Reports earlier today indicated the Cubs have about $2-3 million dollars to play with until tomorrow's deadline. They are mostly interested in the lefty reliever, John Grabow, from Pittsburgh. Acquiring him would also leave some room for an outfielder the Cubs are looking for to platoon with Bradley. The two players on the Cubs' radar are Florida's Jeremy Hermida and Kansas City's Mark Teahen. Both players could be under team control through 2011.
I think these acquisitions would definitely make us a better team, but have a look at the money we are paying people not even on the team anymore:
$3,187,432 (Luis Vizcaino) (plus $0.5M 2010 buyout)
$4,000,000 (est.) (Ryan Freel)
$2,000,000 (Chad Gaudin)
$ 875,000 (Jason Marquis)
$ 800,000 (Joey Gathright)
$ 178,279 (Paul Bako)
That's $11,040,711 that the Cubs could have played around with at the deadline. Not to mention that they are paying Aaron Miles $4.9 million. By the way, if you were wondering what happened to Aaron Miles, he is currently doing a rehab assignment in Iowa. He has over 50 ABs. Pretty long rehab stint isn't it? Teahen, Hermida, and/or Grabow would definitely make us a better team, but think of the possibilities with $11-15 million more. Would have been nice to have some of this money don't you think?
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