It’s been fun for me to watch the progression of Dan from when I coached against him as a player in the Missouri Valley Conference to where he is now as an instructor.  Dan is truly a student of the game and has made himself into one of the most knowledgeable hitting instructors you’ll find anywhere in the country.  If it were my own son, I would take him to lessons with Dan.  That’s how highly I regard him as an instructor.”