The Chicago Cubs’ President of Baseball Operations met with the media yesterday, and, in addition to Theo Epstein’s comments about Kris Bryant’s promotion schedule, he addressed a wide range of topics. You can see his remarks here at CSN, here at Cubs.com, here at ESPN, here at Cubs.com, here at ESPN, here at CBS, and here at CSN, among other places. It’s a lot to take in, but it’s all good stuff.
The gist of Epstein’s thoughts on a variety of subjects …
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