I am worried this bum is going ruin the Cubs for another 5 years with more bad contracts. They need to get a new GM before next offseason.

I am hoping Ricketts didn't fire Hendry last year because he wanted a new GM to come in with some room in the budget.
Lets hope he said, "fuck it let Hendry deal with this shitty team one more year and then I'll fire him, Trump style and get a REAL gm here for year 3."

This next offseason is HUGE for the Cubs. Hendry should not be given another chance to field a team. How many bad deals is it going to take for Ricketts to finally launch this guy?

the sad part is, the rickkety family is going to put the brakes on big contracts no matter who is in the GM position. they are going to cry poor cause they want the city/state to pay for wrigley repairs. no free money, means no big free agent signings.

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Frank Coztansa wrote:
Please die in a fire.

They will spend money like the Tribune did. Not trying to win, just to be competitive enough get some butts in the seats.

They have already demonstrated that this year with Garza and Pena. Neither fits into the plans they bragged about "Building in the farm system" crap. Garza cost them the farm system and they couldn't even afford Pena so 50% of his salary is deferred till next year!

These people made a huge mistake in buying this team for what they paid, when they did.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Where does the $55M number come from? Is that assuming Ryan Dempster does not pick up his $14M player option?

Truth.....and this is why they will never win a championship.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Aramis Ramirez 3b 15milYR
5 years/$75M (2007-11), plus 2012 club option
re-signed by Cubs as a free agent 11/06
$5M signing bonus
07:$8M, 08:$14M, 09:$15.65M, 10:$15.75M, 11:$14.6M player option, 12:$16M club option ($2M buyout)
full no-trade clause 2007-10, $1M assignment bonus if traded
Ramirez has right to void contract after 2010 & become a free agent
award bonuses: $75,000 each for Gold Glove or All Star selection, $0.25M for LCS MVP, $0.3M for MVP,$0.35M for WS MVP
Ramirez may void 2012 option, but doing so forfeits $2M buyout
2012 option becomes guaranteed if Ramirez:
wins one MVP in 2007-11, or
places 2nd or 3rd in MVP vote twice in 2007-11, or
wins LCS MVP once in 2007-11, or
is an All Star 3 times in 2007-11, or
is traded & Ramirez exercises 2011 option
Ramirez exercised 2011 player option 11/10


Kosuke Fukudome of 12milYR
4 years/$48M (2008-11)
signed by Cubs as a free agent from Japan 12/12/07
$4M signing bonus
08:$6M, 09:$11.5M, 10:$13M, 11:$13.5M
no-trade protection
club must sign Fukudome to an extension by 11/15/2011 or release him, allowing him to become a free agent


Carlos Pena 1b
1 year/$10M (2011)
signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 12/8/10
$5M deferred, to be paid 1/2012


John Grabow lhp
2 years/$7.5M (2010-11)
re-signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 11/20/09
10:$2.7M, 11:$4.8M


Jeff Samardzija rhp
5 years/$10M (2007-11), plus 2012 & 2013 club options



Geovany Soto c
1 year/$3M (2011)


Kerry Wood rhp
1 year/$1.5M (2011)


Jeff Baker 2b-3b
1 year/$1.175M (2011)

Reed Johnson of
1 year/$0.9M (2011)


Koyie Hill c
1 year/$0.85M (2011)


Randy Wells rhp
1 year/$0.475M (2011)


Blake DeWitt inf
1 year/$0.46M (2011)


Starlin Castro ss
1 year/$0.44M (2011)


Tyler Colvin of
1 year/$0.44M (2011)


Andrew Cashner rhp
1 year/$0.4275M (2011)


James Russell lhp
1 year/$0.4275M (2011)


Darwin Barney ss
1 year/$0.417M (2011)


Marcus Mateo rhp
1 year/$0.417M (2011)


Casey Coleman rhp
1 year (2011)


Total is around 55MIL

2011 Payroll
1 New York Yankees 196,854,630
2 Philadelphia Phillies 172,976,381
3 Boston Red Sox 160,257,476
4 Los Angeles Angels 138,999,024
5 Chicago White Sox 129,285,539
6 Chicago Cubs 126,380,663
7 New York Mets 120,147,311
8 San Francisco Giants 117,784,333
9 Minnesota Twins 112,737,000
10 Detroit Tigers 105,705,232

2010 was 135,000,000