I’ll give Jed this, you could be stuck paying for high $ vets on the backend of their deals with limited financial flexibility and diminishing returns after the window closes like the Padres and clock is ticking for Philly too. Machado, Boggarts and Tatis look like complete duds. Although the Dodgers have pulverized the competitive balance of baseball to be fair but the Cubs will have over $100 million to spend and only the corner outfielders will be missed.
You can criticize the timing of his free agent signings but that’s for another topic.