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Running total = $108,841,667

$75-$85 million for 9 spots?

That would project the Cubs 2023 payroll to $185-195M.

Here are 2022 MLB payrolls:

https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/payroll/

Your projected range would put them somewhere around 10th overall.

I cannot imagine a scenario in which this would be acceptable for the 2023 Cubs. And that's before considering the notion that the 2022 Cubs have supposedly "banked" some dollars to apply to future years' payrolls.