Giants reach extension with Matt Cain

[dew1679666265]

The only contract signed this offseason by a major FA that I thought was ridiculous was Prince's - there's no justification for it. However, I'd have been fine with the Cubs signing Pujols, Darvish, and Cespedes for the money they got. Wilson's a little tougher because he gave the Angels a major hometown discount and it's really tough to know what he would have been able to get otherwise.

[Bote McBoteface]

 

No there does not. 10 years to a 32 year old and 9 years to a fatass is ridiculous 10 times out of 10.

 

While fans of those teams are wondering if they might win the World Series this season, the most interesting thing about the Cubs will be hoping that some guys in extended spring training show enough to get to Boise.

 

 

Oh Shut the hell up.

 

Part of the reason we're in this position is from handing out stupid contracts. You can't fix the problems by making the same damn mistakes. I wouldn't have minded the CJ Wilson discount deal, and would have loved the Cespedes deal. Darvish was a bit much, but I'd have given it to him. You're god damn nuts if you think Fielder and Pujols were good contracts.

 

So you're complaining about a player not giving us a hometown discount, a player signing with another team at the last minute, and losing a blind bidding process. Shut up.

[Cubs Fan Dan]

I agree on Darvish and Cespedes but no NL team should fork out 10 years for Albert, whether or not that not a horrible contract is 5 years from being determined.

[dew1679666265]

Oh Shut the hell up.

 

Part of the reason we're in this position is from handing out stupid contracts. You can't fix the problems by making the same damn mistakes. I wouldn't have minded the CJ Wilson discount deal, and would have loved the Cespedes deal. Darvish was a bit much, but I'd have given it to him. You're [expletive] nuts if you think Fielder and Pujols were good contracts.

 

So you're complaining about a player not giving us a hometown discount, a player signing with another team at the last minute, and losing a blind bidding process. Shut up.

 

The only really stupid contract we've handed out has been the Soriano deal. Grabow got too much in dollars and years, but that hasn't held us back to any real extent. We certainly haven't been a bad team because we've signed too many great to elite players to big contracts like myself and others on here have advocated doing this offseason.

[dew1679666265]

I agree on Darvish and Cespedes but no NL team should fork out 10 years for Albert, whether or not that not a horrible contract is 5 years from being determined.

 

Most NL teams shouldn't have handed out a 10 year contract to Pujols, but a team with the monetary resources to afford a decline in the second half of the deal after a highly productive first half and a team with a front office that specializes in bringing in really good, young, cheap talent should have. The Cubs are that team.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Oh Shut the hell up.

 

Part of the reason we're in this position is from handing out stupid contracts.

 

No, it isn't. Not even a little, really.

[bukie]

Part of the reason we're in this position is that the Cubs spent the last decade drafting nobody good except relief pitchers.

[PriortoTheoIhadWood]

Part of the reason we're in this position is that the Cubs spent the last decade drafting nobody good except relief pitchers.

 

This. Only now are they producing bats that make it...started with Soto.

 

They need to find the magic (picking 5 and 2) that helped land them two of the most talented arms in recent memory. Then they need to make sure those arms actually last for more than one dynamic season.