Author Topic: Cubs in '20  (Read 49203 times)

craig

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #2430 on: June 29, 2020, 02:33:28 pm »
Saving 10 spots to pick up guys released by other teams, that seems kinda many, but might be a clever way to add some players to the Cubs weak system.  Not sure it's smart, but not sure it's dumb either. 

Nor sure Minch might not have been an interesting guy to place on the taxi, but I also can appreciate that some other guys might say the same thing.  Not sure I'm faulting that particular Cubs decision. 

But *IF* Minch's story is true, and I assume it probably is, because why would he fabricate something like that for no reason, I've got to fault somebody in the Cubs organization for miscommunicating.  I realize there might be some communication error on Minch's part:  maybe some guy says "well, I'd recommend not committing to that job offer.  I can't promise you anything, and I don't make those decisions, that's Jed and Theo's decision not mine; but I think there's probably a chance that you might be placed on the 60, so if it was me I'd probably try to keep myself available if possible.  but I'm not promising or anything...".  And then Minch comes out of a very well-cautioned communication saying "Heh, the guy said I'll be on the taxi squad!" when no such thing was even remotely communicated. 

But if Jed said "you'll be on it", and then he didn't actually put him on, that's really a big-time failure on Jed's part.  Or if McLeod or somebody lower down the chain, somebody who had no authority to decide who is or isn't on, and who obviously was wrong in suggesting that he would be on, if somebody like that said "you'll be on it", then that person is really a turkey and pulled a bit-time fail in making promises or assurances that he had no authority or accuracy to make.  That's really a failure within the administrative branch. 

Unfortunately I think McLeod and the guys in his departments have made a whole lot of goofups over his years of leadership.  It's perhaps not totally shocking that some guy made yet another.