Cubs payroll - 15th in the league - 34% drop from last year.

[Banedon]

Lowest payroll since 2005.

 

The Cubs have only two players at over $10 million in Alfonso Soriano ($19 million) and Ryan Dempster ($14 million). Fourteen players make $2 million or less, including newly signed infielder Luis Valbuena ($495,000).

 

Not included is the money being paid to Zambrano, or Randy Wells' salary.

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-cubs-payroll-drops-by-onethird-20120405,0,2888130.story

[jersey cubs fan]

opening day roster payroll figures are stupid and pointless

[SouthSideRyan]

The meatballs will eat this up.

[Cubs Fan Dan]

IllinoisandCubsarebroke.com

[Omar]

I think its a great thing to lower your payroll 34% for a rebuilding year.

[champaignchris]

When you spend $130-ish million to garner 71 wins, dropping payroll seems to be the inevitable conclusion.

[Little Slide Rooter]

With another 35 mil, give or take between Dempster, Byrd, Pena, Zambrano, and some additonal miscelanny(Wood, Baker, Johnson) coming of the books after this season, if nothing else there's no excuse not to extend Castro.

[Backtobanks]

I love how they brag about cutting the payroll, but then let you know in small print that it doesn't include the $20 million we're paying Zambrano and Wells. The guys who handle the books must work for the government.

[Guest]

That's Sullivan "bragging" about it.

[Soul]

Why bother even posting Sullivan's rantings...

[rocket]

at least they lowered the ticket prices too