Craig Counsell has run out of buttons to push, so he’s going to have to work a little magic if he wants to keep Jed Hoyer from pulling the eject lever on this season. Or perhaps it won’t be Hoyer making the call. Rather than get into whether heads need to roll at the top of the baseball side’s chain of command, let’s look at some of the moves being made in the organization as the Cubs fall further from contention.
The players seem to believe they still have a chance, at least publicly, and maybe they do if things fall just right.