We are apparently the only Cubs site that isn't jumping out of windows over this hire What other sites or boards hate the hire? If the merry band of idiots at Bleacher Nation hate it I don’t give a horsefeathers. Then, Cubs Den, a few others. The ones I barely acknowledge because they’re full of the dummies we chase away from here
I just want him to not be a bad manager. we'll all hate him soon enough We are apparently the only Cubs site that isn't jumping out of windows over this hire
Yes, an influx of cheap, farm-grown talent will lower your payroll. That curve is about to start rocketing up again, though, so let’s not pay ourselves on the back too much, LA
he would be stupid to opt out Huh? He’d be stupid not to. He easily would get another 1-2 years and another $30-50 mil over what he has left, he has 4/90 left. He’d easily get 5/120 or 6/135 or so. Do you forget all of the health issues he's had? Would he gamble on a new deal, or take the guaranteed money? I'm not convinced he gets 5/120