Re: Cubs Sign Dontrelle Willis to Minor League Deal

[gscool89]

#cubs sign dontrelle willis to minor-league deal

 

Can you say full circle?

[Sammy Sofa]

Shpool gerkle.

 

Nope.

[weis21]

Welp. Can't say I saw this one coming.

 

I guess maybe a possible LOOGY candidate?

[davell]

I know he sucks. But I smiled when I saw it.

[sweetpeteman]

Welp. Can't say I saw this one coming.

 

I guess maybe a possible LOOGY candidate?

 

 

Until he gets pissy about not being a starter and retires again. I understand bringing people in for looks and needing minor league filler, but I don't see Willis sticking around for more then a month.

[Post Count Padder]

Yikes. Didn't he retire?

 

That said, even his last two years in the majors, which sucked, he was pretty decent against lefties. Held them to a .369 OPS in 2011 and a .581 OPS in 2010. He might end up not terrible if we use him strictly as a LOOGY. Worth a shot, I guess.

[bcl412]

When's the last time he's been decent?

[OleMissCub]

Can he play third base?

[Little Slide Rooter]

Weve re-captured the one that got away.I guess we're just another in the line of teams hoping that they can help him conquer his anxiety disorder.

[Sammy Sofa]

I honestly spent 30 seconds staring at your post trying to figure out who the [expletive] "Weve" is and what he or she does in the front office.

[Omar]

If Willis can get back to his 2005 form, I would consider this a good signing.

[Sammy Sofa]

I wouldn't. In fact, it would be the worst signing ever.

[Guest]

When's the last time he's been decent?

 

2006

[Omar]

I wouldn't. In fact, it would be the worst signing ever.

 

Year  Age  Lg  W  L W-L%  ERA   G  GS GF CG SHO SV     IP    H   R  ER  HR  BB IBB  SO HBP BK WP   BF ERA+  WHIP  H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB        Awards
2005   23  NL 22 10 .688 2.63  34  34  0  7   5  0  236.1  213  79  69  11  55   3 170   8  1  2  960  152 1.134  8.1  0.4  2.1  6.5  3.09 ASCYA-2MVP-11

[Sammy Sofa]

...

 

 

That, and your bold support for a player repeating a 7 WAR season.

[Omar]

...

 

 

That, and your bold support for a player repeating a 7 WAR season.

 

Original post was also a joke, but yeah, weird signing.

[Little Slide Rooter]

...

 

 

That, and your bold support for a player repeating a 7 WAR season.

 

Original post was also a joke, but yeah, weird signing.

 

Not really. More often than not, minor league "signings" of this type are simply spring training invites, and the player has the option of walking if they don't make the big league roster.

 

If nothing else it reminds me of a teary and broken Dirk Diggler crawling back to Burt Reynolds after his meteoric rise to fame and subsequent plummet to the depths of hell.

[imb]

well this pushed back his hall of fame clock

[RynoRules]

well this pushed back his hall of fame clock

 

There you go.

[Fro]

Worth taking a chance on for sure. I think he could be useful as a LOOGY at least, and there's always the lottery ticket chance he could get his mojo back.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Worth taking a chance on for sure. I think he could be useful as a LOOGY at least, and there's always the lottery ticket chance he could get his mojo back.

Yes, but there is the much bigger chance that you just wasted your money on a lottery ticket.

[dew1679666265]

Worth taking a chance on for sure. I think he could be useful as a LOOGY at least, and there's always the lottery ticket chance he could get his mojo back.

Yes, but there is the much bigger chance that you just wasted your money on a lottery ticket.

 

We have the free money to spend, though. Even if we make all the moves people (realistically) want to see, I don't think we'll be that close to our payroll limit.

[Clem Fandango]

Worth taking a chance on for sure. I think he could be useful as a LOOGY at least, and there's always the lottery ticket chance he could get his mojo back.

Yes, but there is the much bigger chance that you just wasted your money on a lottery ticket.

 

Wasted money? On a minor league contract? Alrighty.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Worth taking a chance on for sure. I think he could be useful as a LOOGY at least, and there's always the lottery ticket chance he could get his mojo back.

Yes, but there is the much bigger chance that you just wasted your money on a lottery ticket.

 

Wasted money? On a minor league contract? Alrighty.

It was really just a generic response to the lottery ticket analogy. I'm not concerned with the Cubs having wasted money on Dontrelle Willis.

[Soul]

We have a minor transactions thread.