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<blockquote data-quote="Illiniaaron" data-source="post: 1479198" data-attributes="member: 29101"><p>Their inability to draft period has hurt. It was easy when they were drafting number one or two overall every year. They develop very little position-player talent year after year. And as champaignchris points out they have not developed pitching talent either. They now have a bottom-four minor league system which gives them little in the way of players to develop or use in trades. Theo's free agent signings have been bad. I think Maddon is managing his last twenty regular season games as Cubs' manager. I'm sure Hamels will not be resigned for next year and Lester looks like he is about done. So you're coming back next season with three "reliable" starters. Darvish has had one good half a season in two years. Quintana is a number three or four. Hendricks has been decent but has declined every year since 2016. I think Epstein would like to make major changes in the roster for next season but he is hamstrung by his own poor decisions. Outside of trading Bryant, Contreras, or Baez I don't see any other position players that would bring much back in a trade. I don't think the Cubs are in a very favorable position moving forward.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Illiniaaron, post: 1479198, member: 29101"] Their inability to draft period has hurt. It was easy when they were drafting number one or two overall every year. They develop very little position-player talent year after year. And as champaignchris points out they have not developed pitching talent either. They now have a bottom-four minor league system which gives them little in the way of players to develop or use in trades. Theo's free agent signings have been bad. I think Maddon is managing his last twenty regular season games as Cubs' manager. I'm sure Hamels will not be resigned for next year and Lester looks like he is about done. So you're coming back next season with three "reliable" starters. Darvish has had one good half a season in two years. Quintana is a number three or four. Hendricks has been decent but has declined every year since 2016. I think Epstein would like to make major changes in the roster for next season but he is hamstrung by his own poor decisions. Outside of trading Bryant, Contreras, or Baez I don't see any other position players that would bring much back in a trade. I don't think the Cubs are in a very favorable position moving forward. [/QUOTE]
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