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by Jason Brannon • Feb 10, 2012 9:01 AM EST
Here's a typically crafty business decision of Tribune-era Cubs:
On the subject of Vitters, I heard he wasn't the pick [scouting director] Tim Wilken wanted to make in the 2007 draft anyway. Wilken wanted to draft switch hitting catcher Matt Wieters but it would have taken some over slotting the ownership at the time said no to.
Keep in mind, this is the team that signed Alfonso Soriano to an 8-year $136 million contract just months earlier.
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