<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td width=5> </td><td align=center><img id="story-photo" width="478" src=https://images.cubshq.com/stories/18/baseball/epstein_grin_jake_roth.jpg><br><font size=2></font></td></tr></table><table width="100%" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><a target=_blank href=/story/Latest-news-and-rumors-Cubs-gain-money-to-spend-the-Machado-Market-and-more-14958 class="newstitle"><font style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Helv, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #D12325; text-decoration: none">Latest news and rumors: Cubs gain money to spend, the Machado Market and more</font></a><br><br><font class=newsbody>Money to spare? After all, was said and done with pre-arbitration settlements for the Cubs, the team spent approximately $2M less than what was initially projected.</font> <a target=_blank href=/story/Latest-news-and-rumors-Cubs-gain-money-to-spend-the-Machado-Market-and-more-14958><font class=fullstory><b>Full Story »</b></font></a></td></tr></table>