Going off past comments saying they like to stay near that 1st luxury tax, I'd say yes. Hoyer also likes to constantly bring up "intelligent spending" which could be an indicator of a spending limit. Could go as far as saying having Hawkins as the #2 and now Counsell as manager is to try and help this team play above some kind of spending limit as well. They both come from small market teams so they always had to make due with less resources. Regardless if Ricketts has given a limit to Hoyer, Hoyer has still allocated the resources he does have extremely poorly. In my opinion the state of the team is absolutely on both Ricketts and Hoyer/Hawkins. An as far as them "willing to pay for Ohtani" the only reason I could believe they were actually willing is because he's and international phenom. He would've been more of a business move than anything else but he was never leaving California.
Exactly what i was saying all offseason. Knew he was a guaranteed 4+ WAR player & cheap for that value. But everybody was worried about him striking out. Which is laughable for this day & age of baseball
@johnmaskovich561 i just didn't understand the willingness to give Bellinger that contract but wouldn't give Chapman a cheaper one for more guaranteed production at a position we we're crossing our fingers on with Morel. But yeah Bellinger is only worth about 20-22 million a year based on his 2 seasons with the Cubs so far. A season like '23 this year & he will have earned his money though.
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I think both Sam and Matt are underestimating how much $ Santander, Fried are going to get. If Max Fried was on the Cubs next year, I would be absolutely delighted. He’s a stud just gets injured often but I mean that’s what comes with pitchers. He’s an elite post season pitcher
Would like to know how long we are locked into Marquee, when you go to look it up they just tell you it’s a multi-year deal what does that mean 2, 4, 10, or 20 years?
Yes. I remember when the Ricketts promised money coming in barrels with them having their own network, concerts and other facilities at Wrigley. Just like corporate greed, they need to pay themselves first.
Chicago Cubs owners need to spend money like the LA dodgers did we only live once I say what a championship I spend the money and not cheap to spend it.
Not sure about the LAD/NYY model, yes they were both in the WS this year but you think of the $$ those 2 teams have spent over the last # of years and except for the Covid season combined they have as many ‘ships as the Cubs. Sure those 2 are always in the conversation but throwing money at everyone isn’t the answer. (Not saying the Cubs way is the magic potion either, perhaps something in between.)
I’d be interested to hear the real numbers Marquee is doing, vs where they were on WGN/ Comcast Sports net I know for sure as a chord cutter who now listens to Cubs on radio…. I love the new Chicago Sports Network that comes in crystal clear and free with my antenna. Ricketts should think about putting Marquee on free airwaves too!
I was proposing sign Adames to play 3B (great glove, great power/slug), then deal/package Parades, Hoerner an some prospects to get a high level bullpen arm and a catcher.
Wrigley field is the key to our financial issues! Ricketts dumped a ton of money into Wrigleyville. The stadium has limited seating and high maintenance. This limits the clubs value!
i think it is more of a daddy Ricketts and not Tommy Boy. I think Daddy Ricketts had said that the Cubs have to make a profit and can't borrow against any of the other Ricketts companies. That includes all the renovations to Wrigley. The Cubs have to make a profit and stand totally on it's own.
I would love more of an economics perspective, however, I don't think it's this show's strength. Still interesting takes and I really enjoyed Matt's thoughts on this episode in particular
Why u know cubs never get superstars players like Juan Soto be about on tom ricketts he doesn't not want to use that money on Superstars players that why cubs never going to get superstars players so sad cubs fans wants a superstars players too
The answer to this is Hickory Street Capital. Crane's job is to task Jed to spend just enough to make it look good, so the fans fill the place. Any money made outside of the park is theirs to keep and not share with MLB. Someone needs to do a deep dive into what Hickory Street owns around the park. Make no mistake Crane is the Ted Phillips of the Cubs now that Theo is not around.
