As soon as the offseason kicked off, the Chicago Cubs baseball team went out and signed free agents off the market. Right off the bat, the Cubs became big spenders, afraid of nobody.

First the team signed reigning World Series champion second basemen Ben Zobrist to a four year, $56 million contract. Then pitcher John Lackey to a two-year, $32 million deal from the division rival St. Louis Cardinals. The Cubs also stole outfielder Jason Heyward from the Cardinals, inking him to an eight-year, $184 million contract. To put that into perspective, that is tied for the fourteenth biggest contract in the history of baseball, and more than any contract in any other sport, with the exception of one man in auto racing.

Aside from the big signings, the Cubs also got rid of SS Starlin Castro, sending him to the New York Yankees for a pitcher and a player to be named. More importantly than the acquisition in that trade, though, is that the Cubs offloaded some much-needed salary cap space, while also creating space in their infield. For those that don’t know, the salary cap is the amount of money each team can spend per year. If you go over the salary cap, you have to pay a luxury tax.

Possibly the best offseason move of them all, however, was the re-signing of OF Dexter Fowler. Cubs GM Theo Epstein, whose contract is up at the end of the upcoming season–more on that later– convinced Fowler to stay after he previously agreed to a contract with the Baltimore Orioles on a three-year, $35 million deal. Fowler is supposed to be a great leader in the locker room, and the Cubs have him for the next year, costing them $9.5 million in the process. Though this is a lot of money for just a one-year deal, it is worth it to keep Dex.

After extensive research, I have finally figured out what I believe the lineup, rotation, and batting order should look like. Here goes nothing.

For the lineup: Miguel Montero catching, Anthony Rizzo at first base, newly-signed Ben Zobrist at second, Addison Russell at shortstop, and Kris Bryant at third base rounds out the infield. The outfield should feature Kyle Schwarber in left, Dexter Fowler in center, and Jason Heyward in right.

In the rotation, Jake Arrieta should be number one, followed by Parker parent Jon Lester (he’s only here during the season, though–off-season he’s in Atlanta), John Lackey, Kyle Hendricks, and Jason Hammel to round out the five.

The batting order should be as follows: Fowler leading off, Heyward, Rizzo, and Bryant batting clean up. Fifth is Schwarber, then Zobrist, Montero, Arrieta (or whoever is pitching), and Russell to finish the order.

For next offseason, the Cubs need to re–sign RHP Jake Arrieta, GM Theo Epstein, and OF Dexter Fowler. For Arrieta and Theo, the Cubs need to pay as much as they are asking. Those guys are special. For Dex, give him his money. He deserves it.

The Cubs are projected to finish with a record of 96-66, one game worse than they finished last year. They have opened at 4-1 favorites to win the World Series, and what a momentous occasion it would be if they could pull that off. The first World Series in 108 years. That would be something special. And, while I don’t want to put the “kiss of death” on it, it’s definitely attainable.