What model does Ricketts expect to follow with Colletti?
Arbitration Eligibles: Chicago Cubs By Tim Dierkes [October 4, 2011 at 7:55am CST] The Cubs are next in our arbitration eligibles series. First time: Randy Wells, Blake DeWittSecond time: Geovany SotoThird time: Matt Garza, Jeff Baker, Koyie Hill Hill is the most likely non-tender in this group. However, he'd only get a mild raise to $850K, and it's quite possible the Cubs keep him around due to defense, familiarity with the pitching staff, and other intangibles. Wells ($2.2MM), Soto ($4MM), and Baker ($1.4MM) had disappointing seasons, but should be part of the 2012 club. DeWitt showed enough promise to be worth $1.2MM. Garza represents the Cubs' headline arbitration case, and we project $8.7MM for him. Jeremy Guthrie and John Danks will be current comparables for Garza. There is not much recent precedent for a pitcher with this type of track record to make it to his third arbitration year. If the Cubs retain all six of their arbitration eligibles, we project $18.4MM in total salary. Assuming Ryan Dempster exercises his player option and Aramis Ramirez doesn't get a new contract prior to his option decision, the Cubs have around $91MM in 2012 commitments before accounting for minimum salary players. If payroll remains in the $134MM range, the Cubs would have around $40MM to spend in 2012 salaries.
Hill is the most likely non-tender in this group. However, he'd only get a mild raise to $850K, and it's quite possible the Cubs keep him around due to defense, familiarity with the pitching staff, and other intangibles. Defense...right...
Now Cactus, If Koye had played more games then Geo would have played less and Geo wouldn't have had as many errors. I just wanted to point that out before another poster had to go thru a mega post berating and correcting you.
That's the equivalent of saying we keep Otto around for intelligence...