Theo Epstein says that the approval of renovations at Wrigley Field is vital to the Chicago Cubs improving on the baseball field.
The executive said the improvements are "fundamentally important to get us to the next level as an organization."
Epstein wouldn't comment on what will happen if Monday's self-imposed deadline to come to an agreement with the city to approve a renovation of Wrigley Field passes.
"We have a baseball plan and we have a business plan and they're timed to sync up with one another," the Cubs president of baseball operations said. "They are interdependent. If we don't get the Wrigley renovation done in a timely manner and done in a right way we can't accomplish our business objectives and that will certainly get in the way of us ultimately accomplishing our baseball objectives. So it's very important."