Official Epstein Thread (Epstein baseball side prez/Hoyer is GM)

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Report: Epstein talks not going well - chicagotribune.com


Boston radio station WEEI reports: The first day of negotiations between the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs regarding compensation for the Cubs hiring Theo Epstein as general manager revealed a gap between the sides.

WEEI's John Dennis tweeted that the talks "did NOT go well today" and that the Red Sox want prospects while the Cubs want to pay only cash.
 

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More than likely something will get done, but it is good to see the Cubs trying to play hardball and hang onto as many pieces as they can.

Yup! Epstein is on the way out and the Sox can't bring him back since Cherington is pretty much the GM now, so I think the ball is actually in the Cubs' court here.
 

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The Cubs won't let it not happen, they already have Bush, Fleita, and Wilken evaluating specs, just playing hardball (or moneyball in a different context than its normal use).
 

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In addition to taking some Boston front office members with him to Chicago, Epstein may also take some of the Red Sox medical staff, tweets Tony Massarotti of the Boston Globe.

:yeah:
 

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Law stooping to Gammons' level:
Law describes Brett Jackson (taken 31st overall by the Cubs in the 2009 amateur draft) as a "non-star prospect" and thinks he would be fair compensation to be sent to the Red Sox as compensation for Epstein.
 

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I'd rather get Hahn or Cherrington. A deal has to get done, they already named Cherrington GM.

It's fuckin ESPN, what do we expect.
 

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Keith Law says a Cub prospect sucks? I'm shocked.
 

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I'd rather get Hahn or Cherrington. A deal has to get done, they already named Cherrington GM.

It's fuckin ESPN, what do we expect.

No, they said he will be, but didn't actually make his title official yet.
 

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That's called a Bs play by Law.

He knows Jackson is rated high. He's gonna play him lower to make it more feasible in their minds.
 

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Law has been known to have an anti-Cub slant for a long time. Forunately for him, most of the time it has worked out with the Cubs track record of developing prospects.
 

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So if this falls through will Ricketts be most hated man in Chicago
 
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