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[davell]

Cobb is getting bent over the table at this point. Jake is going to wait things out and hope someone gets hurt, in my mind.

[We Got The Whole 9]

VBs should honestly step up and sign them both

[Agony and Ivy]

VBs should honestly step up and sign them both

 

They’re currently “happy” with their rotation of below average crap. But not to worry that slightly below average offense will certainly mask their pitching weaknesses.

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https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/03/latest-on-jake-arrieta.html

 

According to MLBtraderumors, Jake should be signing "in the next couple days" and I think this is true. Most of the major FAs are agreeing to underwhelming deals, and they realize holding out too much longer will (probably) only hurt them. Pitchers need to build up arm strength before being ready for the regular season.

 

I guess if a major pitcher goes down then maybe some team will panic and agree to a better deal for Jake. The Nationals were his best hope, but they just don't seem that interested in signing him.

[champaignchris]

The Nationals have both Scherzer and Strasbourg escalate to make $40M next year. They already pretty much have to let Murphy, Gio Gonzalez, Doolittle and Madson walk in order to sign Harper and stay anywhere close to the luxury tax.

 

I don’t think they can sign Arrieta to a multi-year contract for $15M+ a year and have any hope of signing Harper without vaulting way over the cap.

[UMFan83]

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Damn, nice pick up. Can't believe he was out there for so long

[The_Achiever]

Cobb is getting bent over the table at this point. Jake is going to wait things out and hope someone gets hurt, in my mind.

 

I wonder if he regrets not taking the 3/$42 the Cubs supposedly offered. The VB should be all over this guy right now.

[Cubswin11]

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Damn, nice pick up. Can't believe he was out there for so long

Very solid move for them, he helps them out for a number of reasons.

[imb]

I tend to think baseball is a little better when the Yankees are good but uhhhhh I dont want them to be 100 wins good, ok

[champaignchris]

So that leaves Cobb and Holland as the last prominent free agents left.

[PackLandVA]

Don't sleep on Brett Anderson!

[CyHawk_Cub]

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[KrisBryantisaBeast]

Do the Cubs save money by releasing Grimm now? And if so I wonder if they will be enough under the luxury tax threshold to go out and sign Greg Holland.

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Do the Cubs save money by releasing Grimm now? And if so I wonder if they will be enough under the luxury tax threshold to go out and sign Greg Holland.

They save about $2 million. I'm guessing they put that toward in-season moves.

[Cubswin11]

Do the Cubs save money by releasing Grimm now? And if so I wonder if they will be enough under the luxury tax threshold to go out and sign Greg Holland.

Yes, they only owe him about $500k I believe so save around $1.5-2 million. This puts them maybe ~$13 million under so unless Holland comes super cheap (I don't have much care for him to begin with) I doubt they'd add him to basically have no room for anything in season.

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Do the Cubs save money by releasing Grimm now? And if so I wonder if they will be enough under the luxury tax threshold to go out and sign Greg Holland.

Yes, they only owe him about $500k I believe so save around $1.5-2 million. This puts them maybe ~$13 million under so unless Holland comes super cheap (I don't have much care for him to begin with) I doubt they'd add him to basically have no room for anything in season.

 

Yeah, I think Holland is overrated and don't care to sign him unless it's super cheap. He should've worked out a deal with the Rockies.

 

I think the Cardinals might get desperate and sign him if their bullpen implodes. Maybe the Giants sign him?

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[Backtobanks]

 

Now who is going to replace Leonys Martin on our WS roster?

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The Phillies have signed second base prospect Scott Kingery to a six-year contract through the 2023 campaign, according to a team announcement. It’s worth $24MM in guarantees, Jon Heyman of FanRag tweets. The pact also features club options for the 2024, ’25 and ’26 seasons, meaning it could cancel out three of Kingery’s free-agent years. Those options are worth $13MM, $14MM and $15MM, Jerry Crasnick of ESPN reports. Kingery is a client of PSI Sports Management.

 

Kingery’s payday is a record-breaking amount for a player who has never appeared in the majors, easily beating out the five-year, $10MM guarantee the Astros gave first baseman Jon Singleton (an ex-Phillies prospect) back in 2014. Kingery and Singleton are the only two players to ever receive long-term deals before debuting in the majors. The Singleton contract hasn’t worked out at all for the Astros, but the Phillies weren’t going to let that deter them from wrapping up Kingery for the long haul.

 

I met Kingery during ST a couple weeks ago. Signed my hat. Nice kid. A guy next to me asked him if he was excited to play with Arrieta (the signing had been announced a few minutes prior) and Kingery responded, "......is that a real thing that's happening?" And then grinned ear to ear. Never witnessed a fan break news about a team to that team's player before.

[JennieGarthAlgar]

 

I met Kingery during ST a couple weeks ago. Signed my hat. Nice kid. A guy next to me asked him if he was excited to play with Arrieta (the signing had been announced a few minutes prior) and Kingery responded, "......is that a real thing that's happening?" And then grinned ear to ear. Never witnessed a fan break news about a team to that team's player before.

 

I couldn't find a grumpy seal gif quick enough but I will say that I bet you $100 if La Stella gets the chance he's sliding spikes up at this moving-in sonofabitch.

[Cubswin11]

Acuna turned down a 5 or 6 year offer for around $30 million, I assume if he would've accepted this would've allowed him to start the year right away in MLB since they would've got a year or 2 of FA bought out.

[CoolHandLuke]

Acuna turned down a 5 or 6 year offer for around $30 million, I assume if he would've accepted this would've allowed him to start the year right away in MLB since they would've got a year or 2 of FA bought out.

 

I don't think five or six years buys out any free agency. Seems crazy for him not to take this deal since he doesn't lose any free agency years and it doesn't seem too far off from what he'd earn throughout the arbitration years if he ends up really good. Although there are probably team options at the end, and that would change things a bit.

[Cubswin11]

Acuna turned down a 5 or 6 year offer for around $30 million, I assume if he would've accepted this would've allowed him to start the year right away in MLB since they would've got a year or 2 of FA bought out.

 

I don't think five or six years buys out any free agency. Seems crazy for him not to take this deal since he doesn't lose any free agency years and it doesn't seem too far off from what he'd earn throughout the arbitration years if he ends up really good. Although there are probably team options at the end, and that would change things a bit.

Yeah I’d guess there were 1 or 2 team options at the end like the deal that Philly guy got that probably takes it to $55-70 million total if the options are exercised.