The difference between Ricketts and Reinsdorf is that Reinsdorf will tell you that he isn't signing any high dollar players and Ricketts will regale you, for hours, about all of the competitive offers that they made
When they don't sign Tucker, and Happy and Suzuki's contracts expire after next season, they'll play. I think that they're hedging their bets on a lockout and a salary cap.
I remember when the Cubs had a kid who had a bat that was too good to wait for his defense. Eventually, they gave up on him and, I think, he plays for Philly now. He was better than Ballesteros by a lot.