Not really but thats pretty much whats on the horizon. Francona at the helm with Girardi on 3rd base/bench coach with Epstein playing moneyball with a $150M payroll. Just about a done deal trust me.
First moves for Epstein: get rid of Soriano. Any way possible. Eat 99% of his salary if that's what it takes. He has been nothing but a drag on this offense and I would rather watch Colvin bat every fucking day in his spot than watch his 18mil a year ass strike out with runners on the corners on sliders low and away, every fucking AB.
Pena: gone. Get Fielder. I don't want Pujols or his Dominican 31 year old ass (read: 35) on my team with a 10 year deal. I'll take fat fuck Fielder over him any day.
It's pretty clear that Castro, Colvin, and Barney are going to make up the nucleus this team in the future. Soto is not as good as his ROY caliber year but is still a very serviceable starting catcher. These guys need to stick around as long as possible because the last farm product that came up was Kerry Wood and it blows watching teams like the Rays make it to the playoffs with essentially all home grown talent when our 150mil buys us 70 fucking wins. Let these kids develop.
The pitching staff is in shambles. Zambrano is a cancer. Try to deal him but no one will take him. If you take out Dempsters first 8 starts or whatever when he was giving up 10 runs in 2 1/3 innings he had a pretty decent season, but he's a 2nd or 3rd starter at best. Garza was up and down all year and was tough to watch at times. Decent ERA but no wins to show for it. Strikes out a bunch but between him and Dempster I think they set the record for free passes. Cashner and Wells are worth holding onto. I wouldn't mind seeing young arms like Samardzija make the transition to the rotation and think we have enough talent in the system to round out the rotation for next year. If CC opts out and Epstein signs on theres a real chance the Cubs make a splash and make two of the biggest signings this offseason.
The bullpen is so atrocious its hard to talk about. Cubs led baseball in walks. If that doesnt change Riggins needs to go. These are professionals learn how to throw a fucking strike. I'm not even sure where to start trying to revamp the bullpen its so bad. Marmol is ok and walks just about everybody. Lopez, Russell, Mateo, all interchangeable parts of shittiness. Marshall is the lone bright spot and continuously makes the case to be in the rotation.
More to come later when I sober up and stop ranting on this bullshit squad. Shit is embarrassing and Ricketts needs to put a winner together. It all starts up top. Get it done.
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