Why not wait until the end of the season to see what this team accomplished. Pretty much after this signing or the All Star Break this team can’t compete. Jed didn’t make enough moves at the deadline and again why sign him before the seasons over?

Right now we look to be completely lost on all
aspects. There’s a lot of teams competing for the Wild Card spot and this Cubs are just not competitive enough at the moment.

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  2. GM extensions are typically not announced till September. This was a power move to let him know he had permission to lay up.

  6. I could be totally wrong, but it makes me think this is what the Ricketts want. A GM who will keep costs down and stay somewhat relevant through the season while the owners make bank off the team. It’s been 5 years since we even came close to the playoffs. It’s embarrassing to be so consistently middling on such a big market.

  7. Almost poetic how it has played out.  Let’s extend a guy who has won 1 division title and 1 playoff berth during his tenure.  At least he’s good with cheapo Ricketts money, which is what really matters to Tommy boy.  Im ready for more years of mediocrity and getting beat up by the Brewers who spend a fraction of the money.

  8. Jed’s problem is he thinks being just good enough is good enough. Well it’s freaking not. So sick of that “look what Arizona did as a wild card” just get into the dance BS. It’s the teams that spend and make big moves that make it consistently. You get your once a decade D’backs team who makes it or a Tampa Bay but we’re the Chicago cubs. You have all the resources you need but instead you prospect hump and don’t have the ball’s to make a big move or open your freaking wallets in the offseason.

  12. Fuck him. His trade deadline trades told me he isn’t interested in winning a world series. Then what the fuck are we doing here??? Not to mention his trades are proving to be complete garbage

  13. I’ve never seen someone get an extension or promotion for a job that is half done. Just shows me that ownership is fucking stupid. Jed hasn’t been to the playoffs for 5 years and we reward him with another 5 years? This franchise is fucked.

  14. Absolutely hilarious that Tony Campana’s only HR was an inside the parker. We loved base runners that couldn’t hit for shit back then

  15. Keep going to the games, buying the gear and spending money on $20 beers folks

  16. Wake up, Cubs. Most of us don’t have time to wait another 108 years for another World Series title.

  17. We were imploding before the extension. We were the top nl team and still one of the top nl teams, somehow. But are struggling to get more than 5 hits.

  19. That was not an coincidence. The cubs knew there wouldn’t be a major move at the deadline so they wanted the contract extension announced beforehand for PR purposes.

  22. My Mets are a disaster right now too. It’s just a bad slump for us both. See you in October. 

  24. This team has been overachieving all summer long, mainly the bullpen, so now that we can’t hit for shit, the pressure starts showing cracks. But also fuck Milwaukee who never seem to lose.

  26. At this point, not only have we lost first place, but wild card lead will disappear quickly. Our Cubbies have completwly lost their mojo while Cinci & Brewers look like they are having fun winning.

  27. Idk how this team is so consistently comically bad. They just always start off the season with such FIRE and then get washed at crunch time.

  29. It’s almost like Jed Hoyer has always been the wrong choice and now we get to really have it amplified.

  32. The padres had no problem trading away their draft capital. I know that’s not how most teams operate but I don’t know why we continue to hoard these young players. We gave up cam smith for Tucker and now we decide that it might be too much to give up? Pick. A. Damn. Lane!

  33. The ricketts got their World Series win and going to coast on that until they sell. They have Rickettsville now which will print money

  36. I know I’m going to sound like a Jed apologist but I think blaming him and his new contract on the complete lack of offense over the past few weeks makes little sense.

    We all wanted a TOR starter at the deadline. This didn’t happen because Jed and others felt like the asking prices were too high (allegedly). The only BIG bat that was discussed was Suarez. And that is our problem right now. The pitching has been decent enough to keep us in games, but the offense has fallen off of a cliff. Would Suarez have helped right now? Maybe, but Shaw has actually been pretty damn good post All-star break and so has PCA if you wipe out the last 4 games.

    Two of our best hitters have been downright awful the last few weeks (Busch & Suzuki). Swanson and Kelly haven’t been much better and Tucker is all of sudden a shadow of his former self. It’s pretty tough to win when you have 5 starters all struggling at the same time and it’s even tougher when 3 of them have been arguably your best hitters for most of the season.

    Again, I get the Jed hate. I do. But at some point we have to look to the offense to perform and they’re just not getting it down right now. It’s like they’re facing freaking Skenes every game these days.

  38. The team looked like it had potential mid-season, and then boom — straight-up collapse.

  40. What exactly is Jed doing wrong here? Causing the offense to slump? Causing the pitchers to get injured? 2 weeks ago this was a first place team firing on all cylinders. Give it some time Jesus

  42. I wanted new blood in the front office ever since Theo left.  I  don’t think Jed is the worst in the league.  I just think there are better out there and this organization should be striving to get the best.  We’re willing to replace managers under contract when we find one we like better, but Ricketts doesn’t operate the same way with the front office.  Jmo

  43. It’s actually unbelievable how quickly Jed’s trade deadline failure has blown up in his face. Soroka yesterday, Kittridge today.

  45. I had a feeling that Jed Hoyer’s extension would be the biggest move of the trade deadline. Fans are so naive sometimes.

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