And people get upset when some suggest the Cubs make offers only to make fans think they are trying .
Any winning bid for Bregman was going to include and opt out after the 1st and most likely needed a 30.0 AAV . Cubs just made sure to come just low enough on AAV with no opt out 🤣.
As Jeff Passan said yesterday , they didn’t offer the most dollars , they didn’t offer most years , they didnt offer highest AAV . I would add to that , they offered the least flexibility , so how were they expecting to win the bid ?
Answer is simple . They weren’t expecting to win and they didn’t want to win . Same thing with Scott . Didn’t come up to 4 years until the last moment when there was talk the Cubs were his 1st choice and he waited for them 2 weeks to match the offer . They came in lower than the Dodgers on AAV🤣.