For a team with large market potential with an young organization and attendance issues, you throw everything you can afford at Harper (within reason, of course, like don't outbid yourself)
Maybe? I mean, it depends who they are willing to pay. It's definitely going to get serious consideration and is clearly expected by Theo and company as their moves have depleted their farm system for the here and now.
Interested to see if they wind up surviving the lack of pitching development.
I would do whatever it took if Joe Maddon was shown the door on the north side to get him to be skipper on 35th and Shields.
You should probably feel that way as well. Dude has had an insane run with Chicago and Tampa Bay.
Being brutally honest, the games he calls on ESPN have been more meaningful and more interesting. I can see where you'd get a little crazy in games that were
Not meaningful
blowouts
Overall, though, I'll take him.
It's waaay too early to be doubting Underwood. We're still too close to the demise of Mike Thomas and all his hires. Groce was a great guy but he left the cupboard empty in Champaign.
At first I thought the Cubs were too smart of that, as is would likely cost them a couple of their younger players. Now, with Russell likely done in a Cub uniform, they might as well try to get Machado, really.