Jim Edmonds Signs With Cubs, Pie to AAA

[David]

the question is , will this turn into the Robert page part Deux

 

Doubtful. Edmonds will be here, suck, and be gone in less time than it took for the Roberts thing to finally wind down.

 

Holy crap, you were actually able to decipher that?

 

It took me till 3 hours after the first time I read that to realize what that meant.

[Soul]

the question is , will this turn into the Robert page part Deux

 

Doubtful. Edmonds will be here, suck, and be gone in less time than it took for the Roberts thing to finally wind down.

 

Holy crap, you were actually able to decipher that?

 

It took me till 3 hours after the first time I read that to realize what that meant.

 

Haha. The Roberts fiasco is seared into my memory, so I guess HC's post just clicked in my brain :)

[cubbyvirus00]

I gotta be honest...I was expecting this move to be completed by now......i wonder what the hold up is

[Little Slide Rooter]

Anyone care to play guess the contract terms? Hendry is unlikely to go league minimum, because there must be A LOT of other teams interested - so I'll throw out $1M with PA bonuses that could reach $4.

 

As I understand it he's cleared waivers therefore, no team has put in a claim meaning all Hendry has to offer is the league minimum.

 

just because he CAN offer league minimum, doesn't mean he WILL.

 

The teams didn't pass on Edmonds, they passed on him at his current salary. THe OP is saying that Hendry is thinking that SURELY a lot of other teams are interested in him at a reduced rate, so Hendry will outbid himself.

 

After all, were dealing with the same guy whose paying Hank White 3.5 mil.

[SouthSideRyan]

Anyone care to play guess the contract terms? Hendry is unlikely to go league minimum, because there must be A LOT of other teams interested - so I'll throw out $1M with PA bonuses that could reach $4.

 

As I understand it he's cleared waivers therefore, no team has put in a claim meaning all Hendry has to offer is the league minimum.

 

just because he CAN offer league minimum, doesn't mean he WILL.

 

The teams didn't pass on Edmonds, they passed on him at his current salary. THe OP is saying that Hendry is thinking that SURELY a lot of other teams are interested in him at a reduced rate, so Hendry will outbid himself.

 

Any money paid to Edmonds is deducted from his salary as a Padre. Jim Edmonds will make 8M this season no matter if he plays in Chicago, Tampa, Gary, or he goes home and sits on his ass. There is no reason for any team to voluntarily pay more money to get Edmonds because it's only going to benefit the Padres, not Edmonds.

[imb]

on the flipside, it would be hilarious if he got here, hit well, proved all of us wrong and irritated the S out of cardinal fans all while helping us to the playoffs. I may have to actually root my ass off.

[cubfan]

Anyone care to play guess the contract terms? Hendry is unlikely to go league minimum, because there must be A LOT of other teams interested - so I'll throw out $1M with PA bonuses that could reach $4.

 

As I understand it he's cleared waivers therefore, no team has put in a claim meaning all Hendry has to offer is the league minimum.

 

just because he CAN offer league minimum, doesn't mean he WILL.

 

The teams didn't pass on Edmonds, they passed on him at his current salary. THe OP is saying that Hendry is thinking that SURELY a lot of other teams are interested in him at a reduced rate, so Hendry will outbid himself.

 

I think Edmonds is getting 8mil this year no matter what from the Pads. Whatever the Cubs pay will just reduce the amount that the Pads will have to pay. If 3 teams offer Edmonds a contract, he will pick the one that he would like to play with and collect his 8 mil. I doubt he cares who the money comes from so all the offers should be for league min. That is at least the way I understand it.

[jersey cubs fan]

Anyone care to play guess the contract terms? Hendry is unlikely to go league minimum, because there must be A LOT of other teams interested - so I'll throw out $1M with PA bonuses that could reach $4.

 

As I understand it he's cleared waivers therefore, no team has put in a claim meaning all Hendry has to offer is the league minimum.

 

just because he CAN offer league minimum, doesn't mean he WILL.

 

The teams didn't pass on Edmonds, they passed on him at his current salary. THe OP is saying that Hendry is thinking that SURELY a lot of other teams are interested in him at a reduced rate, so Hendry will outbid himself.

 

Any money paid to Edmonds is deducted from his salary as a Padre. Jim Edmonds will make 8M this season no matter if he plays in Chicago, Tampa, Gary, or he goes home and sits on his ass. There is no reason for any team to voluntarily pay more money to get Edmonds because it's only going to benefit the Padres, not Edmonds.

 

There's also no reason for the Cubs to have any interest in Edmonds. But Edmonds would be a free agent and Jim has big against himself for more than his fair share of mediocre veteran free agents.

[Schwarber Fan]

Latest on Edmonds

 

All indications are that Jim Edmonds won't be officially a member of the Cubs until after tonight's game.

 

At that point, the club is expected to announce the signing of Edmonds and the assigning of Felix Pie to Class AAA Iowa.

 

As of early Tuesday afternoon, Edmonds is not in Chicago. But he may be in a Cubs uniform by Thursday's series finale against the Padres.

 

http://blogs.suntimes.com/cubs/2008/05/latest_on_edmonds.html

[chuckywang]

Anyone care to play guess the contract terms? Hendry is unlikely to go league minimum, because there must be A LOT of other teams interested - so I'll throw out $1M with PA bonuses that could reach $4.

 

As I understand it he's cleared waivers therefore, no team has put in a claim meaning all Hendry has to offer is the league minimum.

 

just because he CAN offer league minimum, doesn't mean he WILL.

 

The teams didn't pass on Edmonds, they passed on him at his current salary. THe OP is saying that Hendry is thinking that SURELY a lot of other teams are interested in him at a reduced rate, so Hendry will outbid himself.

