Jacque Jones Deal to Marlins is Off Because of Hendry

[Cubfanintheknow]

Here's the thing: Some of these national writers failed math class. If the Cubs keep Jones, they have to pay him through next year anyway. If they pay part of his gig for him to go away, it amounts to the same thing, not "additional debt."

 

Somebody brought this up in another thread (and I have no idea which one) but under the proposed deal the Cubs would be paying all but the league minimum (or around that figure) while the Marlins would have picked up the rest. But the Cubs would still have to pay another player to take Jones' position on the roster. So essentially the player replacing Jones would have to make the league minimum for the Cubs to not take on any more salary than they would already have by keeping Jones.

 

The player the cubs would most likely add when they remove jacque will most likely make the minimum.

 

Not if the CUbs get Griffey! :wink:

[NCCubFan]

The player the cubs would most likely add when they remove jacque will most likely make the minimum.

 

Not if the CUbs get Griffey! :wink:

Or Arod.

[soccer10k]

Here's the thing: Some of these national writers failed math class. If the Cubs keep Jones, they have to pay him through next year anyway. If they pay part of his gig for him to go away, it amounts to the same thing, not "additional debt."

 

Somebody brought this up in another thread (and I have no idea which one) but under the proposed deal the Cubs would be paying all but the league minimum (or around that figure) while the Marlins would have picked up the rest. But the Cubs would still have to pay another player to take Jones' position on the roster. So essentially the player replacing Jones would have to make the league minimum for the Cubs to not take on any more salary than they would already have by keeping Jones.

 

The player the cubs would most likely add when they remove jacque will most likely make the minimum.

 

I realize that's a definite possibility but with the Cubs being a major market team it's not a guarantee like it would be with the smaller market teams.

[Balsa]

50 Shrutebucks he's gone within a week.

[Drew Doughty]

50 Shrutebucks he's gone within a week.

 

i want stanleynickels instead.

[gflore34]

Bruce has a nice article up on the nixed trade and other sundry Cub happenings this morning. Here's a blurb:

 

WASHINGTON — Cubs general manager Jim Hendry went on the record Tuesday to deny national reports that baseball Commissioner Bud Selig nixed last week’s trade of Cubs outfielder Jacque Jones to the Florida Marlins.

 

“Major League Baseball had nothing to do with it,” Hendry said by telephone from Chicago.

 

A report over the weekend in the New York Daily News said Selig disallowed the trade of Jones because Selig felt the Cubs paying approximately $6.6 million of the remaining $7.1 million left on Jones’ contract through next year was too much.

 

Unless it's clear violation of a League Rule there's no way in hell Selig should say squat about a Cubs trade. To me it seems far too convenient, that Mr. Selig (with his office in Milwaukee), former owner of the first place Brewers, would nix a Cubs deal. Moreover, given all the other crap Selig has allowed, see Roger Clemens, it seems far fetched he would disallow the Cubs from taking on revenue.