The Chicago Cubs have missed the playoffs the last three years and are looking to change that in "the short term and the long term."
That is why they hired Craig Counsell as their new manager and fired David Ross in the process.
"My job is to figure out how to win as many games as we possibly can in the short term and the long term and there was nothing about this move that didn't feel like it met that criteria," president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer told reporters Tuesday.
He also said, "This is no knock on Rossy, who I think incredibly highly of, but Craig is at the very top of the game.