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 3 hours 16 min ago (view)
You say that in jest, but just from the 2016 draft, which did not feature a first or second round pick, the Cubs drafted 4 players who were added to 40 man rosters this winter (Hatch, Miller, Rucker, Short) with Mekkes, Giambrone, and several others being potential mid-season additions.
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Dolorous Jon Lester 3 hours 32 min ago (view)
So I guess he's the first guy since Rondon we've taken in rule 5 with a shot at making the roster. That's kinda cool
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crunch 3 hours 38 min ago (view)
"Megill is a guy we tried to trade for, actually, prior to the Rule 5." - hoyer
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Dolorous Jon Lester 3 hours 47 min ago (view)
That's a bummer. He does what few on the big league club do: put the bat on the ball.
Also hate to lose Rucker. He's a perfect type to be on AAA shuttle and cheap middle relief at minimum.
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QuietMan 3 hours 48 min ago (view)
Good stuff indeed.
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crunch 3 hours 50 min ago (view)
A's trade for machin...probably not getting him back.
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crunch 4 hours 1 min ago (view)
cubs seem to be using the minor league phase of the rule5 to attempt to build a farm system...better than their recent non-1st-round draft record so far, i guess.
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crunch 4 hours 6 min ago (view)
he was rumored as a cubs trade target from SD last year...along with rowan wick and brad wieck...
they seem to have a real focus on the SD minor league system.
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cubbies.4ever 4 hours 11 min ago (view)
is Trevor Megill worth a spot? Probably better than most of the bullpen last year
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crunch 4 hours 12 min ago (view)
cubs/giants GMs stepped out of the Rule5 "draft room" to talk shop.
someone might be getting traded related to the draft.
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crunch 4 hours 14 min ago (view)
carlos sepulveda to the dodgers
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crunch 4 hours 16 min ago (view)
awwww.
cubs lose faustino carrera. was hoping he would go unnoticed in the system.
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crunch 4 hours 20 min ago (view)
machin expected to be traded.
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crunch 4 hours 22 min ago (view)
vimael machin to phillies
trevor megill (RHP) to the cubs from SD
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player...
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cubbies.4ever 4 hours 25 min ago (view)
Cubs lose Michael Rucker
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Mike Wellman 4 hours 41 min ago (view)
"And while there was no question about Clemente's talent and upside, he was very inexperienced and nowhere near MLB-ready in February 1954..." Same here - I was born that month of that year...
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: