Will the Cubs make another splash this winter?
Manager Joe Maddon downplayed the idea of another big-name addition on Wednesday, while chairman Tom Ricketts told reporters not to expect a contract-extension announcement for team president Theo Epstein at this weekend’s Cubs Convention.
The Cubs sell themselves right now, as Epstein likes to say. So heading into the fifth and final season of his contract, there should be “no alarm bells to ring” (another Theo-ism before firing Dale Sveum). Epstein’s front office has methodically rebuilt a roster that FanGraphs projects will finish with the best record (95-67) in baseball this year.