A huge part of the Chicago Cubs success has been the singular approach from their entire front office. While guys like Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer get a ton of the press, it is guys like Randy Bush, Shiraz Rehman, and Jason McLeod that are doing a ton of the heavy lifting behind the scenes. Pair a group of successful, hard working, respected executives with the insane success of the Cubs – especially players from within the organization – and of course other teams would come sniffing around the Cubs organization to rebuild their own franchises.
This is exactly what other teams will do, and have done. In fact Jon Morosi of MLB Network tweeted out that one particular team is seriously looking into the Cubs organization to rebuild their franchise.
#Twins looking closely at #Cubs operation in their search for new top execs; they have interest in Jason McLeod and Shiraz Rehman. @MLB
— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) September 7, 2016
Why wouldn’t the Minnesota Twins want a couple of executives from an organization that has been praised by many top baseball executives over the past several years, and could prove to be one of the more successful organizations over the next several years to come.
While this is the lifecycle of professional sports, we see it all the time, and most recently with the Chicago Bears and old offensive coordinator Adam Gase. When you have a great deal of success, you will be noticed, and will get more and bigger opportunities if you are doing a good job and the team on the field is having a lot of success. With the Cubs success, Jason McLeod has turned heads in the past, and will continue to turn those same heads in the future.
But does Jason want to go elsewhere?
He had turned down a chance to become general manager of his hometown San Diego Padres in 2014, not wanting to leave the Chicago job unfinished.
“Obviously, I’m very humbled and flattered that the Padres were interested,” McLeod said. “It’s my hometown team. It’s always been kind of a dream job of mine.
“But as I got to reflect on it, this is where I want to be right now. I’ve got so many good things going on right now. To sound corny, we put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into this. I just really believe in the vision and direction. I really want to be here when we win.”
Yes, he had, and still has so many good things going on right now in Chicago, but would a World Series championship change his mind? We just might find out come the end of October.
