Epstein Agrees to Deal With Cubs



Now Former Red Sox GM Theo Epstein has agreed to a deal with the Chicago Cubs

 It's official. Theo Epstein has left the Red Sox organization and is now the President of Baseball Operations and General Manager of the Chicago Cubs. News came last night that the Cubs were on the cusp of a deal with Epstein and now the only thing keeping it from being official is compensation. It appears the two sides are determining whether the compensation will be Minor Leaguers or cash compensation, and according to SI's Jon Heyman (Twitter link) the Sox prefer cash. The likely scenario is that after the deal and the compensation are finalized, the Red Sox will promote Assistant GM Ben Cherington to take Theo's place. The proposed contract for Theo is 5 years and around $20M.