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In Defense of the Cubs not Pursuing Juan Soto
Defending the Cubs ain’t easy.
Defending Jed Hoyer and the Cubs isn’t easy. They’ve been far too passive over the years and focused far too much on the future rather than trying to win the games and season at hand. However, attacking them for not going after Juan Soto is piling on.
Soto signed a 15-year, $765 million contract with the Mets. And I suspect the Mets would have paid more if they needed to. The Cubs generally speaking, didn’t give the illusion of going after Soto. And that seems to have made fans mad. Frankly, I respect the transparency.
If the Cubs had gone after Soto and came up short, fans would no doubt have griped about that. It would have been, ‘The Cubs are afraid to go all in. They’re just giving lip service to going after big ticket free agents.”
Why not pursuing Juan Soto makes sense
I’ve heard Juan Soto called this generation’s Ted Williams. And I think that’s like calling Adam Sandler this generation’s Sir Lawrence Olivier. If that’s the case, there’s a huge difference in generations. Soto is an outstanding player, but he isn’t even this generation’s Shohei Ohtani.
The upper tiers of MLB are spending without restraint. The Mets, Yankees and Dodgers are undeterred by luxury tax penalties. You…