Marquee is only based out of Chicago area and I would’ve loved to have Marquee but I’m from the Bay Area in California so I can’t get it but been a huge Cubs fan since 1984
You can get Marquee in Canada and Mexico and potentially anywhere else in the world that isn't in an MLB market. You being in a 2 team market is why you can't get it. Same with myself being in Denver
I really don't like the idea of trading Busch. He has the potential to get better and be a special player. Part of being a good GM is not just acquiring talent, it's developing the talent you already have and not giving it away. We've seen some guys leave the Cubs early in their careers, only to blossom on other teams, and at a low cost. Not enough attention is given to that aspect. And is it "speculatory"? I would speculate that it is speculative. 🙂
I've said this ad nauseum but it warrants repeating - The Cubs are willing to do, what is to them, one "big" contract at a time. Heyward was their old "big" contract, and now Swanson is the current one. I highly, highly doubt they're going to sign Fried, or any other big name players because they've got their "one" they're willing to do. This off-season, it'll be quantity over quality.
People still talking about trading bellinger LOL give it up already for now atleast. On positive side him having upside year can only be beneficial to the cubs one way or another. And vice versa. Let’s hope he comes back with chip on his shoulder like we saw in 23
The main blame rests with Jed. No, there shouldn't be a salary cap of any type with the Cubs, but other teams do much more with much less. Jed has NOT spent money wisely. Too many misses, too much star level money for average players. So does the owner have the responsibility to chase bad money with more?
Yes jed has messed up, but i see teams with multiple 200 mill dollar players and 300 mill dollar players elite players in the history of cubs they never done that. Soto would change that cubs line up and help the young hitters confidences but ricketts won't go for it they using luxury tax as a excuse. Its crazy we third biggest market we can never afford the elite players i wish ppl would wake up see that and why are we 7th in payroll.Fans going to keep showing up for mediocre team spend money and sing go cubs go to mediocre team ricketts know that. But aye we got 2016 WS championship we can live off that another 100 years lol
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Yes! He only wants to open new culvers, Taco Bell’s, and Dippin dots and they don’t want to spend money on big time players, but they would definitely put down some money on an expensive piece of real estate
No Fried! Go all in for Burnes, or go with second tier like Wacha. Sign or trade for two big bullpen arms especially lefty. Tanner Scott! Go all in, 4 yrs 60+m
Wacha has been re-signed. I like Burnes but not for 7 years. Relief pitchers are so volatile, and 4 years is way too long to be tied to any relief pitcher. 2 yrs max, and maybe club options and incentives
@ if two years you need to pay more than 15 for Scott. I do prefer another route to trade for Mason Miller or Couchet, or Helsley or Clase. Using our rich farm system.
As far as what they're spending and making , look at the end of every season , does the Cubs net worth go up , or down every year , and there is your answer .
It's like me, not wanting the antenna to get the Bulls!! Why would I pay to watch a team with no clear direction!! with my cable provider, the Marquee network is included!! 🤔🤪
Paredes should be playing winter ball all off season to get used to his new batting stance that Amaya has demonstrated so well, eliminating the big lag kick, and all the head movement that comes with it as well!!!! If Paredes is unwilling or unsuccessful in doing so, TRADE HIM NOW!!! Bring up Matt Shaw... Let's WIN in 2025!!!! Oh, and use Bellinger in a trade for a big name starting pitcher, with enough left over for a good arm in relief as well...
Paredes should be avoiding the buffet restaurants and splitting his time between weight watchers meetings and appointments with personal trainers at the gym. And ballesteros should be doing the same.
If the Cubs trade Busch one year after giving up what they did, that is going to be a bad look. Those are the kind of moves that would keep Jed Hoyer from ever finding another MLB job. Zyhir Hope has more potential to become a star than anyone in the entire Cubs organization, and he was the "other guy" in that trade after Ferris.
