It is probably true in almost all scenarios that, with age, comes wisdom. An obvious exception is the Friday night of Cubs Convention, where the decisions you tell yourself you’re going to make never match the ones you do, leaving you – a fool – to write the Saturday morning Bullets through a fine haze of discomfort. That is all to say: I’m gonna need a minute.
Epstein says, hey, we know there haven't been a lot of transactions to enjoy, but the work is going on, and the focus is playing into October. "Bear with us, appreciate the support and the criticism when appropriate."
— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) January 18, 2020
Cubs are expecting that an electronic strike zone, eventually, is going to happen.
— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) January 18, 2020
The Cubs have hired a 20-year NASA employee to be their first full-time biomechanist. Real sentence.
— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) January 18, 2020
Epstein asked about minor league pay, and he says, yeah, they are paid ridiculously low. Toronto took a big step in doubling pay last year, Epstein said, which was bold. "It got our attention … stay tuned, we're working on it."
— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) January 18, 2020
Yikes. Fans booing owner Tom Ricketts about Marquee network wasn’t a great start to #CubsCon pic.twitter.com/AVg4ui4ntb
— Madeline Kenney (@madkenney) January 18, 2020
Aaaaaaaand good morning. pic.twitter.com/7HdnK05Zol
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) January 18, 2020
Theo wants to offer transparency, but player payroll/budgets, he says Cubs have to be more ambiguous, because if they aren't, teams and agents will use it against them.
— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) January 18, 2020
And then Theo more or less confirms what I've been calling The 2020 Plan, point by point. The luxury tax is a factor, but they're trying to add for 2020 while simultaneously avoiding the post-2021 cliff, etc. It's a difficult needle to thread. https://t.co/2dVHQnMkys
— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) January 18, 2020