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I'm not taking on Hosmer for Gore, Campusano, or Hassell.  But, for Abrams, they can have Kimbrel and I'll take all of Hosmer's contract.

Jake Jewell will have #65.  His nickname is "Bob".

Very disappointed to see him bringing that garbage number with him from the Angels.  Maybe I'll forgive him if he pitches well.

Ricketts is just the family and they have sucked post Darvish signing.

Since Darvish was signed they have not invested additional money in the team. The Cubs only ended up with Kimbrel because of Zobrist�s ex-wife. The Cubs dropped their payroll around $60 million this year. They where the only team that was �trying� to win to do that. The budget is set by Ricketts family and I 100% believe they are using money from the Cubs to pay for Rickettsville. This tear down doesn�t have to happen to the extent it will, but it is happening because that is what the family wants.

Thank you, CUBluejays.
 
Yeah, I'd certainly agree that you'd think Cubs could have found a way to hang on to Darvish and make a better run, but does all of that fall on Ricketts?  I'm not sure a more creative front office leader couldn't have found a way. Theo always was persuasive enough to get the budget or whatever else he needed (though budget issues are probably why Theo left).  Still, the early returns on Jed don't appear real great (tho' that story is in chapter 1 - he certainly could have held on to Schwarber rather than use about the same money for Joc P, though lack of starting pitching is certainly what sank the ship. 

I'd also point out that we had a payroll significantly larger than MIlwaukee's AGAIN.  However, Milwaukee has David Stearns! 

Man, I'd flip Jed for that guy in a heartbeat! (if only)

I'll hope Cubs will keep their ear to the ground and go after Stearns if there's ever an opportunity.  Stearns sure seems like the real deal and, at the end of the day, great baseball leadership is WAY more important than any player or two or three.

The Dodgers payroll is almost double what the Cubs are spending this year.  The Ricketts family is being cheap and not investing in this team. The whole point of being a big market team is to be able to out spend your opponents by obscene amounts. FWIW the Brewers have $70 million on the books for next year before arbitration. The Cubs if the give a contract to all of their arbitration players are on the hook for $80 million. My guess is that the payroll next year will be lower than this year.



Don�t forget this beauty from when Tom last had the guts to show up.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

I think Javy is 50/50.  The rest are likely gone. The only thing Ricketts is doing is paying salary for prospects. Small things I guess.

The Dodgers payroll is almost double what the Cubs are spending this year.  The Ricketts family is being cheap and not investing in this team. The whole point of being a big market team is to be able to out spend your opponents by obscene amounts. FWIW the Brewers have $70 million on the books for next year before arbitration. The Cubs if the give a contract to all of their arbitration players are on the hook for $80 million. My guess is that the payroll next year will be lower than this year.

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Don�t forget this beauty from when Tom last had the guts to show up.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Dodgers now seem to be the Steinbrenner era Yankee spenders. Don�t think that�s the bar for anybody else.

In any case, Cubs payroll was higher than Dodgers in 2019 and 2018. Ricketts even outspent the Yankees one of those recent seasons.

But, the larger point is the year-to- year contention and a World Series. If that�s terrible, I�ll take it.

That�s the past, granted.

Going forward, we�ll see. Let�s state the obvious. Will take excellent player development, good decisions by the baseball people, and smart spending from ownership. All three�-and more. Remains to be seen how these play out.