It hasn’t been the story that the Cubs inability, or claimed inability, to chase Manny Machado or Bryce Harper has generated the past few weeks. Hell, even the non-story about the Cubs not trading Kris Bryant or even intending to do so created bigger waves. And yet I can’t help but find it strange that […]
Tag: Front Office
The Cubs Can’t Compete in a Manny Machado Bidding War
Repeat after me. “The Chicago Cubs can win without Manny Machado.” Now that you’re sad, let’s talk about why it’s necessary to be ready for that. The Baltimore Orioles are in a really good spot. The team’s superstar shortstop has crushed the baseball over the first two months of the season and is the hottest […]
Could Free Agency Be the New Market Inefficiency for the Cubs?
One of the nice things about rooting for a team with as checkered a history as the Cubs possess is that it gives us a never-ending series of metaphors to describe the baseball winter of 2017-18. For instance… This slothful offseason has been like watching Hector Villanueva leg out a triple. The hot stove has […]
The Cubs and the Next Few Offseasons
Cubs fans are rightly excited about the upcoming season. It’s all that most want to think about, and, really, after years of thinking about the future, it absolutely makes sense to enjoy the present. Front offices don’t have that luxury, though. And if there’s one thing we’ve learned about the Cubs’ brain trust over the past several years, it […]
How the North Siders Created a New Cubs Culture
All we really have as an organization is each other. —Theo Epstein There were moments during Tuesday’s NLDS clincher when things could’ve easily slipped away. The Cubs were down 2-0 before they’d even stepped to the plate and they were opposing a pitcher who’d held them hitless for five innings just a few days before. […]