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Chicago Cubs: Why Jorge Soler Was Foolish to Head to North Side

June 18, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

Jorge Soler finished as the biggest loser when the Chicago Cubs won a bidding war to sign the Cuban prospect.Chicago locked up Soler for a nine-year stay in MLB purgatory with a $30 million bounty (via CBS Sports).David Waldstein of the New York Times reports that the Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers all competed in the bidding war. John Heyman adds for CBS that several of these teams bid at least $25 million for the five-tool, 20-year-old lefty.That's an impressive list of suitors. It's just too bad that he chose to marry for money ...

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