Philadelphia Phillies: 3 reasons to hand Theo Epstein a blank check
By David Esser
The Philadelphia Phillies need to do whatever it takes to get Theo Epstein.
Similar to that of the Philadelphia 76ers with Daryl Morey, a perfect front office executive has seemingly dropped out of the sky for the Philadelphia Phillies to snatch up. Theo Epstein stepped away from his role with the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday morning, and the connection to the Phils was instantly made.
While Theo is reportedly focused on taking some time off the game of baseball for at least one year, money talks, and boy does John Middleton have a lot of it.
If the Philadelphia Phillies want to salvage Bryce Harper‘s prime, and vault themselves into multiple years of playoff contention, they need to do whatever it takes to land Theo.
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Here’s why:
Epstein is a proven winner.
Above all else, Theo Epstein knows how to win a World Series.
Over the past two decades, Theo has helped end two separate historic championship droughts. In 2004, he guided the Boston Red Sox to their first World Series win since 1918, ending the infamous “Curse of the Bambino”. A decade later he led the Chicago Cubs to their first World Series win since 1908, ending their own respective curse: the “Curse of the Billy Goat”.
On two occasions, entering organizations in entirely different situations, Theo has come in and accomplished the ultimate goal of winning a World Series. Considering the fact that the Phillies are in a bit of a playoff drought themselves, one can only assume that Theo would help guide them out of that as well.
While Epstein’s regime tends to prioritize winning over longterm prospect development, the Phillies are very much in a “win now” situation. Harper, Aaron Nola, Zack Wheeler are all in their athletic primes, and the time to push for a World Series is literally right now.