Tag Archives: Brad Lidge

What Can You Get For $140 Million?: Closer

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 [...]

A Look At The Offseason (Part 3 – Pitching)

For the last two days, I’ve been looking at what the Cubs offseason will likely look like.  In Part 1 I looked at the infield, Part 2 the outfield.  Here’s where you can find those two posts: A Look At The Offseason (Part 1 – Infield) A Look At The Offseason (Part 2 – Outfield) Today, [...]