Hey guys love the show! I listen everyday! I just wanted to add my 2 cents lol. With the prices of tickets and beer and food and with all of the lavish upgrades in and around Wrigley and the rooftops and anything else that I missed the Ricketts family have plenty of money to be just like the Yankees or the Dodgers. I have been a fan for the better part of 40 years now and my opinion is this. The Ricketts and Theo brought a World Series back to Chicago finally and they know without a doubt how loyal the Cubs fans and fan base is and they know that no matter how good or how bad the product of the team is it doesn’t matter because the fans are still going to fill the seats and spend money so they can just be mediocre and fill and pad their pockets and then once or twice a decade they will go out and make an attempt to improve the team to keep the fans interest up and keep the hope alive. I would be willing to bet they they could go out and get Soto and Burnes and whoever they want but they won’t because they are doing exactly what the Cubs do and if they didn’t get lucky with all the prospects they had in 2016 they wouldn’t have went out and gotten a Harper or a Soto or Ohtani. We need Shaw, Cassie, Triontos, Smith, to all come up and be the next core and then build around them and put the pieces in place and then they will have sustained success year after year. We won’t see a World Series run until 227 or beyond. Sorry for such a long respond lol
Owners who spend more than the value they create through the team absolutely do exist. They're filthy rich outside of baseball... team ownership is nothing more than an investment to them. I want an owner who wants to win more than they care to make a return on their investment. It's been done before, and it'll be done again. The irony is that owning a winning team in a tightly-restricted market will always return on investment. What kills an investment into team ownership is consistently losing.
Go all in for Soto over tax! If can’t, then Bregman under tax with back load contract. Then T. Hernandes! Then Santander . NO Adames! No Alonso, No other big free agency bat!
I'm in Indianapolis and can't get Marquee Unless I get it included with the highest costing streaming service. I can download it but all Cubs games are blacked out here. So their losing money here. I know alot of Cubs fans who want it here. I'm not going to pay for Marquee unless I can watch Cubs games, not just Cubs reruns
Yes, he is. But he is probably buying into philosophical rhetoric from Jed. They should be better in view of what they do spend, but there should be few limits in what this team spends, based upon the support and revenue this team generates.
Oh now you think Cody is a mistake??? Should I dig out your last year’s video around same time and free agency, especially after Ohtani signed??? I remember every Cubs media is frustrated at Jed why he did not sign Cody yet!!!! It’s easy to pick other’s mistakes when it happened!!
Ricketts isn’t cheap, but he definitely needs to spend more and really, more wisely. Jed is not the man. Get someone in there who knows how to allocate the money more effectively.
Lets a GM with a losing record spend his money Wants his team to play @ a level where Wrigley stays packed, no more Has the highest ticket prices Does not care about winning a WS Destroyed Cubs broadcasting YES, RICKETTS IS HOLDING THE CUBS BACK
There's only one owner. That's Joe Ricketts. His silver spoon kids won't own the team until Joe passes away. So Tom, Steve Dave, Karen and Billy Joe are not the owners
First and foremost Rick, it is a businessman looking to make a profit. And there is nothing wrong with that. Problem is he treats the Cubs like a hobby for like a rich man’s choo-choo train. We need to find someone more committed to winning.
From your analogy, Yankees & Dodgers should always be at top two payroll every year they did not win WS, otherwise they are “CHEAP”! You know what? Yankees failed this year, they are #3 in payroll and they did not win WS! Their org is atrocious!!! Dodgers was #4 in payroll in 2023, and they did not even make into the WS ! Their org is cheap! In 2019, both teams were not in top two spending, and both did not in WS! 2023: Yankees did not even make the post season and LA lost to Arizona 3-0 ! Terrible organization !
Ricketts can want to win & be cheap relative to his worth & the teams of course. These arnt exclusive concepts. Him being cheap isnt the same as small market teams being cheap though.
For every Mancini, there is Cody for his first year! For every Smyly, there is Imanaga! For every Neris there is Leiter Jr, Roberts, for every Hosmer, you have Tauchman, Gomes. Common, no one can make every move right!!!
Stop it the owner is rich he is cheap ,you and Sam are delusional so stop it ,g I out and get stars ,you will get it back in merch and advertisement deals .You need to get rid of Jed and Hawkins ,they have no idea what their doing and we have bad talent scouts redo it from top to bottom have a nice day.
Going off past comments saying they like to stay near that 1st luxury tax, I'd say yes. Hoyer also likes to constantly bring up "intelligent spending" which could be an indicator of a spending limit.
Could go as far as saying having Hawkins as the #2 and now Counsell as manager is to try and help this team play above some kind of spending limit as well. They both come from small market teams so they always had to make due with less resources.
