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CHICAGO – Joe Maddon, the coach of the Cubs, is expected to make his comeback for a fifth season while his team has lost the tiebreaker and the NL wild card matches, two days in a row. week, told ESPN sources close to the situation.
The Cubs were eliminated from the post-season by the Rockies on Tuesday and they reflected on the events. "You can only learn that by losing," Jon Lester said.
With a game once played that did not want to end, the playoffs started with a five-hour thriller and 13 innings. And we are just starting.
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Maddon, 64, still has a year-long contract of $ 5 million that he signed before the 2015 season. He is expected to earn $ 6 million in 2019.
Maddon is the only Cubs coach to coach the playoff team four years in a row.
The Cubs had the best NHL record for most of the second half of the season, but gave way to the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 163 on Monday. Then they lost the wild cards match Tuesday, scoring a total of two points in 22 innings.
The scores were a recurring problem throughout the second half of the season for the Cubs.
Cubs president Theo Epstein is expected to discuss Maddon's situation, as well as the rest of his team, at a press conference Wednesday afternoon.
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