Cubs ready to spend, spend, spend?

"Hoyer isn't looking at the Cubs record this year."

No, but your fans are

That's a big part of our research and work now is evaluating free agents.

Josh Hamilton, perhaps?

i hope the Cubs learned a lesson from the Fish last year and not just go out and buy high price players in the off season just to get high lines and probably a lot of them will flop.

do it theo...your track record was flawless in boston why not bring that to chicago

The Cubs are good at spending lots of money on overvalued free agents, then regretting it.

QUOTE(#3):

Originally posted 09:13 AM ET  09.27 by toad

i hope the Cubs learned a lesson from the Fish last year and not just go out and buy high price players in the off season just to get high lines and probably a lot of them will flop.

Theo should have learned his lesson on the perils of signing big ticket FA's back in Boston.

Spend. Spend. Spend. Beckett. Gonzales. Crawford...



... and Lackey, to boot.

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Originally posted 09:48 AM ET  09.27 by TRUTH3.0

Isn't that what they have always done? I'm confused now

As of late, yes. However, these are new people spending the money, so it's exciting!

Um, on a team with as many needs as this one, blowing a SIGNIFICANT amount of it on a streaky (altho extremely talented) outfielder like Hamilton is probably NOT the best route.

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Originally posted 10:58 AM ET  09.27 by dkredsox1

Spend. Spend. Spend. Beckett. Gonzales. Crawford...... and Lackey, to boot.

And J.D. Drew.....

QUOTE(#14):

Originally posted 11:49 AM ET  09.27 by RFD

Um, on a team with as many needs as this one, blowing a SIGNIFICANT amount of it on a streaky (altho extremely talented) outfielder like Hamilton is probably NOT the best route.

They've already done that with Soriano.

NO one will want to play for the Cubs.......there cursed.

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Originally posted 09:19 AM ET  09.27 by Flea Biscuit

It takes more than one year to repair their farm system. They've already warned to expect more of the same next year(and the next). The only free agents they will be after are of the budget variety similar to this years(DeJesus, Maholm, Stewart, Mather, ect). They probably will then trade them away at the deadline again like they did Maholm.

I think you are right. Part of the reasons given for the trades for Crawford Victorino, and Pence were that the GMs for LA and SF looked at the upcoming free agent market and didn't see much talent available. (I assume they think Hamilton will either stay in Texas or not be interested in the west coast.) Even if you add Hamilton to a last place team, that only gets, what--last place with a slightly better record?

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Originally posted 11:07 AM ET  09.27 by .ChiSoxFan.

As of late, yes. However, these are new people spending the money, so it's exciting!

Hopefully for the Cubs fans, they will spend more wisely that the previous regime.

Pass Da Pop Corn I have to see this one!!!

Sounds like a bidding war shaping up between the Cubs and BoSox, both with money to spend on FA.
Which GM will be the biggest spender/greater fool?

Say what you want about payroll. As of this moment, looking at the top 10 payroll teams, 80% have records of .500 or better. Teams 11-21, only 9 of 20 (45%), have records of .500 of better.