The Chicago Cubs are hiring Darren Holmes as bullpen coach and Mark Strittmatter to serve as catching coach, according to a report.

They are expected to be the final hires on Craig Counsell's first staff with the Cubs.

Holmes, 57, joins the organization after four years with the Baltimore Orioles.

Strittmatter, 54, has worked with catchers in the Colorado Rockies organization for the better part of two decades.