Theo Epstein
Theo Epstein
Theo Nathaniel Epsteinis the President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth29 December 1973
CityNew York City, NY
best fair foot forward generous offer
We put our best foot forward and made an offer that makes sense to the club. We think it's a fair and generous offer.
line necessary pitchers pitching
We don't think 11 pitchers are really necessary in a five-game series, especially with the way we line up. We like our pitching staff.
allow chance exactly expect expectation fewer key last might runs safe score
Well, we don't really want to get into exactly how many runs we expect to score, but I think it's safe to say that our expectation is that we'll allow fewer runs than we did last year. There might be a chance that we score fewer runs, too. The key is differential.
guys handful ready step
We have a handful of guys ready to step in,
affordable both exchange fair money paying perfect prospects red talent trade tremendous upside
It was a fair trade because there was tremendous talent on both sides. The Red Sox are getting more established talent, but the Marlins are getting tremendous upside talent and affordable talent. One side was paying a lot more money in exchange for the more established players. They weren't perfect prospects and we weren't getting perfect players.
according bad training
Not according to our training staff. He's just having a bad month.
downside guy might panic sign spot
It's not a sign of panic or desperation, there's no downside to this at all. He might be the right guy in the right spot this weekend.
attribute decision factor factors fair
It's not fair to attribute my decision to any one factor or any one person, ... There were many factors that went into the decision.
against backs fall pattern team truly
It's not a pattern you want to fall into. Our backs are truly against the wall. It's the personality of this team to not do things easily.
chain happy issues per
The issues had nothing to do with the chain of command, per se. I'm happy with the chain of command.
course remains seven starting themselves
That remains to be seen. We have as many as seven starting pitchers, but those things have a way of working themselves out during the course of the camp.
circumstance ideal less
It's been less than an ideal year, but under the circumstances he's made significant contributions.
deal feeling felt great guy hard knee ready spring
You have to go on how a guy feels. His knee felt great in Spring Training. It's hard to say if he was ready or not. He's not ready now. He was feeling really good. Now he can't even take the ball. You've got to deal with it.
baseball both division exercise matter past point reasons rest series survived toughest wins year
This year, for a lot reasons and for a lot of teams, has been an exercise in survival. Getting past the attrition of a long year for a lot of different reasons. We both survived in probably the toughest division in baseball to get to a point where whomever wins that series will probably get in. It doesn't matter how we got here. It's what we do the rest of the way.