In just five seasons, Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein assembled a team that is competing for the franchise’s first World Series title since 1908. Is he any good?


↗ STRONGSIDE

Finished first in class at Yale School of Sabermetrics

Only person in America emotionally invested in Single-A South Bend Cubs

Views baseball game as hundreds of formulas running across field

Believes this might be the year he finally wins fantasy baseball league

Can explain phenomenon of curses using highly complex linear regression

Turned the 2002 Red Sox into a contender using only the second-highest payroll in baseball


↙ WEAKSIDE

No fucking way he could do this magic turnaround shit for the Padres

Lucky shirt costs $400

Not even sure how to use gut feeling at this point

Helped make Curt Schilling a World Series hero

Took almost six years after college to achieve every single one of his dreams

Still doesn’t have statistic named after him