Dodgers sign Lilly to 3 year deal

[Old Style]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/09/ted-lilly-seeks-three-year-deal.html

 

Good luck with that, Teddy.

[SouthSideRyan]

I'm confused, are you implying he won't get 3 years?

[jersey cubs fan]

Probably won't need much luck.

[Post Count Padder]

His ERA+ the last 5 years:

 

112

142

113

121

106

 

 

I think he'll get a three-year deal.

[17 Seconds]

Yea a 3 year deal seems very reasonable to me. Wouldn't surprise me if he got more than 3 years, actually. Lilly's been awesome since 07.

 

Lilly last 4 seasons (124 starts)-

 

3.70 ERA

120 ERA+

1.13 WHIP

3.38 K/BB

7.7 K/9

 

And most of that came in Wrigley, which isn't the best park for the type of pitcher Lilly is

[Old Style]

Oh, it won't surprise me to see him get a 3-year deal. I guess I was just (foolishly) hoping the Cubs could re-sign him a 1 or 2-year deal. He's going to be 35 before Opening Day, so I would be nervous giving him a long term deal at this point.

[Coach C]

Would anyone be interested in him coming back to Chicago for a 2 or 3 year deal?

[Backtobanks]

Would anyone be interested in him coming back to Chicago for a 2 or 3 year deal?

 

I would love to have him back for 2 years, but it won't happen when there are teams offering more money and more years than the Cubs will be willing to pay.

[mlarner]

I thought he mentioned the fact that he wanted to come back next year when he was traded. Maybe he would be willing to give a discount of the # of years or $ to be with the Cubs?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Would anyone be interested in him coming back to Chicago for a 2 or 3 year deal?

Depending on the price tag, yes. Ted Lilly is one of my all-time favorite Cubs.

[SAMMYWHO]

I'd be scared with the lost velocity over the last few years.

[questionmarkgrace]

is he a type a or b? if so it would be incredibly Hendry like to resign him an give prospects back to the dodgers.

[CUBZ99]

is he a type a or b? if so it would be incredibly Hendry like to resign him an give prospects back to the dodgers.

 

According to mlbtraderumors he will definitely be an A.

[Outshined_One]

is he a type a or b? if so it would be incredibly Hendry like to resign him an give prospects back to the dodgers.

 

According to mlbtraderumors he will definitely be an A.

 

Question is whether or not the Dodgers offer arbitration. McCourt's divorce only muddles the situation.

[Bote McBoteface]

The Cubs draft pick is protected, right? How does that work, do the Dodgers just get a couple of sandwich picks?

[Outshined_One]

The Cubs draft pick is protected, right? How does that work, do the Dodgers just get a couple of sandwich picks?

 

The Cubs' first round pick is protected, yes. If he's a Type A, the Dodgers would get the Cubs' second round pick along with a sandwich pick between the first and second rounds. If he's a Type B, the Cubs wouldn't forfeit anything and the Dodgers would get a sandwich pick between the first and second rounds.

 

All of the above is contingent on the Dodgers offering Lilly arbitration, by the way. If they don't offer it, they get nothing.

[hardcorecubfan]

He is a lefty therefore he will get it.

[Pushfrog98]

Looks like he's taking a 3 year deal with the Dodgers:

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/10/report-dodgers-lilly-close-on-3-year-deal.html

[UMFan83]

Damn. I didn't think we had a great shot at Lilly, or were not sure we were all that interested in resigning him, but I was kinda hoping we would.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Id have loved him on a 1 or 2 year deal, but considering his style, the NL West is the best place for him. Thats a lof of games at LA, San Fran, and San Diego where balls that would be home runs at a lot of parks would barely make the warning track.

[17 Seconds]

Great park for him. I think he'll go down as one of my favorite Cubs of all time, if only for running over Molina (and knocking him out of the game) and the hilarious glove slam

[Banedon]

It's 3yrs/$33 million for Ted.

[pitchcs]

Wow, TRL is gonna make upwards of $100 Million in his career. Nice haul Ted

[shnsajax]

I didn't realize that the Dodgers had that much money to spend with all of the talks of potential having to dump some players.