No one on this roster, save for Soriano and maybe Samardzija knows what a .500 record in the major leagues is. How are these kids going to get the snot kicked out of them for the next few years and have anything but a losing attitude? In theory, I like the "building with youth" idea, but to totally abandon spending on dependable veteran players to help create a winning atmosphere is scary. This is big-city Chicago baseball, doggone it! We certainly know that at the Wrigley Field cash register, don't we?

Terrific post tony2594. I said this in another post, it's all very well to have a youth program but you need a good mix of veteran, proven ML players to complete the line-up and that means spending SOME money. Epstein may very well do that at some point but all i see right now is a loading up of unproven youngsters at various levels and all the while the big league team is suffering. Epstein is treating this ballclub like it's the KC Royals, are we going too far down the 'build up the Minors' road to the point where it might actually hinder us in years to come?

So who are you throwing money at? Where are these impact FA that will turn things around?

When the Cubs lost their clubhouse leaders Reed and Dempster, the team lost their will to fight and win. Now the young guys are trying to figure it out and we are seeing the results from that. Just got to hope they figure it out, but they do have time, its not like it matters this year.