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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1505572" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>They don’t really. It’s a tax. Not a hard cap. With where the Cubs are in their window, how profitable they are, the holes they have on the roster, and the dollars coming off the books these next two years, you could argue that the Cubs really should blow past the tax by $40million or so, if they were to do it strategically.</p><p></p><p>One of the problems with that argument, however, is that one of their big needs - centerfield - just isn’t there to be had in free agency. So, they are going to have to make a trade anyway. Trades take time, and the free agents you might want might go before you make the trade, and there’s not much point in making a bunch of free agent signings if you don’t know if you’ll be able to fix one of your primary holes.</p><p></p><p>Thus they’re kind of in wait and see mode.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1505572, member: 26283"] They don’t really. It’s a tax. Not a hard cap. With where the Cubs are in their window, how profitable they are, the holes they have on the roster, and the dollars coming off the books these next two years, you could argue that the Cubs really should blow past the tax by $40million or so, if they were to do it strategically. One of the problems with that argument, however, is that one of their big needs - centerfield - just isn’t there to be had in free agency. So, they are going to have to make a trade anyway. Trades take time, and the free agents you might want might go before you make the trade, and there’s not much point in making a bunch of free agent signings if you don’t know if you’ll be able to fix one of your primary holes. Thus they’re kind of in wait and see mode. [/QUOTE]
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