Re: Darvish

[Clem Fandango]

Yesssss

[Rob]

Phil Rogers @ChiTribRogers 2m Details

The #Cubs did put in a bid on Yu Darvish, according to a ML source. He fits profile of how Epstein wants to build.

 

:beg:

[bukie]

Of course, this is the same Phil Rogers that said just 8 hours ago the Cubs were looking at Varitek and Wakefield, just because.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Of course, this is the same Phil Rogers that said just 8 hours ago the Cubs were looking at Varitek and Wakefield, just because.

 

That wasn't credible. This time it is.

[Guest]

@gcm1979 GCM1979

Huge news for the #Bluejays if my source is correct that the #Bluejays have in fact won Yu Darvish bid. Blog up shortly on jaysprospects.com

 

Guess we'll see if this is just a blogger trying to pretend to break a story.

[XZero771679666304]

I expected they would at least make bid, mostly based on comments made by Jed on the subject. Nothing explicit, but reading between the lines type stuff.

[davell]

Of course, this is the same Phil Rogers that said just 8 hours ago the Cubs were looking at Varitek and Wakefield, just because.

This just means Theo put in a posting bid to the Red Sox for Wakefield and Varitek, obviously.

[bukie]

Of course, this is the same Phil Rogers that said just 8 hours ago the Cubs were looking at Varitek and Wakefield, just because.

 

That wasn't credible. This time it is.

I'd say I'd at least want to see an ESPN article on it before buying into it too much, but said article would probably be written by Rogers anyway.

[Rob]

Who was it that everybody was saying had won the Matsuzaka bid at first again?

[MrCub14]

@BleacherNation:

Take it with a HUGE grain of salt, but the buzz is that the Cubs' bid on Darvish was very large. Might not be enough, though.

[Guest]

@BleacherNation:

Take it with a HUGE grain of salt, but the buzz is that the Cubs' bid on Darvish was very large. Might not be enough, though.

 

ha... Brett is trying to get hits. :-)

[Vanilla Ice]

bleacherreport is trash

[Brett]

@BleacherNation:

Take it with a HUGE grain of salt, but the buzz is that the Cubs' bid on Darvish was very large. Might not be enough, though.

 

ha... Brett is trying to get hits. :-)

 

Nope. No link to the site. :)

 

 

I figure people want to know what I've heard, even if it's reeeeeally thin. All I know is that the Cubs have been planning a big bid all along, and now there are anonymous insidery types on Twitter saying the Cubs and Jays had the big bids, and the Jays probably won.

 

It could be total BS. Just letting folks know in case they can't help but be curious (and want to give in to confirmation bias).

[RammyFanny]

Ace, incarcerated bob is not a reliable source lol.

[Brett]

Ace, incarcerated bob is not a reliable source lol.

 

Good to know (seriously) - but that's just one of three "sources" (and I use that term very loosely) saying the same thing.

 

I'm emphasizing as strongly as I can, I tweeted that - did not report it on the site, because it was way, way too thin - because folks wanted to know if/what I was hearing. So I gave the "huge grain of salt" here's what I'm hearing tweet. I figure that was a fine middle road.

Edited December 15, 2011 by Brett

[Hairyducked Idiot]

LA Times reporter confirms Angels did not bid.

[Guest]

Rammy, anything new from the PSD guy? Or is he kinda just a shows up now and then to drop a bomb and then disappears indefinitely guy?

[davell]

Rammy, anything new from the PSD guy? Or is he kinda just a shows up now and then to drop a bomb and then disappears indefinitely guy?

Nothing from him.

[ScrubMD]

The chatter from my sources indicates that the Pirates did not win the bidding. I'll update when I have confirmation.

[RammyFanny]

Rammy, anything new from the PSD guy? Or is he kinda just a shows up now and then to drop a bomb and then disappears indefinitely guy?

The last part.

 

Nothing from him yet from what I could see.

[RammyFanny]

Nothin new but:

Patrick Mooney@CSNMooneyReply

Retweet

 

Source says #Cubs put in bid for Yu Darvish, though amount/interest unclear. Rangers, Blue Jays said to be most visible teams scouting Yu.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

My sources have informed me that the Toledo Mudhens did not, I repeat, did not submit a bid.

[davell]

Olney drops the ultimate bombshell that the Yankees DID put in a bid.

[Guest]

Olney drops the ultimate bombshell that the Yankees DID put in a bid.

 

And MLB Trade Rumors misread that and reported that they didn't. rofl

[Four and Twenty]

Olney drops the ultimate bombshell that the Yankees DID put in a bid.

 

And MLB Trade Rumors misread that and reported that they didn't. rofl

 

I was wondering if I saw that correctly. Definitely puzzled me briefly until I refreshed.