Joe Maddon Coming to Cubs?

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brett05 said:
Isn't there supposed to be silence during the World Series unless permission is granted by the Commish?
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Silence ifyou make a deal. MLB would not let you announce the hiring, but you can back your coach with no problem.
 
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Boobaby1 said:
How bout this? The Cubs turned over an opening day line-up that consisted of:

Bonafacio CF (gone)
Lake LF (demoted)
Castro SS
Rizzo 1B
Olt 3B (bench player)
Castillo C
Schierholtz RF (gone)
Barney 2B (gone)

Plus traded away 40%, or two of the top three of the rotation and a quality LH reliever, only to have young kids and a few veterans actually play better ball in the 2nd half.

Lester will not turn the Cubs around by himself, nor will a mid-tier starter. They will need some kind of bats in the line-up, preferably near the top, and preferably left handed.

I look for players like Alcantara and Baez to progress, because after all, it couldn't get a whole lot worse
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Thats was my point. Good post.
 

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Kinda off topic but was reading something on cubs den and it was quoting maddon and I found his view interesting

“There are a lot of ways to look at how you might augment your offense, but it can’t just be nine guys working a pitching staff over,” said Maddon. “If your goal is to get a starter out of a game, that might be the last thing you want to do. You see a lot of 95-plus out of the pen now, and some of those guys have quality secondary pitches. I think it’s become easier to build bullpens, and it’s rare a team has a bad one.”

“We might possibly need to see a trend away from seeing pitches,” suggested Maddon. “I can see speed – including using it creatively – becoming a more important part of the game. I think the trend might be going back to the way the game had been before the unrealistic home run numbers arrived and walks became prominent. I really don’t know.”
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beckdawg said:
Kinda off topic but was reading something on cubs den and it was quoting maddon and I found his view interesting
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How do you actually do that though? 1) Score enough runs to win but 2) keep the SP in the game as long as possible but 3) not too many runs so that he gets yanked for hard-throwing, high-quality relievers?
 

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I didn't take his comment as keeping the starting pitcher in longer, as much as wearing him out and getting to the bullpen may not be a top strategy in the future. Think speed and stolen bases. Putting pressure on the defense, etc.
 
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My thinking, you cant score if you dont get on base. You dont score a lot if you dont have power. Stringing together 3 hits an inning to score becomes awfully difficult. Its a balance. Since the beginning of baseball, hide the negatives. Accentuate the positives.
 

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Not sure who to root for tonight. Want the Royals to win but I want the series to get wrapped up so we can announce the deal with Maddon.

I'm torn.
 

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brett05 said:
I'd add Scoscia and Gardenhire (Recently released) to that list. I'd add Matheny (Sp) as well. Macha too.
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You'd add Matheny as a difference maker? In a positive sense?

Most in St. Louis are calling for him to be canned. (They want Maddon also.)

Edit: I see TC beat me to this and basically has already said the same thing.
 

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can maddon pitch 3 of 5 days? just curious or play all 3 outfield positions?


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TL1961 said:
You'd add Matheny as a difference maker? In a positive sense?

Most in St. Louis are calling for him to be canned. (They want Maddon also.)

Edit: I see TC beat me to this and basically has already said the same thing.
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And I explained why that is the case.
 
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@nickdevlin: On his podcast today, @Buster_ESPN on Joe Maddon: "I don't think there's any question he's going to the Cubs ... basically a done deal."
 
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Cubs are talking to top free-agent manager Joe Maddon, and the team is said to be seeking resolution by early next week.

Current Cubs manager Rick Renteria has been told the team is exploring the possibility of hiring Maddon, who became a free agent after recently opting out of his Rays deal.

Cubs president Theo Epstein and GM Jed Hoyer have not responded to media inquiries since Maddon became a free agent, seeming to indicate something was afoot. Renteria issued a statement in response to the speculation, saying he intended to continue to do his job but stopped short of saying he was aware of the Maddon interest.

Renteria said in the statement two days ago that he intended to "continue to focus my offseason prepartion on achieving the goal we established from the start: bringing a championship to Chicago."

Some reports sugggested Renteria hadn't been apprised of the situation, but a league source said Renteria -- who has two years to go on his Cubs contract -- is definitely aware of the Cubs' interest in Maddon.

The Cubs tried to hire Joe Girardi away from the Yankees last winter, and one person suggested Chicago was prepared to pay Girardi $5 million annually.

Maddon, who gained a reputation as one of the league's best managers guding the tiny-market Rays to the playoffs in four of seven years, is said to be seeking at least $5 million annually. He made slightly less than $2 million annually in the Rays deal he abandoned, though they were said to have offered him a raise.

The Cubs are expected to be a big player on the free-agent market, as they seek to supplement an excellent group of young position players that helped them improve to 73-89 in 2014.

League sources say Epstein, who interviewed Maddon in 2003 for the Red Sox managing job that went to Terry Francona, has long been a Maddon admirer. Agent Alan Nerio told CBSSports.com a few days ago that 10 teams had expressed interest in some job for Maddon, but it isn't known how many others wanted him to be their manager. The Twins are the only team with a managerial opening, and sources suggest Maddon had no interest in that job. Friends, in fact, say he would much prefer to manage in the National League.

Rival executives almost to a man have said from the time Maddox left Tampa Bay they expect him to wind up with the Cubs. One rival GM went so far as to say he'd be "shocked" if Maddon didn't end up on the North Side of Chicago.

The Chicago Sun-Times pegged Friday as a possible day for a deal to be struck with Maddon.

Epstein, Hoyer and Nero did not return messages.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer...nt-skipper-rick-renteria-knows-clubs-interest
 
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