It is when you think the top end of free agency is a pool of guys that mostly have had their best years and you'll be paying them a ton of money for doing a lot of great things for his former team. It's why I didn't want Albert Pujols. It's why I didn't want B.J. Upton. Josh Hamilton. It's why I don't want Robinson Cano. Upton was 28 going into this season. Pujols was 32 going into his first year with the Angels. Josh Hamilton turned 32 a month into his first season with the Angels. Yeah, Upton had a monstrously bad year, but why are you lumping him in with Pujols and Hamilton as if he's an older player? Fielder was 28 his first year with Detroit. And come on, the Cubs should be a team like the Dodgers or Phillies or Angels that can take the hit of 2-3 bum years in a big contract for a top tier player. Why would it be a bad thing if they could afford to do that?