Flying a Banner @ Wrigley Field

[TiredCubsFan]

I am looking to gauge the interest in contributing to flying a banner over Wrigley Field before game 1 of the next home stand. It would likely focus on Jed Hoyer. I am open to other ideas if there is interest.

I’ve done this once before, about ten years ago. I am a lifelong fan of the Miami Hurricanes and organized a go fund me that allowed everyone to donate. I then posted a poll to vote on banner ideas. The banner was reported on by several outlets, including ESPN. It went viral on Twitter/X.

If there is interest, I will start by reaching out to airplane advertising companies in the Chicago area to get prices.

Jed Hoyer does not deserve his job as President. He should be fired immediately and ownership should perform a thorough search to identify the best mind available. The entire front office needs to be cleaned out.

Yes, I am fed up with CC as well. He is clearly overrated. But I have no interest in wasting my time targeting him. Allowing Hoyer to fire CC and hire a new manager would only prolong our misery. It is time for new leadership in the FO. Hire a new President, allow him to clean out the FO. In all likelihood that leads to a new manager. 

[The_Achiever]

We can't let Crane Kenney off the hook either IMO.

[CubinNY]

lol. 

[cl smooth]

what a 9-game losing streak will do to some individuals...

[17 Seconds]

take a look at banner, Jed

[Brian707]

[Bobson Dugnutt]

i pledge $3 but withdraw my donation if the banner does not read “Jed Hoyer is the reason our COBS won’t win anything.”

[Neuby]

Has to start with Craig Kenney.  The business side for the Cubs with Marquee, Draftkings, among other missteps have been way worse for a lot longer than this  losing streak.

[Outshined_One]

Normally I'd do something about a thread where a first-time poster is soliciting others to pay money for something nebulous, buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut

[TiredCubsFan]

People calling for Kenney’s head, that’s fine but what does he have to do with baseball ops? 
 

ideally the Cubs would be under new ownership but that isn’t happening. Kenney runs the business side, and yes, I agree with his failures. But the Cubs could hire the best person in the world to take over his spot and it’s not leading to a better baseball org. 
 

Hoyer has failed miserably when considering the resources at his disposal. Zero division titles. 2020? Nobody cares. 
 

He has had some hits but the misses have reached a critical mass:

-Bregman and Swanson contracts are dead weight

-A laundry list of relief pitchers that have left the Cubs and immediately become better elsewhere. Yes, the cubs have had their share of reclamation arms, but how many guys has he pulled the plug on WHO WOULD STILL BE UNDER TEAM CONTROL/ARBITRATION, only to see them go elsewhere and flourish? 
 

-Hiring Counsell. I don’t think Ross was a good manager, but poaching your rival’s manager had better turn out to be the right move, for all the drama and the money they are paying. Looks like CC was another Stearns, someone that brings little to the table and largely benefitted from the Brewers’ voodoo.

-the 2026 starting pitching “plan”. I keep hearing about how Hoyer “built depth”. Sorry but an extra 50 lbs of horsefeathers is still horsefeathers. Doesn’t matter how much you pile up. Imanaga looked washed at the end of the season. Boyd faded-he also looked like the moment was too big for him. Neither of them should have been viewed as frontline guys. Taillon? He is beyond toast. Having him penciled in as anything more than a #5 is criminal. Rea and Assad are fine for depth, probably better suited for long relief. Unfortunately, Rea has lost command of his fastball (everything plays off of that for him), and Assad hasn’t seen an increase to his velocity out of the pen. 
 

Cabrera, well he was hopefully impacted by the blister longer than it was let on, not sure how that would impact his arm angle. Either way, he has looked like nothing more than a #4 with the cubs. 
 

So, what was the plan? Rely on a kid that’s thrown 269 professional innings over 3 years coming into 2026? 
 

Hoyer has never developed pitching and in the off chance he hits (Horton), TJS. Add him to the list of blown out elbows on Hoyer’s watch. 

