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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Hagsag 18 hours 11 min ago (view)
$$$$ for trump's defense fund.
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Dolorous Jon Lester 18 hours 14 min ago (view)
But they got $600 a few months back. Each! That was an unexpected windfall.
Can't wait to see us acquire a 17 year old, 16 year old, 11 year old (all in the 15-30 range of Blue Jays prospects) and one of the shitty Jays surplus OFs. Randal Grichuk jerseys will be the new hot item among Cubs fans.
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crunch 19 hours 6 min ago (view)
things are a little tight, we have to be patient with the ricketts family finances.
when TD Ameritrade was fully/completely sold in october they expected to get 26 billion dollars of value on the transaction, but it only got 22 billion dollars. the massive slew of millions that didn't fully come to realization on the ricketts side of that sale stings.
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Dolorous Jon Lester 19 hours 23 min ago (view)
Trade Hendricks? Cant be true. We're "going to be competitive this year."
Sell the team, Ricketts family.
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crunch 19 hours 39 min ago (view)
"Scott Mitchell of TSN reports that the Blue Jays have discussed a potential trade with the Cubs involving Kris Bryant and Kyle Hendricks.
Mitchell was responding to a question on Twitter asking whether there was any truth to the rumor that the Jays had talked with the Cubs about a deal for both players, and he answered in the affirmative."
this timeline sucks.
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bradsbeard 1 day 23 hours ago (view)
International Scouting Director Louie Eljaua was just on The Score and he mentioned that COVID is causing issues with completing physicals and officially signing guys, but he said they have 24 guys unufficially signed right now.
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KingKongvsGodzilla 2 days 51 min ago (view)
These guys are a year apart in age and Miller's easily had the stronger career to date. While I'm not big on Miller, much prefer his more standard injury (TJ) than whatever it is that sapped Foltynewicz's velocity. Folty without velocity just isn't interesting and is likely a much bigger injury risk
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Cubster 2 days 1 hour ago (view)
from an mlb.com article by Jordan Bastian...excerpt on Cubs free agent starting pitching options:
"Still, the Cubs need some more experienced Major League innings.
Given the way the offseason has played out for the North Siders, free-agent possibilities could include Chris Archer. Archer missed all of 2020 due to thoracic outlet syndrome, but he hopes to be ready to go by Spring Training. Free agents Mike Foltynewicz, Carlos Rodón, Rick Porcello and Trevor Williams are coming off forgettable '20 seasons but might benefit from the Cubs' analytics team.
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Charlie 2 days 18 hours ago (view)
At this rate, they will need 11 starters in 2021 but like 6 of them will be more or less Alec Mills. The defense will get plenty of practice, at least.
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crunch 2 days 22 hours ago (view)
i wouldn't be surprised to see jake arrieta come on board since no one else seems to want him and he'll probably have to take a 1yr deal...
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crunch 2 days 22 hours ago (view)
cubs get their backup catcher...hopefully not their main catcher...
austin romine 1yr/1.5m
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Dolorous Jon Lester 2 days 22 hours ago (view)
Look no further than Shelby Miller!
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crunch 2 days 23 hours ago (view)
hank aaron has died. passed away in his sleep.
we've lost a lot of HOF'rs and other notables in the past many months.
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Hagsag 3 days 4 hours ago (view)
The Cubs are now the "Little Sisters of the Poor".
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crunch 3 days 12 hours ago (view)
given what little we're supposed to expect out of this offseason that would have been a nice gamble.
at this point i wonder if they're going to snag someone to put in between the 2 current staff aces that throw 88mph on a good day, or if they're just gonna toss one of the kids in there to break up the slow-tossers.
i mean, there's gotta be something more than hendricks/davies/mills/alzolay/???...i hope.
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springs 3 days 12 hours ago (view)
That sucks...I wanted to sign Q to a one year deal and see if he could right the ship. At a minimum I hoped we'd get a draft pick when he left as a free agent and thought we could roll the dice to try and get that. That trade....man.
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: