Cubs sign LH RP Wesley Wright 1 yr/1.425 mil

[Schwarber Fan]

per Team Stream App

 

His BR page

 

He and Strop could make a pretty nasty back end of the pen. Lots of K's hopefully.

[A New Era]

not a bad price for a good reliever. Wonder if this means they have good feelers out for Russel +?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

That seems really cheap.

[USSoccer]

Hey, they did a thing. Seems superficially good.

[Rob]

That seems really cheap.

 

Yeah, I'm pretty thrilled with this if that's all it took.

[Gilby]

Why was he non-tendered to begin with? He's a good reliever.

[RammyFanny]

From the BN comments:

ETA til Len brings up that he is a lefty and his name is “wright”?

lol'd.

[Rob]

Looks like we'll control Wright through 2015 too. Nice.

[treebird]

REAL TALK i had never heard of wesley wright until i saw this thread. his strikeout numbers are delicious, though. why so cheap?

[USSoccer]

REAL TALK i had never heard of wesley wright until i saw this thread. his strikeout numbers are delicious, though. why so cheap?

 

He probably only has one eye or something.

[Sammy Sofa]

REAL TALK i had never heard of wesley wright until i saw this thread. his strikeout numbers are delicious, though. why so cheap?

 

Yeah, I have no idea who this guy is and I am suspicious and am antsy to shake my pitchfork and light my torch.

[Guest]

Nice signing. Crazy cheap.

 

He looks 12

 

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/28940.png&w=350&h=254

[davell]

Solid bullpen piece obviously. Russell seems expendable, if not, Raley and Rosscup have little chance of making the team.

[Sammy Sofa]

Nice signing. Crazy cheap.

 

He looks 12

 

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/28940.png&w=350&h=254

 

OK, I was assuming a LH reliever named "Wesley" was some kind of gangly cracker, so this is a pleasant surprise.

[Guest]

Nice signing. Crazy cheap.

 

He looks 12

 

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/28940.png&w=350&h=254

 

OK, I was assuming a LH reliever named "Wesley" was some kind of gangly cracker, so this is a pleasant surprise.

 

His real name is Dequam LaWesley Wright.

[Sammy Sofa]

Nice signing. Crazy cheap.

 

He looks 12

 

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/28940.png&w=350&h=254

 

OK, I was assuming a LH reliever named "Wesley" was some kind of gangly cracker, so this is a pleasant surprise.

 

His real name is Dequam LaWesley Wright.

 

HOLY [expletive]. This is some slave name bull [expletive] right here. I DEMAND WE ALL WEAR "DEQUAM" JERSEYS.

[Guest]

This one guy seems pretty upset about this signing:

 

David Dillon Walden What a FKNG Joke. So hard to keep rooting for this inept organization

 

 

Oh, and this other guy, too:

 

Bruce Kenneth Macgowan The Cubbies are beyond hopeless. How they manage to attract anyone to watch them play mostly crappy baseball is beyond me. I guess Wrigley Field is the attraction, because if Cubs were playing in a park that wasn't so cherished, they probably wouldn't be drawing nearly as many fans.

[Schwarber Fan]

He has 25 career appearances against the Cubs. You guys don't remember him from the Astros, really?

[XZero771679666304]

He has 25 career appearances against the Cubs. You guys don't remember him from the Astros, really?

 

Yeah, that's about what I was thinking.

[bukie]

Can't say I've been too invested in recent Cubs-Astros game history, no.

 

I don't understand vitriol about the move, though, but people will bitch about anything I suppose.

[Guest]

 

I don't understand vitriol about the move, though, but people will bitch about anything I suppose.

 

You don't understand it because you aren't stupid.

[CUBZ99]

I like this move. Cheap contract for a pretty effective reliever.

[Guest]

It's worth pointing out that Wright didn't really get LH hitters out last year, but it seems likely enough that was an aberration. Adding him for 1.4 million is a nice deal, and probably closes the book on James Russell's Cub career.

[gscool89]

Wesley Wright ‏@realweswright 4m

Really enjoyed my brief stay as aTampa Bay Ray. Got my 1st taste of the postseason and met a lot of great people, but now it's time for the next chapter of my life as a Chicago Cub, look forward to hearing Go Cubs Go all summer long. #Cubs

[Sammy Sofa]

He has 25 career appearances against the Cubs. You guys don't remember him from the Astros, really?

 

I probably have an active memory of maybe 10% of the opposing relievers I've seen against the Cubs. If that.