Regardless if Ricketts has given a limit to Hoyer, Hoyer has still allocated the resources he does have extremely poorly. In my opinion the state of the team is absolutely on both Ricketts and Hoyer/Hawkins.
An as far as them "willing to pay for Ohtani" the only reason I could believe they were actually willing is because he's and international phenom. He would've been more of a business move than anything else but he was never leaving California.
we needed a 3rd baseman last year and could of had a gold glove Matt Chapman, he would have been a great fit
Exactly what i was saying all offseason. Knew he was a guaranteed 4+ WAR player & cheap for that value. But everybody was worried about him striking out. Which is laughable for this day & age of baseball
No one gave him the contract he looked for until very late he had to settle! No one said we should sign Chapman than Cody at this time last year!
I wanted to pass on Bellinger last off season and sign Chapman ! Bellinger is definitely not worth 27 million a year .
@johnmaskovich561 i just didn't understand the willingness to give Bellinger that contract but wouldn't give Chapman a cheaper one for more guaranteed production at a position we we're crossing our fingers on with Morel.
But yeah Bellinger is only worth about 20-22 million a year based on his 2 seasons with the Cubs so far. A season like '23 this year & he will have earned his money though.
They could've & should've gotten BOTH.
I'm not as hard on Tom as some, he has spent, they just have spent poorly.
It's called Unintelligent Spending.
The allotment of money and spending are both on Tom, but Hoyer has spent poorly.
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I think both Sam and Matt are underestimating how much $ Santander, Fried are going to get. If Max Fried was on the Cubs next year, I would be absolutely delighted. He’s a stud just gets injured often but I mean that’s what comes with pitchers. He’s an elite post season pitcher
As long is Wrigley Field is packed on the daily, Tom could care less if the Cubs are a winner.
Love the show Matt and Sam! Go Cubs! 💙❤️
Would like to know how long we are locked into Marquee, when you go to look it up they just tell you it’s a multi-year deal what does that mean 2, 4, 10, or 20 years?
Matt here is a couple examples of intelligent spending, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees
Yes, but it is risky spending that much
Yes. I remember when the Ricketts promised money coming in barrels with them having their own network, concerts and other facilities at Wrigley. Just like corporate greed, they need to pay themselves first.
He wasnt 10 years ago. But he is now. Along with Jed.
Chicago Cubs owners need to spend money like the LA dodgers did we only live once I say what a championship I spend the money and not cheap to spend it.
Not sure about the LAD/NYY model, yes they were both in the WS this year but you think of the $$ those 2 teams have spent over the last # of years and except for the Covid season combined they have as many ‘ships as the Cubs. Sure those 2 are always in the conversation but throwing money at everyone isn’t the answer. (Not saying the Cubs way is the magic potion either, perhaps something in between.)
16:05 Has been my entire frustration with this team for years
I’d be interested to hear the real numbers Marquee is doing, vs where they were on WGN/ Comcast Sports net
I know for sure as a chord cutter who now listens to Cubs on radio…. I love the new Chicago Sports Network that comes in crystal clear and free with my antenna.
Ricketts should think about putting Marquee on free airwaves too!
Adames has said he's willing to change positions for a team if they need him to
I was proposing sign Adames to play 3B (great glove, great power/slug), then deal/package Parades, Hoerner an some prospects to get a high level bullpen arm and a catcher.
Wrigley field is the key to our financial issues! Ricketts dumped a ton of money into Wrigleyville. The stadium has limited seating and high maintenance. This limits the clubs value!
i think it is more of a daddy Ricketts and not Tommy Boy. I think Daddy Ricketts had said that the Cubs have to make a profit and can't borrow against any of the other Ricketts companies. That includes all the renovations to Wrigley. The Cubs have to make a profit and stand totally on it's own.
