This offseason has been a frustrating one to track for Chicago Cubs fans as the team proves time and time again that they can reach new levels of stinginess. Most recently, they missed out on promising Japanese outfielder Shogo Akiyama because the three years at a total of $15-20 million was too far outside of their comfort range much like the $4.5 million Eric Sogard signed for.
Perhaps the saddest part of all of this is that it likely spells doom for the Cubs in trying to bring back swiss army man Ben Zobrist.