Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 26, 2019
Delay of gain: Cubs won’t feel Marquee’s windfall immediately
Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images At some point, the Cubs will lose the excuse they gave in spring training for a winter of inactivity that played a large role in their demise this season.
“We don’t have any more [money],” chairman Tom Ricketts said plainly in February after the team passed on potentially helpful free agents and let others remain unsigned.
Well, more money is coming, but according to president of baseball operations Theo Epstein, it’s not exactly around the corner.