From what it sounds like, the Cubs wouldn't have pursued A-Rod no matter their cash reserves. It was a position problem rather than lack of available cash. Now you can say that's a horrible move to not consider moving him back to SS, and you'd at least have a pretty good case. I just don't think the Soriano signing and the lack of interest in A-Rod had anything to do with one another. Well, you can say that the Cubs wouldn't have gotten past the position thing and I might agree. But I guarantee the Soriano signing had an awful lot to do with the Cubs not being interested in going after a $25M/yr player this winter. Other factors were also in play, such as the unstable ownership situation.