C.C.

Nope. We'll probably pick high in 2014 too, though. Rodon! Hooray! Hopefully we pick high in 2015 too Have we lowered our standards to the point that we want to lose to have the top pick in crappy draft years. I'd be all for it if it meant Prior or some can't miss prospects but their aren't any.

They'd probably say no.

Nope. We'll probably pick high in 2014 too, though. Rodon! That's depressing.

Nope. Well that sucks.

A little off subject but since we are probably going to have the second pick in the draft are their any studs in next years draft?

:shock:

Even if the fans go away for a bit, once we start winning again, Wrigley will be the toughest ticket in baseball. But I think we're still a ways from seeing the fan base disappear. I mean there were 30,000 people to see the Astros on a weeknight the last homestand. Either way, I don't think we'll be good next year, but I have very little doubt that we'll be excited for the 2014 team. Based on what?

That's my problem. Next year will be more of the same, but they better show big time improvement by 2014 or the fan base will be zilch.

If it takes this administration 3 years to make us competitive than that's fail. That's crazy for a major market team to suck for three years just to gain draft picks, and never knowing if any of those picks will even pan out. We aren't the freaking Marlins. It's not about being the Marlins or acting like a small market team. Do small market teams trade players but pay their entire salary so that they can get a better prospect? Do small market teams that don't expect to contend pay $5m to a middle of the rotation veteran pitcher so that when the trade deadline comes around they have something worthwhile to sell? Sure the payroll is down but the plan, as stated hundreds of time by the management team is to build up the farm system and invest in free agency when it makes sense to. This year it looks a bit funky because the team is getting rid of so many of the larger contracts and payroll dropped quite a bit, but as time goes on you'll see the Cubs paying to keep the players that fit in our long term plans and when its time to contend you'll see the payroll go back up. I guess I can't guarantee that it will happen like that but all we have to go off of is what the management has told us...and I think they're allowed to have the benefit of the doubt until something happens to tell us otherwise. Fair.

If it takes this administration 3 years to make us competitive than that's fail. That's crazy for a major market team to suck for three years just to gain draft picks, and never knowing if any of those picks will even pan out. We aren't the freaking Marlins.

We may be worse then we are this year. 3 more K's for Jackson today. Depressing.

If there's anyone who can take this band of not so loveable losers and turn them into a .500 team by next year, it's the guys currently in our front office. Not going to happen.

2015 was always my year of picking for anything resembling any sort of competitive/.500 team Or the lineups with Vitters and Jackson like it was a good thing. That's the downside of pretending you are a small market team. Such a crap shoot and we aren't a small market team. Please stop behaving like we are.

I hope too! All we have now is Rizzo and Castro. Next year doesn't look any better then this year.

I still remember going through the tunnels and seeing Wrigley live for the first time. It was almost surreal how different and small it looked compared to TV. I got chills...

Vitters as trade bait at this point is worthless. What value would you get from him if any?

c'mon Jackson get it going.

3-3

[expletive] Rizz!

Barney!

Another Jackson K.

I have a feeling Jackson rips a double here. Just a feeling...

Cubs worst game ever and they may still win this thing.

Now I know what expansion teams must feel like their first year.

At least Jackson worked the count before the K.