This is ridiculous.

There is no way Theo could have known the Yu Darvish situation would spiral out of control the way it did. He made every effort to make it comfortable for Yu, including having him see the Rangers medical staff for a second opinion. Could have just as easily called him out in the media as soft and weak.

Like it or not, Joe Maddon won this team a World Series. Yes, I watched him manage the bullpen in the last three games, but they won and that's all that matters. Theo picked the right guy to manage this team and he needs to be commended.

There's literally nothing more he could have done to fix this season. This is all on the players, mostly the offense.

Also, I wouldn't trust anyone other than Theo to get the Cubs out of the impending approach towards the luxury tax.

Also, I wouldn't trust anyone other than Theo to get the Cubs out of the impending approach towards the luxury tax.

Based on what?

Seems like he's always made his hay drafting well and has tried to spend his way out of trouble later on when drafting high is no longer an option.

That seems to be the direction the Cubs will head as well, especially if they are serious about Machado or Harper.

Machado all day. Losing interest in Harper over here.

Same here.

Based on what?

Seems like he's always made his hay drafting well and has tried to spend his way out of trouble later on when drafting high is no longer an option.

That seems to be the direction the Cubs will head as well, especially if they are serious about Machado or Harper.

One thing that was odd to me during the conference was his reliance on regression. He said it over and over again and he is counting on it to be better next year. Example was 8 players were worse then expect so some of them must be better.

He did not use it though when trying to explain the second half of a 95 win season. If it is average for a very good team to win 90-97 games a year and you won 95 then you really cannot blame the second half. If you had a worse second half you must have then had a better than expected first half and "regressed" back to the right average in the second half.

That is what I heard RPB. Time for some of the players on the team to come up to projections and if not get some minor ones to try. Whether that has anything to do with recent misses and wasted money idk? One thing I believe though is the idea the Cubs have limitless revenue and will pay huge luxury taxes on payroll is mistaken.

He absolutely did. That was the whole point in bringing it up.

I dont know what you're saying in the rest of that paragraph.

Not really. He's made his hay drafting well, then doing extremely well in trades and small FA buys.


I liked what he said at the press conference.


I dont think they will get Machado or Harper or any BIG free agent. Maybe a Closer like Zach Britton.

My take was he spoke about regression strictly in expecting players to be better next year. i do not think he knows why the second half was worse in a certain manner base don his words as I heard them anyway. I just found it funny someone like him could not put his finger on the second half. Or at least he wasn't telling the whole story if he did.

In the end if you got something out of it different fine.

Same here.

Britton is a health risk. This team needs a leadoff hitter with speed and a big bat. They will probably need another starter if they don't keep Hamels.

Blackmon, Yelich have speed.

Ok.

I heard him explain the offensive woes in detail (ground ball rates, less homeruns) and mention Baez specifically as a guy who may have had a career year.

Based on what?

Seems like he's always made his hay drafting well and has tried to spend his way out of trouble later on when drafting high is no longer an option.

That seems to be the direction the Cubs will head as well, especially if they are serious about Machado or Harper.