With Jason Heyward in the fold, Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein was in the spotlight a bit this week – or at least catching a corner of the spotlight – which means he had a fair bit to discuss. You can read up on his remarks here at ESPN and here at CSN, and he also did a radio interview on WEEI in Boston.
Among Epstein’s thoughts, together with my own …
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