man of few opinions wrote:
Urlacher's missing neck wrote:
Castro at 3rd, DJ at short, Barney at 2nd.
great, except that castro has never played 3rd except for a handful of games in the minors, and dj has only played about 50 games at short in his minor league career. thats the way you want to start off the "new look cubs"? have your best player move to a position he has never played and bring in a rookie to play a position he doesnt play? thats the left side of your infield that you want to build around?
What do you mean "New Look Cubs" ?
There is not some big debut. Epstein is not bringing 25 new guys with him. He's taking over a program already in progress. He will make whatever move is prudent.
If Epstein thinks Castro's future is at 3rd, than he should definitely move him there right away.
Are you expecting them to compete next year? If not, isnt the idea do whatever you can do to set up for when you WILL compete. You seem concerned with fielding a slightly below average team instead of a way below average team. I mean, i guess I kinda go with Bernstein on that, if youre not winning a title that year, your win total doesnt really matter, all that matters is that your moving toward competing