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Among the pitchers and catchers reporting for spring training Saturday for the Cubs, you won’t find any C.J. Wilsons, Mark Buehrles or any other big-ticket free agents.
Or Carlos Zambrano, for that matter. In fact, the Cubs are spending more money this season ($15.3 million) to make sure Carlos Zambrano pitches somewhere else (Miami) than they are on any one other guy to actually pitch for them.
As much as anything, that might underscore the new organizational attitude of the 2K12 Cubs, the tone the new regime is trying to set as manager Dale Sveum starts his “building not rebuilding’’ project this spring — with first official workouts scheduled Sunday.
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