With the Cubs playing out the string on a season that is falling closer to PECOTA predictions than anyone would have liked, talk is naturally turning to next year. That includes the fate of Joe Maddon, which was more or less sealed during Theo Epstein’s postmortem press conference last season. Not than a decision had necessarily been made at that point, mind you, just that expectations had been set very clearly.
As Jon Heyman shared with 670 The Score’s Mully & Haugh Monday, there was also a preseason meeting during which Maddon was told changes would be made if things didn’t go well.