It. Does. Not. Matter.
If you think the Mets are going to lose money or the Cubs would have, there is nothing to talk about.
they made enough money to pay for Soto (yearly) just in concerts
Tom is nuttier than a horsefeathers house rat.
All anyone is saying is that the decision is not up to the Cubs and they cannot win by dropping a dump truck full of money.
I don't know what fantasies he's playing with but everyone is the enemy.
Depending on who they get for Bellinger, they may need two bats, a guy who can play OF (maybe Canerio fills that spot, barely), and a guy who can play 1B unless they go let the young guys play and fill the role with OWNKC
Granted, I don't have a real good imagination, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how trading Bellinger and reallocating his money will make the club better. Maybe Jed will pull a rabbit out of his hat.
It’s like you live some bizzaro universe where the Cubs have not been awful to mediocre for going on the better part of a decade. I mean real results do matter. Or maybe they don’t and we can blame the wind blowing in or injuries or rule changes or TV contracts or, or….
That's the wild part. Without beating a dead horse harder, he put himself in this position (created by the owners' greed). But he's worked under the owners for a decade and knows how they operate.
I don't see how he makes the team better by trading Bellinger and Nico. He's once again banking on the winds of variability (literally).