I just tried to link a gif already posted here (NSBB) and the google search gave me a link to yesterdays game thread the whole horsefeathering world is closing in on me
No it isn’t. It’s turning available cash into quality pitching. Butler wasn’t even a product of the Cubs farm system in any meaningful way. He came out of Colorado’s. He fake to us as a veteran MLB:AAA shuttle guy. The original plan for developing pitching failed and this isn’t a controversial statement. Didn’t they even acknowledge this a couple of seasons ago when they shuffled some jobs around in scouting and development? a couple of seasons ago the farm system was focused on hitters not pitchers. I dont think the shift in philosophy happened until after the org shake up you are referring to.