 

Any money paid to Edmonds is deducted from his salary as a Padre. Jim Edmonds will make 8M this season no matter if he plays in Chicago, Tampa, Gary, or he goes home and sits on his ass. There is no reason for any team to voluntarily pay more money to get Edmonds because it's only going to benefit the Padres, not Edmonds.

 

Exactly. The Cubs will not gain any more leverage if they offer Edmonds $1M instead of league minimum. Edmonds will have his pick of the litter from all the teams that are interested in him. And his pick is the Cubs.

[Rob]

Anyone care to play guess the contract terms? Hendry is unlikely to go league minimum, because there must be A LOT of other teams interested - so I'll throw out $1M with PA bonuses that could reach $4.

 

As I understand it he's cleared waivers therefore, no team has put in a claim meaning all Hendry has to offer is the league minimum.

 

just because he CAN offer league minimum, doesn't mean he WILL.

 

The teams didn't pass on Edmonds, they passed on him at his current salary. THe OP is saying that Hendry is thinking that SURELY a lot of other teams are interested in him at a reduced rate, so Hendry will outbid himself.

 

Any money paid to Edmonds is deducted from his salary as a Padre. Jim Edmonds will make 8M this season no matter if he plays in Chicago, Tampa, Gary, or he goes home and sits on his ass. There is no reason for any team to voluntarily pay more money to get Edmonds because it's only going to benefit the Padres, not Edmonds.

 

There's also no reason for the Cubs to have any interest in Edmonds. But Edmonds would be a free agent and Jim has big against himself for more than his fair share of mediocre veteran free agents.

 

Hendry would have to offer in excess of what is left on Edmonds salary in order for Edmonds to get any more money.

 

If Hendry were willing to offer in excess of what was left on that contract, he would have just grabbed him off waivers and been responsible for the contract. The mere fact that he's waited says that we'd only be responsible for the minimum.

[SouthSideRyan]

Anyone care to play guess the contract terms? Hendry is unlikely to go league minimum, because there must be A LOT of other teams interested - so I'll throw out $1M with PA bonuses that could reach $4.

 

As I understand it he's cleared waivers therefore, no team has put in a claim meaning all Hendry has to offer is the league minimum.

 

just because he CAN offer league minimum, doesn't mean he WILL.

 

The teams didn't pass on Edmonds, they passed on him at his current salary. THe OP is saying that Hendry is thinking that SURELY a lot of other teams are interested in him at a reduced rate, so Hendry will outbid himself.

 

Any money paid to Edmonds is deducted from his salary as a Padre. Jim Edmonds will make 8M this season no matter if he plays in Chicago, Tampa, Gary, or he goes home and sits on his ass. There is no reason for any team to voluntarily pay more money to get Edmonds because it's only going to benefit the Padres, not Edmonds.

 

There's also no reason for the Cubs to have any interest in Edmonds. But Edmonds would be a free agent and Jim has big against himself for more than his fair share of mediocre veteran free agents.

 

What is the point? Why does Edmonds want more money from his new team when he's still going to be making 8M no matter what? Why would he go to the highest bidder, when the money being bid is going right into the pockets of the team that cut him?

[Soul]

on the flipside, it would be hilarious if he got here, hit well, proved all of us wrong and irritated the S out of cardinal fans all while helping us to the playoffs. I may have to actually root my ass off.

 

Cardinals magic pixie dust is a one-way thing. Eh, unless your name is Gary Gaetti.

[The Voice of Reason]

on the flipside, it would be hilarious if he got here, hit well, proved all of us wrong and irritated the S out of cardinal fans all while helping us to the playoffs. I may have to actually root my ass off.

 

And if that happened, one can only imagine what would be on the half T-Shirts that the infamous "Horry Kow" vendor would start selling.

[Flames24Rulz]

ESPN 1000 is reporting it as a done deal, pending a physical which he's taking right now.

[SouthSideRyan]

on the flipside, it would be hilarious if he got here, hit well, proved all of us wrong and irritated the S out of cardinal fans all while helping us to the playoffs. I may have to actually root my ass off.

 

That would be a lot of fun. Dealing with the mother's basement cackles on here wouldn't be. Don't get me wrong, Go Edmonds's corpse and all, but man the stat-hating beatdown on here would be the worst nerd beatdown since CT was in high school.

[E.J.]

I can't believe I have to root for Jim freaking Edmonds now. This organization infuriates me.

[jersey cubs fan]

I can't believe I have to root for Jim freaking Edmonds now. This organization infuriates me.

 

If he was any good I wouldn't care about his history and would be more than happy to root for him.

[soapy]

on the flipside, it would be hilarious if he got here, hit well, proved all of us wrong and irritated the S out of cardinal fans all while helping us to the playoffs. I may have to actually root my ass off.

i hope he does. i think the more likely scenario though is he'll put up about a .640 OPS with terrible defense and people will use that as proof that he's better than Felix Pie because Pie's OPS was lower than that when "he had his chance".

 

also, the diving in the outfield will make guys like Paul Sullivan fall in love with him.

[UMFan83]

I can't believe I have to root for Jim freaking Edmonds now. This organization infuriates me.

 

You don't have to. I am rooting for the Cubs to win in spite of him.

[Omar]

Can't wait for those useless dives.

[imb]

he either has to die on the field or help us win a world series. in my mind there's no middle ground.

[bukie]

he either has to die on the field or help us win a world series. in my mind there's no middle ground.

 

What if he does both?

[SouthSideRyan]

he either has to die on the field or help us win a world series. in my mind there's no middle ground.

 

What if he does both?

 

No because then his legend will live on forever.

[RynoRules]

he either has to die on the field or help us win a world series. in my mind there's no middle ground.

 

OK, that was funny.