Looks Like Cubs are Frontrunners to Land Masahiro Tanaka

[BigSpoon]

thoughts yanks were cutting back on spending

Yeah, I thought they had a budget of $189M for payroll in 2014. Though I'm not sure on how the A-Rod suspension figures into it.

[Chi_archie]

They won't have to pay Arod for games he is suspended in.

[d2bets]

They won't have to pay Arod for games he is suspended in.

What if a court so.shows changes it? Then it counts against luxury tax?

[d2bets]

All that money the Cubs make and it never seems like they break the bank for any star players. Cant remember the last big star they signed.

The broke the bank for Alfonso Soriano. Oops. Milton Bradley. Module Fukudome. Edwin Jackson.