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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefGritty" data-source="post: 2018689" data-attributes="member: 746137"><p>I think this is the key piece:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>1. The Cubs currently sit $32 million below the CBT line per projections, and $25 million below last year's payroll.</p><p></p><p>2. 8 of the 30 teams paid the luxury tax in 2023, and 8 project to do so in 2024 with many players still unsigned (Astros in, Padres out).</p><p></p><p>3. The Cubs themselves paid CBT in 2016, 2019 and 2020. In 2019 the Cubs had the 2nd highest payroll in baseball. They're 12th for 2024 as it currently stands, down from 10th last year.</p><p></p><p>All of which is to say, I take these comments in the way they were clearly intended: as a shot across Scott Boras' bow. Everybody knows the Cubs have a ton of money to spend, and everybody know Boras has more clients than suitors at this stage. The dance continues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefGritty, post: 2018689, member: 746137"] I think this is the key piece: 1. The Cubs currently sit $32 million below the CBT line per projections, and $25 million below last year's payroll. 2. 8 of the 30 teams paid the luxury tax in 2023, and 8 project to do so in 2024 with many players still unsigned (Astros in, Padres out). 3. The Cubs themselves paid CBT in 2016, 2019 and 2020. In 2019 the Cubs had the 2nd highest payroll in baseball. They're 12th for 2024 as it currently stands, down from 10th last year. All of which is to say, I take these comments in the way they were clearly intended: as a shot across Scott Boras' bow. Everybody knows the Cubs have a ton of money to spend, and everybody know Boras has more clients than suitors at this stage. The dance continues. [/QUOTE]
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