Cubs Fire Renteria, Hire Maddon

[SouthSideRyan]

Also wouldn't make sense for Bosio to join a rebuilding process on a storied franchise only to abandon it just before contention for a lateral position on a club that is pretty much at the start of a rebuilding process that doesn't have as many resources his current club does. That's just a dumb career move.

 

He has no ties to Minnesota professionally or personally. Him taking the PC job on their team would be... illogical.

 

Or is this a hypothetical for the sake of comparison/debate and not based on an actual rumor?

 

Molitor is going to be the new manager and Bosio played 7 seasons with him.

 

I doubt he'll sacrifice what he's worked hard to accomplish in Chicago just before they get championship caliber good for the sake of getting the band back together at a dumpster fire

 

Why is Minnesota a dumpster fire?

 

I see three guys on the current roster that I see and go "Those guys are keepers": Mauer, Dozier, Hughes. Plouffe gets an honorable mention. The rest is stopgaps and dart throwing hoping something sticks. They got nice results out of Danny Santana but who the hell is Danny Santana again? And their pitching is embarrassingly bad. When you see that chart that was posted in the musings thread that showed how many 97mph pitches were thrown by each organization and you see Minnesota at the bottom with 1 (one entire pitch all season that was 97mph... and even then someone looked up pitch FX and saw it was actually a 96.6 mph pitch), it's not as surprising after you look at their pitching roster. You see that and then all of a sudden you go "Oh, that's why". It's pretty bad.

 

Buxton, Sano, and Meyer are great pieces to build around, and I'm sure they plan on doing that, but because of the injuries Buxton and Sano probably won't reach the majors permanently until 2016 at the earliest, and even then they'll be extremely young and given the history of young prospects reaching the majors early they might not reach a level of sustained success for another couple of years.

 

As odd as it is to say this, the Cubs represent the better path to sustained World Series contention than not just the Twins, but probably any other team in baseball. They are built for the success and the party is just now about to start. He'd be jumping off the balcony of the penthouse suite in hopes of hitting the awning on his way down to the lobby entrance just so he can make his way back up. And then on his way back he's gonna have to take the stairs cause the elevator is "Out of Order", but that's just the sign Theo & Co. put on there because everyone else is worthless and weak and doesn't deserve such luxuries. And when Bosio sees them get on the elevator and then look at the stairwell he has to climb with Molitor he's gonna be like "That sure is a lot of stairs" and Molitor will be like "Shut up fat ass you need to lose weight anyways" and Bosio will be like "Well that's not very nice, friend" and Molitor will be like "I'm not your friend I'm your boss, now mush!" and now I have no idea what I'm talking about anymore

 

 

Their pitching, now that's a dumpster fire, but their entire starting lineup posted wRC+s above 100. That includes a 25 yr old SS, and 23 yr old CF, RF, and DH. Sano ended 2013 in AA. I don't see why you'd expect him to not be up until 2016.

 

Can we not call the Cubs the balcony of a penthouse on the backs of a highly rated farm system while calling another team whose future success is based on a highly rated farm system a dumpster fire?

[Sammy Sofa]

Yeah, that's basically the most brutally pessimistic approach one could take towards Minneosta; they've got a ton of young talent and so what if it takes a bit longer? If they offer more money and he prefers working with Molitor I could easily see Bosio taking the job. There's a lot to work with there.

[Guest]

[Banedon]

 

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[Guest]

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 7m7 minutes ago

Confirming reports of others: Maddon deal with #Cubs is five years, $25M.

[ConstableRabbit]

I am irrationally pumped about this.

[gscool89]

[Clem Fandango]

Their pitching, now that's a dumpster fire, but their entire starting lineup posted wRC+s above 100. That includes a 25 yr old SS, and 23 yr old CF, RF, and DH.

 

Each of them have more of a chance to bust than they do to succeed next season. A lot of those performances were way above their heads. Santana especially. Arcia is the only one with any sort of a pedigree, but he's gotta work on that 31% K-rate if he wants to get better. Escobar is practically a glove only shortstop. Santana was a .700 OPS guy in the minors so I don't know if you can expect him to put up another .824 OPS. Vargas has the most intriguing future to me because his minor league numbers were solid. Good power, decent BB:K rate, hit for average, career .854 OPS in the minors. He's got potential. But he got called up from AA and looked a bit overmatched at the plate judging from his BB:K rate slipping pretty heavily. His numbers were propped up by a likely unsustainable .340 BABIP. Speaking of unsustainable BABIP's, Eduardo Escobar's BABIP was .336 and Danny Santana's BABIP was .405 (.405!?!?!?). Arcia was the only normal one (.292). He's probably the closest to what you can expect next season. The rest? I wouldn't count on it.

 

They also have to hope Kurt Suzuki keeps hitting the way he has because he pretty much put up career best numbers last season. He had a better wRC+ than the $23 million Joe Mauer, who was also 27% of their 2014 opening day payroll. Otherwise Suzuki is a defensive specialist only. But they're in a decent position for free agency. They have only $60 million committed next season, and only Plouffe to really worry about in arbitration (the rest are meh guys who probably will each get a million or two). Their average payroll the past couple of seasons has been around $85 million so they've got a little bit of room to play... but not much, and pitching is what they need to fix. They'll likely have $10-$15 million available to play around with, which should be enough to get one guy, like Liriano or Peavy or something. But one mid-level guy isn't gonna save them. Adding Meyer to the fold should help, but that's still a lot of pitching issues even with Meyer and a FA added.

 

And they have to hope Buxton isn't Mr. Glass and that Sano doesn't have setbacks with his return from TJS.

 

Minnesota has a lot of "ifs" right now and very few sure things. So yeah... compared to the Cubs, the Twins are a dumpster fire as far as I'm concerned.

[Guest]

 

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The very next scene where he's making fun of LouisCk is the only funny part of that movie.

[jersey cubs fan]

Kyle Long ‏@Ky1eLong · 6s7 seconds ago

Big deal for the Cubbies getting Maddon

[jersey cubs fan]

[Banedon]

 

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The very next scene where he's making fun of LouisCk is the only funny part of that movie.

 

Only part of the movie I've seen.

[bukie]

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[treebird]

Bosio is there. Have to think that's a good sign

[gscool89]

Bosio in the hizzle

[Sammy Sofa]

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[Sammy Sofa]

[expletive], I've never been excited over a manager signing. This is cool as hell.

[davell]

His [expletive] RV's name is Cousin Eddie. I love this man.

[treebird]

joe and i have very similar styles of dress

[Banedon]

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[Sammy Sofa]

Dinner with the Ricketts family was comfortable until everyone just sat there staring at the check.

[bukie]

The current Cub management:

 

[Guest]

I really like this dude.

[Sammy Sofa]

I really like this dude.

 

He is adorably nervous and dorky.

[treebird]

doo-doo!