New Front Office Thread

[Capt. Serious]

Says 2005

It's still better than the 0 you've won in 103 years.

 

[X]

It's still better than the 0 you've won in 103 years.

whoa, an original jab!!!!!


oh wait.

 

[Rice Cube]

according to: 5 things Theo and Co. must do right away - Chicago Cubs Blog - ESPN Chicago

It's

Solidify Front Office

Decide on Manager/Coaches

Trade off the Vets

Address the Starting Pitching Problems

Improve the Worst Defense in Baseball

That was a better list than mine. I think he's already done part of #1.

 

[EROCK23]

I hope Quade gets the boot by weekends end.

 

[Uman85]

 

[tbo41fan]

thank god it's over


future is bright

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

It's still better than the 0 you've won in 103 years.

Wow.. That one is a new one, ya assclown.

BTW next time you come in here and troll or "try to" (since you're piss terrible at it). I'll make sure to discipline you for being an assclown.

If you don't start it. I don't have a beef.

 

[Captain Obvious]

Rumor is that Theo and Cherrington going to negotiate comp now. If your Theo what do you send for yourself? LMAO

I totally called this happening.

Good.

He's not as clueless as some of us thought.

That's what you get for making outlandish assumptions about an owner who hasn't even been in control for 2 years. I'm much happier that he took it slow and actually made intelligent decisions as opposed to fucking shit up on his first day.

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

Yeah.. Never understood the hatred from a few guys in here..

 

[waldo7239117]

Theo Epstein Officially a Cub! |

As news broke last night, Theo Epstein resigned with the Red Sox and will join the Cubs as President of Baseball Operations. No compensation was resolved, but the Red Sox decided that the process was taking too long and didn’t want that to hold up anymore. Meaning, Theo Epstein can work on moves with the Cubs now. However, the Red Sox will still recieve compensation in return. Theo Epstein will work with his old assistant GM Ben Cherington and new Red Sox GM on the compensation package.

A new conference will be held on Tuesday, October 25th in Chicago.

The press release made by the Chicago Cubs:
“CHICAGO – The Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs jointly announce this evening that, effective immediately, Theo Epstein has resigned from the Red Sox in order to become the new President of Baseball Operations for the Cubs. The Clubs also have reached an agreement regarding a process by which appropriate compensation will be determined for the Red Sox and that issue will be resolved in the near term.

Both the Red Sox and the Cubs intend to hold press events on Tuesday, October 25 during which the Cubs intend to announce Mr. Epstein, and the Red Sox intend to announce his successor as General Manager.

Out of respect for the World Series, both clubs have agreed to forego further comment until Tuesday, the next scheduled non-game day. Further information on each club’s media availability for Tuesday will be distributed on Monday.”

The Cubs were officially allowed to interview Jed Hoyer and Jason McLeod. Both are expected to join the front office with Theo Epstein. As it’s been reported that Hoyer will receive a 5 year contract with a pay increase.

According to multiple reports, the Cubs will send 2 or 3 players to the Red Sox, one being more of a top level ‘spect and the other(s) being lower level. Also, the Padres and Cubs have a pre-agreed list of players who could go to the Padres for Jed Hoyer. Those will be of the lower level.

According to the Sun-Times, current VP of Baseball Operations could be on the way to Chicago and that’s Brian O’Halloran. Epstein is also trying to bring over head trainer Mike Reinhold. We have also heard that Epstein could also bring over special assistant Dave Finley. We don’t know exactly who will come over, but we should find out soon.

The front office sounds like it’s come along quite nicely, but Mike Quade still remains. When the front office is finally complete, him and Hoyer will address the managerial position. Right now we don’t know what will happen.

At least the Epstein ‘Saga’, for the most part, is complete. YES! Now we can hear other notes and what direction the Cubs will go. I think the Cubs will try and go all out as they hired good front office personnel.

Only time will tell… DON’T MISS THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY!!!!!

 

[Jntg4]

Joe, STFU

:cubs: gonna

 

[Jntg4]

lmao, ESPNChicago says they actually asked for Castro before Garza. Both are hilarious!

 

[waldo7239117]

Official: Kenney's title will chance to President of Business Operations. Theo Epstein: Chicago Cubs hire Theo Epstein as new GM - chicagotribune.com

Olney: Twitter

 

[X]

Epstein, Hoyer, Cubs Links: Saturday: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com

This article says Hoyer/McLeod aren't coming for free...but a source has confirmed that they won't come over in exchange for Castro or Jackson.

 

[Jntg4]

Epstein, Hoyer, Cubs Links: Saturday: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com

This article says Hoyer/McLeod aren't coming for free...but a source has confirmed that they won't come over in exchange for Castro or Jackson.

Cashner not in the package either.

 

[Lex L.]

Yeah.. Never understood the hatred from a few guys in here..

Some guys think they can fill sme void inside by getting attention. Often times these people are contrarians. They feel they can get attention that way. Its not coincidental that the White Sox are the team of these people. They see all the Cubs fans and, just to be different, go a different way. Mind you, they're not really White Sox fans as much as they are Cubs fans. They just like the White Sox to go against the Cubs fans. They're contrarians. This is also why they spend more time in the Cubs forum than they do in their own. These people are defective and they're filling some odd need by doing all this. Just think about how stupid it is to worry about what everyone else is doing and then, on top of that, want to do the opposite. These people are made trolls through psychosis.

 

[Rice Cube]

What I was mostly upset about with Ricketts was the fact that he hired a subpar manager and kept a subpar GM who didn't engineer a fire sale when they could get max value for their players, but in retrospect it seemed like Ricketts always had a plan.

The Toyota sign is pretty fucking ugly though, wish they'd just put a Jumbotron there instead :lol:

As of now I think Ricketts has earned a couple seasons of goodwill

 

[waldo7239117]

Epstein, Hoyer, Cubs Links: Saturday: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com

This article says Hoyer/McLeod aren't coming for free...but a source has confirmed that they won't come over in exchange for Castro or Jackson.

I wrote this up before, they were going to come over for free, but Mr. Ricketts did not want to disrespect the Padres and will pay compensation. It's expected to be a low minor league player or two. That prolly won't make it for the Cubs.

 

[waldo7239117]

Jeff Samardzija has been discussed today as compensation. But it's unlikey. Already Epstein is back at work. Nice. Compensation should be done by Tuesday before the press conference.

 

[X]

Jeff Samardzija has been discussed today as compensation. But it's unlikey. Already Epstein is back at work. Nice. Compensation should be done by Tuesday before the press conference.

MLB said it won't be any major league players, I thought?