09/25 CUBS (Rusin) @ Colorado (De la Rosa) 7:40 CDT, WGN TV

[jersey cubs fan]

While it was basically lip service from MacPhail and others, it's changing now.

 

It wasn't really lip service from MacPhail. The problem with him was his stated desire to draft and develop arms and trade/sign for bats. They actually did produce a fair amount of arms under MacPhail's watch. Prior to his arrival they did nothing. But you can't just focus on arms. You need a stream of bats, guys who outproduce their contracts, to go along with the arms to truly get the most out of your system.

[davell]

Yeah, lip service may have been too strong of a term for him. I guess I hold it against him for not spending more on what he considered a very integral part. And having such a small scouting department. But they did develop some arms under him.

[bukie]

MacPhail's grand plan got torpedoed by his manager, who treated pitchers like Kleenex.

 

Hendry's grand plan changed almost every offseason.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I don't care in that I find them really, really, really boring. I appreciate the process and the hoped for end result, but I'm not going to pretend that I find it anything but tedious.

 

In Vogelbach being named the 14th-best prospect in the Arizona League doesn't get your spine tingling, then you aren't really alive.

[JeffH]

The number 1 reason the Cubs have never enjoyed any sustained success at the major league level is a lack of developing prospects.

 

Sig worthy.