Theo Epstein On Cusp Of Deal With the Cubs

Jaypers · Oct 11, 2011

Epstein 'On Cusp' Of Deal With Cubs
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [October 11, 2011 at 5:44pm CST]
Boston GM Theo Epstein is "on the cusp" of leaving the Red Sox for a job with the Cubs, according to Steve Buckley of the Boston Herald. Red Sox ownership still hopes to retain Epstein and if he is to leave, Boston will demand "something real" as compensation.

braden · Oct 11, 2011

Between the clubhouse insubordination, the stories of horrible conditioning, Tito taking the fall, and now Epstein seemingly bolting, October's proving worse than September in Boston.

Longoriafan3 · Oct 11, 2011

Cubs Close to Hiring Theo Epstein

Well, the Red Sox Sept/Oct continues to get worse

EDIT w/ Link

http://bostonherald.com/sports/baseball ... position=0

ESPN broke it on the scroll on the bottom too

ballerskrip · Oct 11, 2011

Re: Cubs Close to Hiring Theo Epstein

link?
Actual story?

Any info besides a random title?

Jaypers · Oct 11, 2011

Re: Cubs Close to Hiring Theo Epstein

ballerskrip said:
link?
Actual story?

Any info besides a random title?

Will this work for you?

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=147756

Zambrano38 · Oct 11, 2011

Re: Cubs Close to Hiring Theo Epstein

Jaypers said:
ballerskrip said:

link?
Actual story?

Any info besides a random title?

Click to expand...

Will this work for you?

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=147756

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ba ... 7120.story

Really interested to see who the Cubs are giving up.

Wes · Oct 11, 2011

Merged. Castro for Epstein seems fair.

Jaypers · Oct 11, 2011

Wes said:
Merged. Castro for Epstein seems fair.

I mentioned this possibility to my folks, who are die-hard fans. Or were, if it turns out to be him.

oiccup41 · Oct 11, 2011

I hope compensation is forcing him to take Lackey with him. ::facepalm::

Wes · Oct 11, 2011

Jaypers said:
Wes said:

Merged. Castro for Epstein seems fair.

Click to expand...

I mentioned this possibility to my folks, who are die-hard fans. Or were, if it turns out to be him.

If I was a Cub fan and that's what it took I'd happily do it. Castro is a great up and coming player, but he's just one player.

rymflaherty · Oct 11, 2011

oiccup41 said:
I hope compensation is forcing him to take Lackey with him. ::facepalm::

Add a prospect coming over or something that could potentially help the Sox on top of that that and I can deal with Theo leaving.

vwnut13 · Oct 11, 2011

Wes said:
Jaypers said:

Wes said:

Merged. Castro for Epstein seems fair.

Click to expand...

I mentioned this possibility to my folks, who are die-hard fans. Or were, if it turns out to be him.

Click to expand...

If I was a Cub fan and that's what it took I'd happily do it. Castro is a great up and coming player, but he's just one player.

:lol:

Zymco · Oct 11, 2011

vwnut13 said:
Wes said:

Jaypers said:

Wes said:

Merged. Castro for Epstein seems fair.

Click to expand...

I mentioned this possibility to my folks, who are die-hard fans. Or were, if it turns out to be him.

Click to expand...

If I was a Cub fan and that's what it took I'd happily do it. Castro is a great up and coming player, but he's just one player.

Click to expand...

:lol:

He lead in the National League in hits at age 21. Hell no, never in a million years.

scotty21690 · Oct 11, 2011

vwnut13 said:
Wes said:

Jaypers said:

Wes said:

Merged. Castro for Epstein seems fair.

Click to expand...

I mentioned this possibility to my folks, who are die-hard fans. Or were, if it turns out to be him.

Click to expand...

If I was a Cub fan and that's what it took I'd happily do it. Castro is a great up and coming player, but he's just one player.

Click to expand...

:lol:

Laugh all you want but last two seasons with Castro:
*71-91
*75-87

Two seasons prior without Castro:
*83-78
*97-64

As great as Castro is he is just one player....but you are not going to win a lot of games if the rest of the team is sub par/average...I think Theo could definitely get this franchise turned around.

Bosox3 · Oct 11, 2011

I doubt the Red Sox brass cared if Theo was here or not otherwise they wouldnt have allowed him to meet w/ the cubs to begin with.
In all honestly, I think they wanted to fire both Theo and Tito but are going about doing so the "safe" way.

Zymco · Oct 11, 2011

scotty21690 said:
vwnut13 said:

Wes said:

Jaypers said:

Wes said:

Merged. Castro for Epstein seems fair.

Click to expand...

I mentioned this possibility to my folks, who are die-hard fans. Or were, if it turns out to be him.

Click to expand...

If I was a Cub fan and that's what it took I'd happily do it. Castro is a great up and coming player, but he's just one player.

Click to expand...

:lol:

Click to expand...

Laugh all you want but last two seasons with Castro:
*71-91
*75-87

Two seasons prior without Castro:
*83-78
*97-64

As great as Castro is he is just one player....but you are not going to win a lot of games if the rest of the team is sub par/average...I think Theo could definitely get this franchise turned around.

He will and Starlin will be in the core group of players that do it for him.

MojoDan · Oct 11, 2011

Skrip might not have a coronary if he were dealt to Boston. His stash would still be in high demand :lol:

Jaypers · Oct 11, 2011

MojoDan said:
Skrip might not have a coronary if he were dealt to Boston. His stash would still be in high demand :lol:

I would venture to speculate his stash would be worth even more.

MojoDan · Oct 11, 2011

Jaypers said:
MojoDan said:

Skrip might not have a coronary if he were dealt to Boston. His stash would still be in high demand :lol:

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I would venture to speculate his stash would be worth even more.

Thats what I wanted to say, but I am not a prospector

braden · Oct 11, 2011

It's not going to be Castro. Not in a million damn years.

It could be someone fairly significant (Marshall, Jackson?) but it will never, ever be Castro*.

* with the caveat that hey, it's the Cubs. They're dumb so you never know. But even they're not that dumb.

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