FILE - In this Monday, April 11, 2016 file photo, Chicago Cubs president Theo Epstein talks to media at Wrigley Field before the start of an opening day baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs in Chicago. The Chicago Cubs have agreed to a five-year contract extension with president of baseball operations Theo Epstein on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016 rewarding him for an overhaul that has a long-suffering franchise eyeing its first championship since 1908. The agreement announced Wednesday keeps Epstein under contract through 2021. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)