Jake Fox Called up; Izturis traded to Pittsburgh for PTBNL

[SouthSideRyan]

ESPN 1000: Cubs will pay 2/3 of Izzy's remaining salary.

We'll just pretend that's what they're paying Theriot to actually be somewhat useful at SS.

 

I wouldn't have had a problem with paying 6/3 of Izturis' remaining contract. Sometimes it's just better to pay someone to play for someone else than to continue playing him on your own team.

 

I don't get it... why would Selig allow this and not the Jacque Jones deal?

 

Selig didn't shoot down the Jones deal, Hendry did.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

ESPN 1000: Cubs will pay 2/3 of Izzy's remaining salary.

We'll just pretend that's what they're paying Theriot to actually be somewhat useful at SS.

 

I wouldn't have had a problem with paying 6/3 of Izturis' remaining contract. Sometimes it's just better to pay someone to play for someone else than to continue playing him on your own team.

 

I don't get it... why would Selig allow this and not the Jacque Jones deal?

 

Because Selig didn't veto any Jacque Jones deal.

[Soriano12]

I'm just glad he is gone...this should free room for Cedeno....let him and Theriot battle for the starting SS job so we can avoid signing another crap veteran SS this offseason. Edited July 19, 2007 by Soriano12

[BigbadB]

ESPN 1000: Cubs will pay 2/3 of Izzy's remaining salary.

We'll just pretend that's what they're paying Theriot to actually be somewhat useful at SS.

 

I wouldn't have had a problem with paying 6/3 of Izturis' remaining contract. Sometimes it's just better to pay someone to play for someone else than to continue playing him on your own team.

 

I don't get it... why would Selig allow this and not the Jacque Jones deal?

 

I don't believe Selig is the one who nixed the Jones deal. I believe it was Hendry.

[StMarksCubs]

ESPN 1000: Cubs will pay 2/3 of Izzy's remaining salary.

We'll just pretend that's what they're paying Theriot to actually be somewhat useful at SS.

 

I wouldn't have had a problem with paying 6/3 of Izturis' remaining contract. Sometimes it's just better to pay someone to play for someone else than to continue playing him on your own team.

 

I don't get it... why would Selig allow this and not the Jacque Jones deal?

 

Selig didn't shoot down the Jones deal, Hendry did.

 

I thought Selig/MLB shot down the money part of the deal because he didn't want the Cubs racking up more debt as they went on the market?

[Omar]

ESPN 1000: Cubs will pay 2/3 of Izzy's remaining salary.

We'll just pretend that's what they're paying Theriot to actually be somewhat useful at SS.

 

I wouldn't have had a problem with paying 6/3 of Izturis' remaining contract. Sometimes it's just better to pay someone to play for someone else than to continue playing him on your own team.

 

I don't get it... why would Selig allow this and not the Jacque Jones deal?

 

Wasn't the Jones deal a disagreement on the part of Hendry?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I believe it was 2/3 of his remaining salary. How much is that?

 

Off the top of my head, ~1.75 mil

[CubColtPacer]

ESPN 1000: Cubs will pay 2/3 of Izzy's remaining salary.

We'll just pretend that's what they're paying Theriot to actually be somewhat useful at SS.

 

I wouldn't have had a problem with paying 6/3 of Izturis' remaining contract. Sometimes it's just better to pay someone to play for someone else than to continue playing him on your own team.

 

I don't get it... why would Selig allow this and not the Jacque Jones deal?

 

If Selig struck down the Jacque deal (which has basically been refuted) that was a deal in which the Cubs were going to send the Marlins about 6 million dollars. In this deal, the Cubs only send a little over 1 million to the Pirates-that's a huge difference.

[jersey cubs fan]

ESPN 1000: Cubs will pay 2/3 of Izzy's remaining salary.

We'll just pretend that's what they're paying Theriot to actually be somewhat useful at SS.

 

I wouldn't have had a problem with paying 6/3 of Izturis' remaining contract. Sometimes it's just better to pay someone to play for someone else than to continue playing him on your own team.

 

I don't get it... why would Selig allow this and not the Jacque Jones deal?

 

Because Selig never got involved on the Jacque Jones deal.

 

 

Also, Jones is guaranteed through next year. Izturis's contract is the responsibility of the current owners, whereas Jones would be paid by whomever owns the team next year.