Yes, he was all fired up prior to last year about the farm system. How many guys are coming translation payroll much smaller
I would love more of an economics perspective, however, I don't think it's this show's strength. Still interesting takes and I really enjoyed Matt's thoughts on this episode in particular
ricketts has been and always will be cheap. never forget he wanted to spend 4.7 billion on a soccer team but couldn’t afford ohtani
Yup, Chelsea football club in England. But god forbid we go up to a 250-260 million payroll for 1 season
Football Team. Joe Ricketts tried to buy the Chelsea Football Club
Why u know cubs never get superstars players like Juan Soto be about on tom ricketts he doesn't not want to use that money on Superstars players that why cubs never going to get superstars players so sad cubs fans wants a superstars players too
He's holding the fans back
The answer to this is Hickory Street Capital. Crane's job is to task Jed to spend just enough to make it look good, so the fans fill the place. Any money made outside of the park is theirs to keep and not share with MLB. Someone needs to do a deep dive into what Hickory Street owns around the park. Make no mistake Crane is the Ted Phillips of the Cubs now that Theo is not around.
This is a mid market team, we need to acknowledge this
Marquee is only based out of Chicago area and I would’ve loved to have Marquee but I’m from the Bay Area in California so I can’t get it but been a huge Cubs fan since 1984
You can get Marquee in Canada and Mexico and potentially anywhere else in the world that isn't in an MLB market. You being in a 2 team market is why you can't get it. Same with myself being in Denver
I really don't like the idea of trading Busch. He has the potential to get better and be a special player. Part of being a good GM is not just acquiring talent, it's developing the talent you already have and not giving it away. We've seen some guys leave the Cubs early in their careers, only to blossom on other teams, and at a low cost. Not enough attention is given to that aspect.
And is it "speculatory"? I would speculate that it is speculative.
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I've said this ad nauseum but it warrants repeating - The Cubs are willing to do, what is to them, one "big" contract at a time. Heyward was their old "big" contract, and now Swanson is the current one. I highly, highly doubt they're going to sign Fried, or any other big name players because they've got their "one" they're willing to do. This off-season, it'll be quantity over quality.
People still talking about trading bellinger LOL give it up already for now atleast. On positive side him having upside year can only be beneficial to the cubs one way or another. And vice versa. Let’s hope he comes back with chip on his shoulder like we saw in 23
The main blame rests with Jed. No, there shouldn't be a salary cap of any type with the Cubs, but other teams do much more with much less. Jed has NOT spent money wisely. Too many misses, too much star level money for average players. So does the owner have the responsibility to chase bad money with more?
Yes jed has messed up, but i see teams with multiple 200 mill dollar players and 300 mill dollar players elite players in the history of cubs they never done that. Soto would change that cubs line up and help the young hitters confidences but ricketts won't go for it they using luxury tax as a excuse. Its crazy we third biggest market we can never afford the elite players i wish ppl would wake up see that and why are we 7th in payroll.Fans going to keep showing up for mediocre team spend money and sing go cubs go to mediocre team ricketts know that. But aye we got 2016 WS championship we can live off that another 100 years lol
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Yes! He only wants to open new culvers, Taco Bell’s, and Dippin dots and they don’t want to spend money on big time players, but they would definitely put down some money on an expensive piece of real estate
Get Bregman for third base! Gold glove infield!
No Fried! Go all in for Burnes, or go with second tier like Wacha. Sign or trade for two big bullpen arms especially lefty. Tanner Scott! Go all in, 4 yrs 60+m
Wacha has been re-signed. I like Burnes but not for 7 years. Relief pitchers are so volatile, and 4 years is way too long to be tied to any relief pitcher. 2 yrs max, and maybe club options and incentives
@ if two years you need to pay more than 15 for Scott. I do prefer another route to trade for Mason Miller or Couchet, or Helsley or Clase. Using our rich farm system.
@sni6941 in two years he may have flamed out or hurt himself. Either way, you cross that bridge then
As far as what they're spending and making , look at the end of every season , does the Cubs net worth go up , or down every year , and there is your answer .
It's like me, not wanting the antenna to get the Bulls!! Why would I pay to watch a team with no clear direction!! with my cable provider, the Marquee network is included!! 🤔🤪
Antenna is so easy and Bulls/Blackhawks come in crystal clear. Along with all the other channels the NFL and other sports are on.
