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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1650286" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>I 100% agree with you that it was a half measure. Management trying to get under ownership’s arbitrary spending limit in order to free up enough payroll to fill out the roster with lottery tickets and AAAA players.</p><p></p><p>But I’d argue the Darvish trade portion of the off-season strategy worked. The Cubs are getting enough from Davies that the money they saved could have gone to upgrades that would have helped them to compete in the division.</p><p></p><p>The problem has been the second part. They went cheap and tried to get two starters for the price of one with Arrieta and Williams when they would have been far better off spending on just one better pitcher - DeSciafini, Taijuan Walker, Kluber, Robbie Ray - and then using Mills as your #5. They tried to save a little more money by swapping out Schwarber for Pederson. They got some nice infield pieces but didn’t address the outfield depth. They got unlucky with injuries to backup catchers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1650286, member: 26283"] I 100% agree with you that it was a half measure. Management trying to get under ownership’s arbitrary spending limit in order to free up enough payroll to fill out the roster with lottery tickets and AAAA players. But I’d argue the Darvish trade portion of the off-season strategy worked. The Cubs are getting enough from Davies that the money they saved could have gone to upgrades that would have helped them to compete in the division. The problem has been the second part. They went cheap and tried to get two starters for the price of one with Arrieta and Williams when they would have been far better off spending on just one better pitcher - DeSciafini, Taijuan Walker, Kluber, Robbie Ray - and then using Mills as your #5. They tried to save a little more money by swapping out Schwarber for Pederson. They got some nice infield pieces but didn’t address the outfield depth. They got unlucky with injuries to backup catchers. [/QUOTE]
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