Yep, and I don’t necessarily think the Cubs are winning a WS this year but they ride the line of spending enough to compete without being crazy like the Dodgers. I believe they were 10th in the MLB for opening day payroll at $196 million.
GM’s will do it all the time to save money and it makes sense, especially with an owner as frugal as JR. Hahn just had the unfortunate luck of doing it with three of the lamest players in history. Once they got that green, they weren’t very motivated.
The Sox really need to stop giving at bats to old vets that will return more prospects like Trey McGough. It’s just not worth it. Perhaps when they are actually a .500+ team.
Whenever I think of Getz working that Fedde, Kopech, Pham trade, I imagine Getz as Jack in “Jack and the Beanstalk” and trading his livelihood for the magic beans (Vargas).