2024 Cubs

[Butcher]

It still pisses me off that one bad contract (Heyward) was used as an excuse in perpetuity to not go after another high priced free agent again. Yeah, J-Hey underperformed, but good god; he was making $20M a year at the end of his contract -- that shouldn't handcuff a team like the Cubs. The beauty of being one of the highest revenue teams is that a bad contract *doesn't* handcuff you in the same way it would a team like the Pirates or the Brewers.