With 3 games left, the Cubs stand at 65-94, which is awful. Brutal. For a team that had the talent to win their division, to fall to one of the worst teams in MLB is inexcusable. The Chicago Cubs have the same record as the Pittsburgh Pirates. Is that a joke? Are you kidding me? I know that I could fill this post with why the Cubs performed so poorly this year. But the fact of the matter remains that they shouldn’t have. The Chicago Cubs should never be a below .500 team. NEVER. They currently have one of the highest payrolls in the Major Leagues. And they can’t win 80 games. They can’t field a competitive team in the worst division in baseball. A .500 record in this division puts you in the hunt for the playoffs (sad though that is).

I’m sure that spring of 2007 will bring a new optimism and new promises from Cubs brass about committed to winning and all of that crap. But I haven’t seen it. I know that Jim Hendry has made some good moves for the Cubs. He’s also made some pretty bad moves. I’m not convinced that Kerry Wood or Mark Prior will ever make a contribution to this team. That’s a lot of resources tied up in those guys that are giving the Cubs no return. The Cubs need to go young, build from within, and continue to develop the young pitching that has emerged this year. They haven’t been great this year, but I have seen some outings from guys like Sean Marshall, Rich Hill, and Angel Guzman that lead me to believe that they could be solid starters in this league. And with Zambrano leading the charge I think the Cubs could be on to something. I think a huge question mark is who will be the manager next year? I would love to see Joe Girardi in Cubby blue again. I think his managerial style (if you can call it that after only one year) would ssuit this team well. We’ll see what happens there, but if Hendry brings in some old guard chump, sadly, I think we’ll see more of the same.

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