The Cubs announced earlier this week that they will be keeping their Spring Training home in Mesa, Arizona. The announcement comes after several weeks of listening to proposals being made by both Mesa and Naples, FL. The proposal from the City of Mesa includes an $84 million, 15,000 seat stadium and state-of-the-art training facilities. It [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Cubs Sign Xavier Nady
January 27, 2010 – 5:18 am
The Cubs signed Xavier Nady on Tuesday to a 1-year/$3.3 million contract. The contract also contains $2 million in incentives based on games played. Nady is coming off a 2009 season in which he only played seven games before going on the DL with an elbow injury. He eventually had to have his second Tommy [...]
What Can You Get For $140 Million?: Bringing It All Together
January 25, 2010 – 5:14 am
For the past two weeks, we’ve been looking at the Cubs roster to see how well Jim Hendry and the front office have done in spending nearly $140 million. To check out any of the previous posts, visit these links: What Can You Get For $140 Million? (Introduction and Methodology) What Can You Get For [...]
What Can You Get For $140 Million?: Starting Pitchers
January 22, 2010 – 5:40 am
With the third highest payroll in baseball in 2009, the Cubs put together a roster that is arguably the worst of the top six spending teams in the Major Leagues. My complaint isn’t with the money they spent. A large market club like the Cubs with the high annual revenues they have should be one of the [...]
What Can You Get For $140 Million?: Closer
January 21, 2010 – 5:43 am
The Cubs are spending a lot of money on their payroll. In 2009, they spent nearly $140 million, good for the third highest payroll in all of Major League Baseball. Only the Yankees and Mets out-spent the Cubs last year. On the surface, it appears that both the Yankees and Mets got some of the [...]
What Can You Get For $140 million?: Right Field
January 20, 2010 – 5:36 am
In the past several years, the Cubs have gone from an under-spending team to the team with the third highest payroll in 2009. The change was good and needed. For years, the Cubs, a big market, high revenue team, were spending enough to field a team, but not enough to field a winning team. Today, [...]
What Can You Get For $140 Million?: Center Field
January 19, 2010 – 5:01 am
This series of articles was prompted by my belief that 1) the Cubs, by virtue of being the third highest payroll team in baseball in 2009, should have one of the top players at each position, and 2) the Cubs roster does not compare favorably with the other highest payroll teams. I’m please that the [...]
What Can You Get For $140 Million?: Left Field
January 18, 2010 – 5:00 am
For the the past few days, we’ve been looking at the Cubs 2009 roster and seeing how it compares to other teams with high payrolls. When I started the project, my thinking was that 1) with such a high payroll (the third highest in baseball), the Cubs should have one of the top players in [...]
What Can You Get For $140 Million?: Catcher
January 15, 2010 – 6:23 am
If a team is going to outspend all but two other teams in Major League Baseball, shouldn’t they be expected to sign/trade for some of the top players at just about every position? That’s my thinking. I also think that the Cubs are spending the payroll dollars like the big boys, but their roster cannot [...]
What Can You Get For $140 Million?: Third Base
January 14, 2010 – 6:10 am
The Cubs spent nearly $140 million on player payroll in 2009. How does their roster compare to other big spending teams? Are the Cubs getting value for their $140 million or are they spending freely without building a roster capable of winning a World Series? That’s what I’m looking at in this series of articles. [...]
