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Tom Ricketts and Jed Hoyer are giving me whiplash when it comes to the direction of the Chicago Cubs baseball operations department and its budget.
After slashing the payroll with a machete via the Yu Darvish trade, non-tendering of Kyle Schwarber and decision to let Jon Lester depart for the Washington Nationals, Hoyer got added funds in the final month of the offseason and promptly went out and added Joc Pederson to replace Schwarber in left field.