The 2019 Chicago Cubs season started on the day after the team lost the NL Wild Card game at home to the Colorado Rockies. Shortly thereafter, Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein talked about how 2019 would be the year of “reckoning”, meaning he was going to stick with his guys and see how the season played out.
That offseason was very underwhelming in Wrigleyville as the Cubs big accusation was Daniel Descalso. Many fans were not thrilled with how the team’s biggest weakness – the bullpen – went largely unaddressed by Epstein and the front office.