[mul21]

7 minutes ago, TiredCubsFan said:

-Bregman and Swanson contracts are dead weight

-A laundry list of relief pitchers that have left the Cubs and immediately become better elsewhere. Yes, the cubs have had their share of reclamation arms, but how many guys has he pulled the plug on WHO WOULD STILL BE UNDER TEAM CONTROL/ARBITRATION, only to see them go elsewhere and flourish? 

-the 2026 starting pitching “plan”. I keep hearing about how Hoyer “built depth”. Sorry but an extra 50 lbs of horsefeathers is still horsefeathers. Doesn’t matter how much you pile up. Imanaga looked washed at the end of the season. Boyd faded-he also looked like the moment was too big for him. Neither of them should have been viewed as frontline guys. Taillon? He is beyond toast. Having him penciled in as anything more than a #5 is criminal. Rea and Assad are fine for depth, probably better suited for long relief. Unfortunately, Rea has lost command of his fastball (everything plays off of that for him), and Assad hasn’t seen an increase to his velocity out of the pen. 
 

Hoyer has never developed pitching and in the off chance he hits (Horton), TJS. Add him to the list of blown out elbows on Hoyer’s watch. 

-Judging Bregman on 1/3 of a season is dumb, so we're just going to ignore that.  From this article (https://blogs.fangraphs.com/what-are-teams-paying-for-a-win-in-free-agency-2026-edition/), the going rate for a player giving you 2+ fWAR per season is $12.84 million per year.  Swanson has made $72 million on his contract so far and contributed 12.3 fWAR or $157.9 million in value.  Bottom line, is that he's in the black and needs less than 2 fWAR over the final 4 years of his deal to break even,  He's already at 0.9 fWAR this year.

-Who's on this laundry list of pitchers?  I'll give you Jeremiah Estrada, but other than him and Trevor McGill, who had multiple stops after the Cubs before finding something with the Brewers, I'm not sure who else we're talking about.

-By my math, Horton and Cabrera were the frontline guys in the rotation and Boyd and Imanaga were 3 and 4 with Taillon being 5 to start the season.  I'm not sure what the gripe is here other than yeah, pitchers get hurt and unfortunately it's happened to the Cubs all at once.

[The_Achiever]

I was just joking about including Crane Kenney.  It would be very funny if the fanbase turned their ire toward him of all people.  

[Stratos]

This plan amuses me and I hope it succeeds.

[Neuby]

I'm in for $50.

[TiredCubsFan]

3 hours ago, mul21 said:

-Judging Bregman on 1/3 of a season is dumb, so we're just going to ignore that.  From this article (https://blogs.fangraphs.com/what-are-teams-paying-for-a-win-in-free-agency-2026-edition/), the going rate for a player giving you 2+ fWAR per season is $12.84 million per year.  Swanson has made $72 million on his contract so far and contributed 12.3 fWAR or $157.9 million in value.  Bottom line, is that he's in the black and needs less than 2 fWAR over the final 4 years of his deal to break even,  He's already at 0.9 fWAR this year.

-Who's on this laundry list of pitchers?  I'll give you Jeremiah Estrada, but other than him and Trevor McGill, who had multiple stops after the Cubs before finding something with the Brewers, I'm not sure who else we're talking about.

-By my math, Horton and Cabrera were the frontline guys in the rotation and Boyd and Imanaga were 3 and 4 with Taillon being 5 to start the season.  I'm not sure what the gripe is here other than yeah, pitchers get hurt and unfortunately it's happened to the Cubs all at once.

Jeremiah Estrada

Jason Adam

Pierce Johnson

Trevor Megill

Brooks Raley

Caleb Killian

Bryan Hudson

Rob Zastryzny

Manuel Rodriguez

Tommy Nance

Michael Soroka

 

”we were right about the player, wrong about the timing”

 

[TiredCubsFan]

https://gofund.me/f3ed31277

[TiredCubsFan]

$200 to get us started. LFG