1. What Counsell makes is moot. His salary does not count against the luxury tax, which seems to be the Cubs self imposed spending limit
2. Ultimately I think he was hired because the Cubs owner and front office view player development as crucial to overall team success. Overall, as frustrated as I get about Caissie and Ballesteros coming up and sitting the bench, he has worked well with developing others. Both from our system and getting value from other system rejects.
3. We were projected as a mid 80 win team. Best pitcher out for season after 2 starts and will finish with 90+ wins. Also, had a trash bench for 1st 110 games.
I'll give him a B