This is why we let the offseason play out. The Chicago Cubs, criticized for dragging their feet and treating the first luxury tax threshold like a stop sign, in the past five days traded for righthander Edward Cabrera, a high-ceiling starter with three years of control, and signed third baseman Alex Bregman to a $175 million, five-year contract that puts them over the first threshold.
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