Paredes should be playing winter ball all off season to get used to his new batting stance that Amaya has demonstrated so well, eliminating the big lag kick, and all the head movement that comes with it as well!!!! If Paredes is unwilling or unsuccessful in doing so, TRADE HIM NOW!!! Bring up Matt Shaw... Let's WIN in 2025!!!! Oh, and use Bellinger in a trade for a big name starting pitcher, with enough left over for a good arm in relief as well...
Paredes should be avoiding the buffet restaurants and splitting his time between weight watchers meetings and appointments with personal trainers at the gym. And ballesteros should be doing the same.
They didn’t spend more because they are not ready to go all in!!!!! This year going forward they will be! Mark my word!!! It is timing !
Another delusional fan lol you must be new cub fan if you think cubs ever go all in
@ I was Cubs fan since 1990, Dunston Sandberg Dawson
If the Cubs trade Busch one year after giving up what they did, that is going to be a bad look. Those are the kind of moves that would keep Jed Hoyer from ever finding another MLB job. Zyhir Hope has more potential to become a star than anyone in the entire Cubs organization, and he was the "other guy" in that trade after Ferris.
Especially if it's to try and sign Pete Alonso. Busch is younger, better and not a defensive liability like Pete Alonso is.
Sign Bauer nowadays!
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Hey guys love the show! I listen everyday! I just wanted to add my 2 cents lol. With the prices of tickets and beer and food and with all of the lavish upgrades in and around Wrigley and the rooftops and anything else that I missed the Ricketts family have plenty of money to be just like the Yankees or the Dodgers. I have been a fan for the better part of 40 years now and my opinion is this. The Ricketts and Theo brought a World Series back to Chicago finally and they know without a doubt how loyal the Cubs fans and fan base is and they know that no matter how good or how bad the product of the team is it doesn’t matter because the fans are still going to fill the seats and spend money so they can just be mediocre and fill and pad their pockets and then once or twice a decade they will go out and make an attempt to improve the team to keep the fans interest up and keep the hope alive. I would be willing to bet they they could go out and get Soto and Burnes and whoever they want but they won’t because they are doing exactly what the Cubs do and if they didn’t get lucky with all the prospects they had in 2016 they wouldn’t have went out and gotten a Harper or a Soto or Ohtani. We need Shaw, Cassie, Triontos, Smith, to all come up and be the next core and then build around them and put the pieces in place and then they will have sustained success year after year. We won’t see a World Series run until 227 or beyond. Sorry for such a long respond lol
We need an owner that doesn't give af about their portfolio.
How about you let him spend his money however tf he wants and you can do the same with yours
So, a unicorn?
Mark Cuban would've been great. The league rejected him. He also offered more than 200mil more than Joe Ricketts paid for the cubs.
Owners who spend more than the value they create through the team absolutely do exist. They're filthy rich outside of baseball... team ownership is nothing more than an investment to them. I want an owner who wants to win more than they care to make a return on their investment. It's been done before, and it'll be done again. The irony is that owning a winning team in a tightly-restricted market will always return on investment. What kills an investment into team ownership is consistently losing.
@@realMal1c3 nobody cares who you want
Go all in for Soto over tax! If can’t, then Bregman under tax with back load contract. Then T. Hernandes! Then Santander . NO Adames! No Alonso, No other big free agency bat!
so all you guys should be cheering Rickets, Jed, whoever...rich equals morally superior and immune to doing wrong right
I'm in Indianapolis and can't get Marquee Unless I get it included with the highest costing streaming service. I can download it but all Cubs games are blacked out here. So their losing money here. I know alot of Cubs fans who want it here. I'm not going to pay for Marquee unless I can watch Cubs games, not just Cubs reruns
Yes, he is. But he is probably buying into philosophical rhetoric from Jed. They should be better in view of what they do spend, but there should be few limits in what this team spends, based upon the support and revenue this team generates.
Oh now you think Cody is a mistake??? Should I dig out your last year’s video around same time and free agency, especially after Ohtani signed??? I remember every Cubs media is frustrated at Jed why he did not sign Cody yet!!!! It’s easy to pick other’s mistakes when it happened!!
Ricketts isn’t cheap, but he definitely needs to spend more and really, more wisely. Jed is not the man. Get someone in there who knows how to allocate the money more effectively.
