標題XDDDDDDD Hendry: Cubs not spending the money foolishly 重要的：藍色部份1.HENDRY說他不會像呆子一樣的花錢 而且任何人都會想要他們隊上有 阿索 拉米 D.LEE 如果他們可以負擔的起金額的話 2.並沒有要簽FLOYD November 22, 2006 By Jeff Vorva Staff writer Aramis Ramirez is usually pretty stoic. The Cubs third baseman doesn't get too high or too low. So what happened when he heard the news on Monday that the Cubs signed Alfonso Soriano to an eight-year, $136 million deal a little more than a week after he inked a five-year, $73 million deal? "I jumped up and down," Ramirez admitted on Tuesday at a news conference at Wrigley Field. "We're getting one of the great players in the game." Cubs fans who saw the North Siders lose out to other teams in the bidding for targeted, high-priced free agents such as Mike Hampton, Carlos Beltran and Rafael Furcal over the years probably jumped up and down as well. The Cubs committed more than $200 million to Ramirez and Soriano over a nine- day stretch. And with a possible $120 million-plus budget for payroll for 2007, the Cubs still could be in the market for a top-level starting pitcher such as Barry Zito or Jason Schmidt. Because of the cash the Cubs are spending, some are comparing their offseason flurry of activity -- it also included signing free-agent second baseman Mark DeRosa, re-signing pitcher Kerry Wood and catcher Henry Blanco and trading for pitcher Neal Cotts -- as being on par with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said the team is not spending the money foolishly. "The people we put large investments in are great, great players," Hendry said. "I don't think there is anyone in the world who wouldn't want to have Alfonso on the team or Derrek Lee (who signed a five-year, $65 million deal in April) or Aramis. I think if anyone can afford them, they would pay those guys to be on their team. "I don't look at it as having nine guys in the lineup who are making double- digit millions. But when you have those three guys on one ballclub ... that's going to help us get a lot better." Ramirez said the Cubs, who won 66 games and finished in last place in the National League Central in 2006, are showing how serious they are about turning things around. "They are aggressive and that's what everybody is expecting," Ramirez said. "We had a bad year last year. They are working on making the team better." The Cubs may not make any more moves for a few weeks. They are expected to get back to serious work during the winter meetings in Orlando, Fla., which begin Dec. 4. At those meetings, the Cubs will search for starting pitching and outfield bench help. Meanwhile, a Cubs source said a downtown newspaper's report that talks with former Thornwood star Cliff Floyd are heating up is inaccurate. The left-handed-hitting Floyd, a free-agent left fielder who played for the New York Mets last season, is on the Cubs' radar, but the source said the North Siders have not yet reached the stage where they request medical information. Floyd has been oft-injured in his major league career. -- ashamed,why? --

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