The offseason of change is upon us. After the Chicago Cubs decided to move on from manager Joe Maddon, the front office made one thing abundantly clear: the days of complacence are over. At least, that’s what president of baseball operations Theo Epstein told the media in his press conference on Monday at Wrigley Field.
Now is the time for action. Last year, Epstein said similar things after the team collapsed and lost in the NL Wild Card game. Then, the offseason was largely spent maintaining the status quo because of the budget was handicapped by ownership and poor decision-making in past years in contracts that simply haven’t paid off.