Most winning teams have half A poitsion players, and the other half C level players. You start the A players every day, and the C players specialty guys, good defenseno hit, or good hitbut slow, etc. fill in when needed. The Cubs, however have a teamful of B players, almost all above average, but none outstanding. Thus on any given day, you cant anticipate who is going to do good, and who is going to do bad. Soriano plays good one day, stinks the next. Put Baker in instead, same thing, good one day but not the next. The right guy has to be at the plate at the right time, and thats hard to manage.