By now, we all know the Chicago Cubs are not going to be spending much money this offseason. A tight baseball operations budget prevented the team from signing a free agent to a major league contract before just this past week. They’ve had to get creative with their limited financial resources in getting creative in building their bullpen.
Still, that doesn’t make it any easier to swallow the fact that the perennially low-budget Miami Marlins, who are likely facing a last-place finish in the National League East this year, have signed former Chicago right-hander Brandon Kintzler for a mere $3 million in free agency.