The Cubs gutted their major league team this year and got back a lot of prospects for the future. I’m not going to tell you how to feel about that as a fan. I like to refer to this big group of us as the “Cubs Family.” The Red Sox may be a nation, but we are a family. That means it’s going to hurt when some of our most beloved family members leave. If it didn’t hurt, we wouldn’t be Cubs fans.
But President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer can’t afford to be a fan.