ATLANTA – Joe Maddon seems to be doing pretty well.
Since leaving the Rays after 2014 and signing a five-year deal with the Cubs, he has led them to the National League Championship Series in all three seasons and has them positioned for another October run with an NL-best 78-54 record going into play Thursday.
So he was among those surprised to read in USA Today this week that according to several unnamed baseball executives "his fate is tenuous" with an early exit.
"The dialogue makes no sense,'' Maddon said. "That's why it's hard to even comment on it.