In addition to 20 million being cleared off the books, the Cubs appear willing to add an additional 20 million to the payroll, for a grand total of 40 mill to play with this offseason. Lets say Diasuke gets 15 million per season plus figure 5 mi/season of the bidding fee amoritzed over the life of the contract(its possible they won't even hold this "bidding fee" against the payroll budget") Where is the rest of the $$$ going.
Has any GM in Cubs history had the payroll comparable to Hendry's.(relative to the rest of the league of course) I know the Cubs had the 7th highest payroll in 06, has a Cubs GM ever had a payroll ranking this high?
elbow pain, back pain, and so on are not reasons to worry? No. Unlike some other Cubs pitchers...cough, cough,...Z knows how to pitch through this pain and be effective.
I don't recall hearing anything to suggest Rusch was pursued by anyone. Oh well, good for Glendon. Right place at the right time. Any word when Hendry will be handing out c-notes to random pedestrains on the corner of clark & addison?
Although some don't believe in analyzing segments of seasons per say.... This guy was arguably the worst leadoff hitter in baseball during April and May. This was one of the factors that contributed to the Cubs start from hell.