If this headline sounds familiar, it should. This isn’t the first time I’ve written on this topic; I did so not long after the Cubs were eliminated from the 2017 postseason.
It’s a topic again now because of this USA TODAY article by Bob Nightengale, in which he wrote this about Maddon:
Maddon wants to continue managing, but if the Cubs fail to make the playoffs, or go out quickly, his fate is tenuous, several baseball executives told USA TODAY on the condition of anonymity. The executives did not want to speak publicly about Maddon’s situation.