It turns out the real Yu Darvish was the friends we made in this thread

[Cubswin11]

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No idea why I think this, but I bet that’s a 5-year, $100 million offer.

[davell]

[Cubswin11]

Let’s do this

[Bobson Dugnutt]

wow looks like Stearns leaked those Ellsbury/Darvish rumors to scare the cubs into signing a 35-year old replacement level catcher. he continues to play chess while Theo plays checkers.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

[David]

did we sign david ross a bit before lester or am i imagining that

[Transmogrified Tiger]

did we sign david ross a bit before lester or am i imagining that

 

I thought Ross was after Lester.

 

EDIT: Yep, about a week later.

[Cubswin11]

did we sign david ross a bit before lester or am i imagining that

Fangraphs says 12/9 on Lester and 12/23 on Ross

[Cubswin11]

There's some stuff in this article about their relationship and this offseason....

Chris Gimenez, who grew close with Darvish as his personal catcher with the Rangers for parts of two seasons (3.29 earned-run average in 12 starts), has recently spent two separate phone conversations sating Darvish’s curiosity “about everything Minnesota has to offer.”“I know he was very interested in the vision (the front office) had,” said Gimenez, who still hopes to re-sign with the Twins after taking his free agency last month. “He actually called me right over Thanksgiving break and asked me about the organization. Obviously, he has a very good familiarity with Thad, but he was asking about the coaching staff, the players, the types of rules.”

 

Rules?

 

“In Texas we had a ton of rules, (and) he was not necessarily a fan of some of them,” Gimenez said Tuesday by phone from his home in Nevada.

 

Those included Kangaroo Court clubhouse fines for not being early enough for daily team stretch on the field, wearing footwear with shoelaces on road trips or wearing anything on the road that failed to meet third baseman Adrian Beltre’s exacting standards.

 

“I told (Darvish) pretty much the only rule we have (with the Twins) is no dress shoes on the road,” Gimenez said. “He said, ‘What if I want to wear dress shoes on the road?’ I said, ‘You’re Yu Darvish. You can do whatever the hell you want.’ ”

 

Our coach is running a jag on 3 bottles of wine half the time, we have wild animals and magicians show up pre-game and we have techno dance parties after games, Yu don't need to worry about rules with us.

 

https://www.twincities.com/2017/12/12/relationship-with-twins-gm-thad-levine-could-be-game-changer-for-yu-darvish/

[Bull]

did we sign david ross a bit before lester or am i imagining that

Fangraphs says 12/9 on Lester and 12/23 on Ross

Only because Ross had to wait for Medicare approval to run his medicals.

[Bertz]

Gimenez was also the Twins' designated "Position Player who pitches in blowouts" so this is about as fun as a minor league deal to a catcher can be.

[David]

did we sign david ross a bit before lester or am i imagining that

Fangraphs says 12/9 on Lester and 12/23 on Ross

Only because Ross had to wait for Medicare approval to run his medicals.

 

fortunately i am now able to notice this post and like it

[Cubswin11]

The Brewer message board guy who has sources now says the Brewers will not be getting Darvish after saying earlier today they were making a big push and wanted a decision soon in order to make other moves if he decided on going elsewhere..... Edited January 23, 2018 by Cubswin11

[David]

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[minnesotacubsfan]

 

 

WHERE HAVE WE SEEN THIS BEFORE

[David]

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[We Got The Whole 9]

The hell is this no dress shoes on the road horsefeathers for?

 

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[Cubswin11]

Don’t know if this is new, news or not

 

A person with direct knowledge of the discussions says the Chicago Cubs are having active talks with free-agent pitcher Yu Darvish..... The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday night because there was no agreement in place.

 

https://mobile.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/01/22/sports/baseball/ap-bbn-cubs-darvish.html?partner=IFTTT&referer=https://t.co/MV0EPG3W79?amp=1

[Butterscup]

this horsefeathers will be done by friday at the latest

[Brian707]

this horsefeathers will be done by friday at the latest

 

Yup

[CubsWin]

this horsefeathers will be done by friday at the latest

Which Friday?

 

January 26th, February 2nd or June 1st?

[Cubswin11]

No idea who this is but relates to my post above

 

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Get it done.

[Sammy Sofa]

Get it done.