MESA, Ariz. – It was a beautiful moment. David Ross was talking at a press conference last week, Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer were on either side of him and, even though there were no windows in the room, it was warm and sunny.
Ross, the new Cubs manager, was taking a bat to the spinning raffle drum that Joe Maddon used to make out his daily lineup.
“I don’t see a whole lot of moving guys around,’’ Ross said of his lineup philosophy. “If we need to have a guy move to left field for defensive purposes or fill in with a guy that may fill in a little better against lefties or righties, sure I’m going to look at all the numbers and (plug) that in … and make my own decision.