Tom Ricketts used many of the same talking points Monday when he addressed the media after speaking to the team before the first full-squad workout, and he had the same unbridled optimism about the season ahead, says PWSullivan.
MESA, Ariz. — Tom Ricketts doesn’t look much different from when he made his first spring training appearance as Chicago Cubs chairman back in 2010 at Fitch Park.
This year the Cubs will be paying outfielder Jason Heyward the last $22 million on his eight-year, $184 million deal after releasing him in November. Heyward was the guy the Cubs wanted, but it didn’t work out.[Don't miss] What we heard from Tom Ricketts, including whether the Chicago Cubs would go over the luxury tax and the latest on direct-to-consumer streamingThis offseason the Cubs handed Dansby Swanson a seven-year, $177 million deal.
“Everybody goes into those contracts eyes wide open,” Ricketts said. “And they know the first half of a super-long contract the player will likely be more productive, but the second half is likely to be less productive than the amount you paid him. That reminded me of a past media scrum from his “state of the Cubs” news conference after the first full-squad workout in 2012, the first year of former President Theo Epstein’s rebuild. Ricketts told us the rebuild would “pay off in the short run with a great team on the field this year and in the long run with a team that’s going to be competitive every single year.
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