If the season ended today the Cubs would have the 4th or 5th pick. They are tied with Astros and .5 game behind the Rockies and 1.5 behind the Rangers. The race for Daz Cameron (or Brady Aiken) is on!

1. Texas Rangers
2. Houston Astros (compensation for not signing Brady Aiken)
3. Colorado Rockies 1.0
4. Chicago Cubs 1.5
5. Houston Astros 1.5
6. Arizona Diamondbacks 3.5
7. Philadelphia Phillies 4.0
8. San Diego Padres 4.0
9. Minnesota Twins 5.5
10. Miami Marlins 6.5
11. New York Mets 7.0

Im getting real tired of SCORE hosts (Finfer the latest) telling me the Cubs are on a 5 year plan and wont be good til at least 2016.

Are you insane? Have you followed MLB, or really ANY sport in the last 20 years?

There are no 5 year plans to win.

You idiots are confused. Let me walk you thru it.


It may take 5 years (or longer) to completely overhaul the minor league system and the way things are down thru the organization.

Here's the important part: YOU DONT HAVE TO TANK 4 STRAIGHT SEASONS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
Next year, they'll be better. Hopefully either Rizzo or Jackson will do well. You'll have Garza/Samarzija or the prospects from a Garza trade and some money to play with (Not talking BIG FA, but a couple here and there guys)

The team should approach .500 next year.

By 2014, there's no reason they shouldnt be making a run at the NL Central. 3 years is enough time to move some things around and get a team you like on the field. I also expect them to spend money going into 14


As much as the NFL is a bunch of 8-8 teams, MLB has a lot of parody too. No team is THAT far away. The 03 Tigers lost 110 games and they appeared in the 06 WS. A team with a couple starting pitchers and a few decent position players is ONE (1) off season away from contending


These same idiots who are waving the white flag on the next three seasons are talking about Anthony Rizzo, Brett Jackson, and Garza being traded for a King's Ransom. What are these players to do in the meantime? Suck until the A ball team is playing THEO ball?

See you HAVE to trade Garza, because by the time the Cubs are good, he'll be 70 years old.


Theo's fuckin deal is only for 5 years. They think he'll have 4 bad years and one decent one (hopefully) in a lame duck contract year.




I understand that a lot of Cub fans and journalists in this town have never seen a rebuild, but to not understand this is really beyond stupid.

Its akin to saying a new NFL coach has 5 years to produce results.