A lot of people have been on Tom Ricketts during the past two winters because the Cubs have not been shopping in the Nieman-Marcus section of free agency, and I get that. Once you get a taste for the finer things in life, nothing feels more like a dagger to the heart than having to go back to finding value in the irregulars section at Ross for Less.
That Schitt’s Creek mentality just doesn’t sit well with Cubs fans, though.
In exercising financial prudence, the Cubs are hoping to find a deeply discounted gem or two in veteran players such as Jason Kipnis, Steven Souza Jr.