Chicago Cubs Joe Maddon’s contract was a story during the offseason, and the hot seat has reached a boiling point with the Cubs desperately clinging to a playoff spot in the final weeks of the regular season.
Before Chicago’s Friday matinee against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Theo Epstein appeared on the Cubs flagship radio station and unleashed a scalding assessment of his team’s performance over the last “12 or 13 months.”
Epstein has never been one to shy away from criticism. He was straightforward about the team’s need to shake things up at the trade deadline.