[Balsa]

I hope it's Brian Bixler, but I bet it's Brad Corely.

[weis21]

ESPN 1000: Cubs will pay 2/3 of Izzy's remaining salary.

We'll just pretend that's what they're paying Theriot to actually be somewhat useful at SS.

 

I wouldn't have had a problem with paying 6/3 of Izturis' remaining contract. Sometimes it's just better to pay someone to play for someone else than to continue playing him on your own team.

 

I don't get it... why would Selig allow this and not the Jacque Jones deal?

 

Selig didn't shoot down the Jones deal, Hendry did.

 

I thought Selig/MLB shot down the money part of the deal because he didn't want the Cubs racking up more debt as they went on the market?

 

That was the initial report, it has since been disputed by all parties.

[cubweiser03]

Izzy is $4.5M annually i think.

$2.25 remaining @

@ $700,000 in relief.

[Soriano12]

ESPN 1000: Cubs will pay 2/3 of Izzy's remaining salary.

We'll just pretend that's what they're paying Theriot to actually be somewhat useful at SS.

 

I wouldn't have had a problem with paying 6/3 of Izturis' remaining contract. Sometimes it's just better to pay someone to play for someone else than to continue playing him on your own team.

 

I don't get it... why would Selig allow this and not the Jacque Jones deal?

 

Selig didn't shoot down the Jones deal, Hendry did.

 

I thought Selig/MLB shot down the money part of the deal because he didn't want the Cubs racking up more debt as they went on the market?

 

Not trying to pick on you...but the $$$ to Jones is a sunk cost...trading him does not add any debt whatsoever, I don't know why folks bring this up.

[BigbadB]

I thought Selig/MLB shot down the money part of the deal because he didn't want the Cubs racking up more debt as they went on the market?

 

Myth. Jones is getting paid by the Cubs whether he plays for the Cubs or someone else. Hendry didn't like the return for the amount of money the Cubs had to pick up on the remainder of Jones contract.

[David]

I thought Selig/MLB shot down the money part of the deal because he didn't want the Cubs racking up more debt as they went on the market?

 

I don't see how they would have been racking up more debt by paying Jacque to play for the Marlins when they already have to pay him to rot on our bench.

[Laura]

The trade is up at Cubs.com, so I'll change the title to reflect that.

[UBlink]

I thought Selig/MLB shot down the money part of the deal because he didn't want the Cubs racking up more debt as they went on the market?

 

Myth. Jones is getting paid by the Cubs whether he plays for the Cubs or someone else. Hendry didn't like the return for the amount of money the Cubs had to pick up on the remainder of Jones contract.

 

Both sides thought they had a deal with the Cubs picking up a reasonable amount of Jones remaining contract. They couldn't agree on the definition of reasonable, so no deal.

[Omar]

Iztraded probably has completed his complimentary final goodbye with the Cubs.

 

Have fun in Pittsburgh.

[ctcf]

If you think about it, the Cubs are now paying Izzy to give the Cubs more outs by playing against them.

[soapy]

I think this is a great deal. One stipulation: The returning PTBNL must be alive.

 

Preferrably, but not a must.

 

Mention it. Don't insist

[BigbadB]

Iztraded probably has completed his complimentary final goodbye with the Cubs.

 

I'm sure it will take at least another hour or two to pick up all of his clothes off the sidewalk. :D

[Outshined_One]

Frankly, I don't care if the PTBNL ends up being a random fan they picked out of the stands to play LF for Altoona. I'm happy the Cubs got him off their roster!

[UMFan83]

Cubs.com says Jake Fox will have number 9 for the Cubs. Some of the recent Cubs to wear number 9:

 

Juan Pierre, Scott McClain, Jody Gerut, Paul Bako, and Todd Hundley. Hank White also wore it for a season.

[David]

Cubs.com says Jake Fox will have number 9 for the Cubs. Some of the recent Cubs to wear number 9:

 

Juan Pierre, Scott McClain, Jody Gerut, Paul Bako, and Todd Hundley. Hank White also wore it for a season.

 

Quite a distinguished bunch.

[BigbadB]

Cubs.com says Jake Fox will have number 9 for the Cubs. Some of the recent Cubs to wear number 9:

 

Juan Pierre, Scott McClain, Jody Gerut, Paul Bako, and Todd Hundley. Hank White also wore it for a season.

 

Already the best player to wear #9 in recent years.