That payroll is going to swell over the next few years controllable players or not.

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Interesting reaction to post about a guy who could get 25 million per year on the open market being signed for 10.

I’m not sure what’s so interesting? The Cubs have many good players that should receive salaries at the higher end of arbitration settlements or early contract extensions. All I am saying is having a bunch of controllable players may not be as advantageous or cheap as some might think.

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These are what we call good problems.

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Yeah I didn’t say it was bad. Just that controllable does not mean cheap necessarily.

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ILL BET BRYANT IS STIlL MAD ABOUT BEING SENT DOWN LIKE EVERY OTHER PLAYER IS TO RESET THE SERVICE TIME CLOCK THOUGH. FUCKIN’ THEO!!

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

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Same thing was said about the Blackhawks until October, 2015...

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Maybe. Who to pay and how long and all that.

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3 World Series championships would qualify as a dynasty. I'm okay dealing with a couple years of needing to retool after a dynasty.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Get back to me in 2022.

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Not a mult.

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Stop bringing in players from shithole countries!

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

I promise you Scott Boras remembers.

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All Scott Boras cares about is the $$$$ He isn't going to hold a grudge for one of the top 3 spending teams in the league

Yup.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

So now the Cubs are a high spending team?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Yup, where you been?

Chicago Cubs $170,189,880 #1 in MLB for 25man roster.

Tell that to the others who argued they weren't before.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I don't care about the others. I was a fan of the black smoke.

Correct and his client was screwed out of 25 million of those and Scott about 1.25 million

You will be duped in the preceding years when you swoon over Bryant for saying that he controls the negotiations

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Kris Bryant was not screwed out of $25M. He was screwed out of electing free agency a year earlier.

He now has 4 arbitration years instead of 3. He just made a record $10.85M in his first arb year. He projects to earn somewhere between $21M and $25M during his 4th arb year. Do you think he is worth $50M per season?

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Boras is going to get the highest amount he can for Bryant regardless if the Cubs started his clock early or not. You really think Boras would have given them a discount for starting Bryant early? If anything Boras respects Theo as a business man and not some idiot who gave away 25Million.

If Boras was a GM he would have handled Bryant the exact same way. He is a business man, not a drinking buddy. As a Sox fan, why do you guys even care how much the Cubs will end of paying Bryant?

yes

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And men have lost their reason.

because

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And men have lost their reason.

You didn't answer my question. Do you think Boras would have given the Cubs a discount if they started the clock early? Boilermaker? same question.

Don’t feed the trolls Juiced. Rick just wants to get a four year old gotcha on someone who posted that cubs had a small payroll at the time.

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It's not a 4 year old gotcha. It was a debate after the Cubs won the World Series. Then IMU had to go and brag that at the start of the 2017 season the Cubs had the most expensive 25 man roster in baseball.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

The Cubs did have a small payroll when they where rebuilding.. LOL Why would you not?

I am going to take your advice and leave this one alone.