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is it safe to say the entire Cubs' dynasty aspiration was floored by the lack of development from players at the MLB level?
Plan all along was to develop hitters and buy pitchers (which they stuck to) - KB, Javy, Rizz, Schwarber, Russell, Happ, Almora were supposed to be those
Plan all along was to develop hitters and buy pitchers (which they stuck to) - KB, Javy, Rizz, Schwarber, Russell, Happ, Almora were supposed to be those
dynamic hitters that just never became, well, dynamic. the FO tried to build around what they had with adds like Darvish, Hamels, Heyward, Chatwood, and other stop-gap signings, but when the engine of your car aint working, the wheels cant get it down the road all themselves.
long story short, the Cubs did try to maximize this window before "the end" if the cubs had one or two more WS appearances or deep postseason runs driven by their core, saying goodbye to these players for a retool/rebuild, would have an immensely better reaction from the fanbase
I've just done some soul searching the past few days, and just look at the additions the FO tried to make to compliment this core group; Hamels, Darvish, Chatwood, Quintana, Catellanos, Avila, Descalso, Martinez, endless bullpen names, ect ect
Ideally those additions were supposed to help the group of (again, what were supposed to be) dynamic hitters. but, like I said, engine didn't start in september, so the mirrors, wheels, and new interior couldn't compliment how it was supposed to.
Not trying to cop out a FO that's pleaded "poor" multiple times in a top 3 market (boohoo), but the plan of leaning on this core of hitters back fired juuuuuust a bit, which tips the scales of a happy fanbase saying goodbye to a core, to a sour reception on anything the FO does
look at payroll and arb contracts. we all knew the day would come when this core broke up, but for a car that broke down every september due to engine troubles, shouldn't we be outraged they didn't fix the engine rather than that they didn't get new wheels every offseason?
