BearsFan51
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Let me preface this by saying that I have absolutely no horse in this race, I'm not a Cubs fan nor am I a Sox fan. I'm a casual Cubs observer who follows them enough just to have an opinion.
From an outsiders point of view at this point in time it looks like Theo Epstein has absolutely no clue what he's doing. He seems like he's in way over his head and to boot he's in lock step with the organization on why they aren't spending money on the team. Even worse it seems as though the media is even more clueless.
The Cubs aren't competitive and if these hot shot prospects don't blow up at the major league level when they finally arrive which is itself playing with fire when will the Cubs be competitive again?
I'm aware the Cubs have a dynamic set of young players and are building their team from the farm system up after neglecting to do so for many years. But there if these guys don't pan out the entire blue print Epstein has brought forth will cave in upon itself and you'll be starting all over again.
And lastly where is the pitching? Nothing gets a team through or builds an organization like pitching does. Look at the Oakland A's as an example, year in and year out they have one of the best staffs in major league baseball and when they haven't they haven't been competitive.
I mean Wrigley field in bad shape but Oakland Alameda Coliseum has raw sewage pouring out of their locker rooms and dugouts. They're a small market team that wins on a budget while the Cubs are a massive market team that refuses to compete with a GM that should know what moves to make to make the Cubs competitive.
What's it going to take for the Cubs to end this languishing at the bottom of baseball in the best city in the country with some of the best baseball fans in the world? This isn't just Chicago's team, this is a national team a team for America and yet nothing ever seems to change.
From an outsiders point of view at this point in time it looks like Theo Epstein has absolutely no clue what he's doing. He seems like he's in way over his head and to boot he's in lock step with the organization on why they aren't spending money on the team. Even worse it seems as though the media is even more clueless.
The Cubs aren't competitive and if these hot shot prospects don't blow up at the major league level when they finally arrive which is itself playing with fire when will the Cubs be competitive again?
I'm aware the Cubs have a dynamic set of young players and are building their team from the farm system up after neglecting to do so for many years. But there if these guys don't pan out the entire blue print Epstein has brought forth will cave in upon itself and you'll be starting all over again.
And lastly where is the pitching? Nothing gets a team through or builds an organization like pitching does. Look at the Oakland A's as an example, year in and year out they have one of the best staffs in major league baseball and when they haven't they haven't been competitive.
I mean Wrigley field in bad shape but Oakland Alameda Coliseum has raw sewage pouring out of their locker rooms and dugouts. They're a small market team that wins on a budget while the Cubs are a massive market team that refuses to compete with a GM that should know what moves to make to make the Cubs competitive.
What's it going to take for the Cubs to end this languishing at the bottom of baseball in the best city in the country with some of the best baseball fans in the world? This isn't just Chicago's team, this is a national team a team for America and yet nothing ever seems to change.
