2015 Winter Meetings (Day Two)
Update 2: In a related move, Castro heads to the Yankees for RHP Adam Warren and IF Brendan Ryan.
Update 1: Zobrist signs with the Cubs for 4/$56m.
Cahill is back and Baez is rumored to be on the block.
Meanwhile, the Reds have a bridge over the Ohio River they'd like to sell you.
Recent comments
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bradsbeard 10 min 31 sec ago (view)
It all depends what you count as "payroll." If you include the $11M in Lester and Descalso's buyouts plus the $3M sent in the Darvish trade you get to somewhere like $145M. If you include the $15M in estimated share of player benefits, you get to $160M. I think that last year, including player benefits, they were slated to be up around $205M for MLB payroll before the pandemic.
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crunch 9 hours 53 min ago (view)
not sure, but i think it's around 130-135m right now even with bryant/baez/contreras still on board...including the 3m to set darvish free and other random $$ expenses on the roster.
tack on another 3-4m for happ when that gets settled....plus other odds/ends that have a chance to make the roster (s.miller, a.morgan, j.holder, etc) and other pre-arbitration guys...
cubs still need someone to back up contreras (if he sticks around, which i wouldn't be surprised to see him stick around)...not sure if taylor gushue is gonna be that guy and m.amaya is too young.
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George Altman 10 hours 43 min ago (view)
Seriously, what's the 2021 payroll number? Currently at approximately $165M and after they trade Bryant, Baez, & Contreras - $130M. Is that it, $135-140M.
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crunch 10 hours 47 min ago (view)
Q to the angels...supposedly 1/8m
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crunch 19 hours 42 min ago (view)
pete ricketts (the governor of Nebraska ricketts) is a key part of an anti-gambling Nebraska group called "Gambling With The Good Life" that actively lobbied their open legislature...including a speech by pete...to keep gambling illegal in Nebraska.
he last spoke for the group to the state government in-session 3 months ago.
...it's also worth mentioning all of this is separate from the Draft Kings/Wrigley Field deal that flew under the radar toward the end of the season that will put a sportsbook directly in wrigley field, itself.
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Charlie 20 hours 18 min ago (view)
Of all the things, why does this most make me want to punch
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Cubster 1 day 2 hours ago (view)
I thought the Cubs had lost a rising star in Porter, seems the just got lucky with him leaving the organization.
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crunch 1 day 9 hours ago (view)
jared porter...damn dude...mets gm, ex cubs director of scouting...
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crunch 1 day 13 hours ago (view)
cubs freeing up that chatwood + lester loot sure did help...wait...sigh.
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Cubster 1 day 13 hours ago (view)
Plus Chatwood signing w Bluejays is done.
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crunch 1 day 14 hours ago (view)
...and done. 1 year deal with a mutual option.
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Cubster 1 day 15 hours ago (view)
Dolorous in discussions with the Washington Schwarbs.
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crunch 1 day 15 hours ago (view)
that's where i'd put my money. he gave up an alarming amount of HR last season, giving pause. still, he's shown he's better than a 5 slot guy...
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Cubster 1 day 15 hours ago (view)
God knows, the pitching staff needs more Garlick but the offense needs to ward off those strikeout demons.
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Dolorous Jon Lester 1 day 15 hours ago (view)
Has to be Paddack
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crunch 1 day 16 hours ago (view)
SD picks up joe musgrove from PIT...
they have Snell/Darvish/Musgrove/Lamet and a nice race for the 5th slot. wow.
Comments
ExCub Jason Motte gets 2
"#Rockies sign RHP Jason
Jason's a good dude. I loved
Cards continue tradition of
And Jay would have made more
he's 30, he should have been
Padres acquire the John Jay
Jacos, his mother spelled his
"Ken Rosenthal @Ken
Bullpen seems pretty full,
All if these Soler/Baez to TB
How about...go with the MLB
heyward at 25m-ish a year for
I hate that lineup... Now for
Well, that's just crazy...
"Bob Nightengale of USA Today
Consider the source.
it's easily the craziest
Bob Knightengale? Legit?
he just doubled-down on that
Whoa. That's way too much
Tomorrow is Wednesday, Water
cubs/lackey finalized...guess
Dusty giving a lot of
Perhaps I'm easily convinced,
I like Heyward for Cubs.
The embedded highlight clip
More Baez to Atlanta rumors.
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales 2
It looks like crunch is not
It looks like crunch is not going to have Mike Baxter to kick around anymore. He's headed to the Mariners in a minor league deal.
good...i've run out of jokes
According to anonymous
Sources?
i'll vouch for him. all that
Seems like a series of panic
it's the single best way to
multiple sources telling the
sent sound: rimshot
sent sound: rimshot
Rosenthal on Twitter: Zobrist
if that happens castro pretty
Muskat tweets: Theo said
Joel Sherman reminds...Jim
Tyler Flowers signs 2 yr deal
"Carrie Muskat @CarrieMuskat
Rosenthal (6:37pm)...Zobrist
zobrist is a cub.
Zobrist, 4yrs x $56M
cubs got older really quickly
The victory disco dance
castro to yanks! details to
Joel Sherman says Castro deal
Ken Davidoff on Zobrist
Signing bonuses for contracts
Signing bonuses for contracts signed prior to the end of the calendar year are usually paid out of the $$$ left-over from a club's previous season's payroll, so the Cubs probably had aboutr $10M left-over from their 2015 payroll (allowing for a $7M signing bonus for Lackey and a $2M signing bonus for Zobrist).
NYY sending pitcher Adam
Players eligible for
Players eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft are "frozen" on minor league reserve lists (can't be traded, released, or transferred from one minor league reserve list to another) beginning on 11/20 up through the conclusion of the Rule 5 Draft, so the PTBNL coming to the Cubs could be a Yankees minor leaguer eligible for selection in Thursday's Rule 5 Draft.
Cubs get Andrew Warren for
Theo said he wanted pitching
Al Leiter on Warren: bowling
Cubs also get Brendan Ryan
:(
-1
Maybe gets flipped with
i just hope the middle IF can
Baez is Russell's backup with
dbacks get s.miller from the
Shelby Miller to AZ per
Ender Inciarte, Aaron Blair
The NY media is going to eat
The NY media is going to eat Castro alive.
Unfortunately for him this is
These are not the kind of
The way the money breaks down
So... you're saying we get
We'll see what Santa says!
Charles: It would seem as if
Brendan effing Ryan .....
Henry got his man: Starlin!
So much for Coughlin or Baez
So much for Coughlan or Baez being Maddon's Zobrist.
So Zobrist is Maddons new
No reason Baez couldn't be
is this a Zobriety test?
with Zobrist, Is Arismendy
Talk is Warren going to be in
could live with that...wonder
So is Warren the "young, cost
Yeah...6-6...3.66 ERA in 17
If you had been offered that
Castro sucked in May, June
i was hoping for something
Who hacked Crunch's account?
same crunch...it's just
"One" piece of criticism
yeah, this is what i'm
I also posted about Starlin
It is not sexy. I don't know
Steve Adams from MLB Trade
I don't know, what when was
matt clement pulled 3 solid,
matt clement pulled 3 solid, but overshadowed, seasonsooops...he left FOR the al east. it's been a long day.Matt Clement was a good dude.
supposedly Brendan Ryan is
I assume this means Javy is
they're yet to give up a
My guess is that Theo saw
Did TheJedi pull it off again
Agree with you guys. Theo and
Bruce Levine tweet: Cubs not
Great pickups in Zobrist and
and the buzz has been that
per Dan Szymborski tweet: