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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
The Chicago Cubs payroll was 171M. Not much more than the Jays just enough to fill some glaring holes, which comes back to the age old saying, the Jays need to #### or get off the pot.
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The Cubs have a bunch of premium players on the pre-arb cost controlled portion of their deals (and a few vets on really good value deals)... that's how they were able to do that. Until we have that we have to build differently. We won't get that by gutting the farm system by forfeiting draft picks, trading away premium guys, and acquiring an endless supply of long-term bad money deals. What you seem to be advocating is the LA Angels Philadelphia Phillies method of team building. Yuck.