With the postseason field down to the final four clubs: the Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Nationals and New York Yankees, it might be easy for fans to put the Chicago Cubs and their ongoing managerial search on the back burner.
But as those four teams chase a title, the Cubs are all systems go in terms of finding a new manager after Maddon led the club for the last half-decade, overseeing arguably the most successful run in franchise history.
President of baseball operations Theo Epstein has made one thing very clear, though.