Ricketts is not cheap, they went over tax in their last WS push. They went over tax in 2016, 2019! That’s not cheap!
Cubs Middle market team
If they’re tight on money why were they going to buy a soccer team?
I would get Marquee if there was something worth watching. I listen to the radio.
Then after moving Belli, bring up Cassie to play RF...
Caissie is the future RF for the Cubs
And over paying for a bland manager!!😲🧐😒🤨
Tom Ricketts has no say until his father gives him the okay to spend money. Tom Ricketts is not the owner. Joe Ricketts is the sole owner.
The lapel pin on his neck alone shows you how clueless he is to the world and what's actually going on.
Hoyer messed up. Simple
Lets a GM with a losing record spend his money
Wants his team to play @ a level where Wrigley stays packed, no more
Has the highest ticket prices
Does not care about winning a WS
Destroyed Cubs broadcasting
YES, RICKETTS IS HOLDING THE CUBS BACK
"F" grade!! in both!!🤔🤨
Well its 2 many owners, what more brothers and a sister? Hes not a sole owner, so maybe they should sell the team??🤷
I agree 100%! I don't know who a new owner could be but I remember Mark Cuban was interested and I think he has cash
Are there any Rich Cub fans out there that would like to own a baseball team?
There's only one owner. That's Joe Ricketts. His silver spoon kids won't own the team until Joe passes away. So Tom, Steve Dave, Karen and Billy Joe are not the owners
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The kids are not rich. Their father is rich.
First and foremost Rick, it is a businessman looking to make a profit. And there is nothing wrong with that. Problem is he treats the Cubs like a hobby for like a rich man’s choo-choo train. We need to find someone more committed to winning.
From your analogy, Yankees & Dodgers should always be at top two payroll every year they did not win WS, otherwise they are “CHEAP”! You know what? Yankees failed this year, they are #3 in payroll and they did not win WS! Their org is atrocious!!! Dodgers was #4 in payroll in 2023, and they did not even make into the WS ! Their org is cheap! In 2019, both teams were not in top two spending, and both did not in WS! 2023: Yankees did not even make the post season and LA lost to Arizona 3-0 ! Terrible organization !
I do think tom ricketts is Cheap owner he never pay over $700 million players like Shohei Ohtani that is all facts 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Stop going everywhere on this topic….. Cubs obviously are spending it’s just misspending and no one has more to blame than goofy ahhh Jed Hoyer!!
Need new owner .
Shocking: everybody loves spending somebody else’s money. It’s embarrassing
I do love it...rich men can at least entertain us for all they take away from us
@@aduncaroo I understand what you're saying. It seems like these other teams have a better plan than the Cubs.
I would spend that way if it was MY money
Almost as embarrassing as white knighting for a billionaire.
@ keep crying somebody else’s money 🤣
Tom ricketts doesn't not care about winning cubs is not going to get juan soto tom ricketts is too cheap spending money on Superstars players
Sounds like a lot of BS about the richest family. Maybe they are just broke.
Ricketts can want to win & be cheap relative to his worth & the teams of course. These arnt exclusive concepts.
Him being cheap isnt the same as small market teams being cheap though.
This was a real flacid take from a bohner.
Tom needs to put up or shut up.
Who cares about baseball when fans have no rights or money left?
Tom ricketts doesn't know ball ⚾️
For every Mancini, there is Cody for his first year! For every Smyly, there is Imanaga! For every Neris there is Leiter Jr, Roberts, for every Hosmer, you have Tauchman, Gomes. Common, no one can make every move right!!!
Stop it the owner is rich he is cheap ,you and Sam are delusional so stop it ,g I out and get stars ,you will get it back in merch and advertisement deals .You need to get rid of Jed and Hawkins ,they have no idea what their doing and we have bad talent scouts redo it from top to bottom have a nice day.
Bullshit tom ricketts doesn't not care about winning or championships too
Tom is a very tight ass cheap scape. He is not going to spend money. He is Fing cheap.
Maybe ricketts don't know anything about baseball.
Too much dead wieght on a bit market team
Sign Bauer nowadays!