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Can cash-strapped Cubs solve need for late-game relief?

LAS VEGAS -- If you're still looking for the Chicago Cubs to go swimming in the deep end of the free-agent pool, you may have to wait for another offseason. Once again, the front office more than intimated that it won't be spending the big bucks this winter.

"Nothing has changed in that regard," general manager Jed Hoyer said Monday when asked about the team's budget.