Cubs Have Committed $500 Million In Contracts In The Past Two Seasons
2nd May, 2008 - 3:48 pm
Post-Dispatch - Over the past two seasons, the Cubs have spent approximately $500 million in free-agent deals or contract extensions.

Kosuke Fukudome, who signed a $48 million over four years this winter, is the latest big ticket acquistion.

He joins Alfonso Soriano ($136 million), Carlos Zambrano ($91.5 million), Aramis Ramirez ($75 million), Derrek Lee ($65 million), Ted Lilly ($40 million), Jason Marquis ($21 million), and Mark DeRosa ($13 million) as expensive Cubbies.

RealGM Note: There were three members of the Cubs in RealGM's player rankings this week. Derrek Lee was 5th with a +41% Reina Value, Carlos Zambrano was 19th with a -3% RV, and Aramis Ramirez was 23rd with a -1% RV. [READ]

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