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

[CubinNY]

it seems to me that if Theo cannot get Darvish to budge and he's not moving either, that he wouldn't have moved on already and went after Cobb or Jake.

[Cubswin11]

it seems to me that if Theo cannot get Darvish to budge and he's not moving either, that he wouldn't have moved on already and went after Cobb or Jake.

I’m guessing Cobb and Jake want to wait for Darvish to sign so they can squeeze some extra money/years out of the teams left/maybe another team comes bidding for them that isn’t now that loses out on Darvish. Yu just really needs to make up his horsefeathering mind and pick a team.

[ScrubMD]

I'm calling it. Yu signs within the next 6 hours.

 

Hmm... I thought for sure I was going to be right this time.

 

Darvish is still on Pacific time, so it should be announced in the next hour or so.

[Sammy Sofa]

YU'RE TEARING US APART!

[David]

it seems to me that if Theo cannot get Darvish to budge and he's not moving either, that he wouldn't have moved on already and went after Cobb or Jake.

I’m guessing Cobb and Jake want to wait for Darvish to sign so they can squeeze some extra money/years out of the teams left/maybe another team comes bidding for them that isn’t now that loses out on Darvish. Yu just really needs to make up his horsefeathering mind and pick a team.

 

i basically think yu realistically (bc dodgers are unrealistic) wants to go to the cubs and his agent is trying anything he can to squeeze them for more by leaking all this other crap. theo knows how strong the cubs' position is on the pitching market too.

 

i don't think there's a chance in hell he opts to go to minnesota over us, but weird horsefeathers happens sometimes i guess.

[Cubswin11]

it seems to me that if Theo cannot get Darvish to budge and he's not moving either, that he wouldn't have moved on already and went after Cobb or Jake.

I’m guessing Cobb and Jake want to wait for Darvish to sign so they can squeeze some extra money/years out of the teams left/maybe another team comes bidding for them that isn’t now that loses out on Darvish. Yu just really needs to make up his horsefeathering mind and pick a team.

 

i basically think yu realistically (bc dodgers are unrealistic) wants to go to the cubs and his agent is trying anything he can to squeeze them for more by leaking all this other crap. theo knows how strong the cubs' position is on the pitching market too.

 

i don't think there's a chance in hell he opts to go to minnesota over us, but weird horsefeathers happens sometimes i guess.

This is mostly how I feel too. I wonder when or if it’s already happened that Jake/Cobb/Lynn and their reps or the union are pushing hard for Yu to make a pick already. His market seems pretty clear and defined and he’s holding other guys back from getting a job/offers.

[Cubswin11]

If we are really at 4 years like some have said, what do you guys think the number is? $90 and Theo holding firm knowing the rest of the bidders can’t really top it? The 4/110 floated about Jake earlier in the offseason?

[Cubswin11]

The Brewer insider guy is back and said....

 

HighHeat19 said:

Ok, let's get back on track here. Talked to my source this morning.

 

Yu Darvish: The last time I was on here the Brewer's made Darvish an offer. The Cubs then came in and beat their offer substantially. So, I put Darvish to Cubs. And as of today, the Cubs offer is still the highest on the table. But........Darvish wants to see what the Dodger's can afford. Apparently L.A. offers a larger Asian population with shorter flights for family from Japan. Darvish also prefers warmer weather.

 

http://forum.brewerfan.net/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=36316&start=360

 

Also said Brewers were working on an Archer trade but Rays upped the ask and it fell apart. Sounds like Santana, Burnes and other top minor leaguers is what it would take.

[Cubswin11]

With what the Brewer guy said and the Dodger/Ranger leaks yesterday I think it’s prettt clear Darvish/his camp is just leaking horsefeathers to drive up our offer since we are the only game in town.

 

[David]

i'm not gonna blame the dude for trying to get as much as he can but it seems like he's grasping for straws at this point (watch him get 6 years 170M from someone tomorrow)

[minnesotacubsfan]

L.A. Woman, L.A. Woman

L.A. Woman Sunday afternoon

L.A. Woman Sunday afternoon

L.A. Woman Sunday afternoon

Drive through YU'r suburbs

Into YU'r blues, into YU'r blues, yeah

Into YU'r blue-blue Blues

Into YU'r blues, ohh, yeah

[ScrubMD]

The offseason is going so slow we're now going back in time to last wednesday.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

With what the Brewer guy said and the Dodger/Ranger leaks yesterday I think it’s prettt clear Darvish/his camp is just leaking horsefeathers to drive up our offer since we are the only game in town.

 

 

Story says Baseball Reference has Brewers' payroll at 82.5 million. Cot's has it at basically 91 million. Wonder which one is right.

[Cubswin11]

With what the Brewer guy said and the Dodger/Ranger leaks yesterday I think it’s prettt clear Darvish/his camp is just leaking horsefeathers to drive up our offer since we are the only game in town.

 

 

Story says Baseball Reference has Brewers' payroll at 82.5 million. Cot's has it at basically 91 million. Wonder which one is right.

I think it’s at ~82 without the pre-arb guys and adding them (they have quite a few) bumps them to ~90. That’s what I’ve seen on that brewer board at least. So they could kinda afford Darvish but 110-120 is about as high as they can ever go payroll wise and he would tap them out for the foreseeable future. Plus the Brewer guy already said our offer is substantially more.

Edited January 30, 2018 by Cubswin11

[CubinNY]

Apparently what LA can do is not plan financially for signing Darvish. It just seems like he would have went with the Dodgers by now if that were the case.

[Cubswin11]

Everyone is seeing through this, this is the Brewers MLB writer.

 

[Sammy Sofa]

The real outrage this offseason is the Brewers' diabolical plan to trap good players in their web of mediocrity.

[Post Count Padder]

We're just gonna like sign Hellickson and call it an offseason aren't we?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I’m sitting here at SeaTac by a gate for a Milwaukee flight, and a few of the knuckleheads were wearing ugly vaunted brewers caps. I should have asked them if they had crockpots because they sure looked like meat boilers

[Agony and Ivy]

We're just gonna like sign Hellickson and call it an offseason aren't we?

 

Have you been asleep for the entire Epstein Era or something?

[weis21]

No announcing of a signing tonight out of respect for Trump’s state of the union address imo

[Cubswin11]

Brewer insider guy update....

 

HighHeat19 said:

My source says the Brewer's and Cubs are trying to play keep away with each other in regards to Darvish. The Cubs biggest fear is the Brewer's getting Darvish. Both team's don't feel the Dodger's have the $ to get Darvish back.

 

Brewers expecting Darvish to sign by Monday.

 

I don’t see Theo losing out to or Darvish picking a horsefeathers hole organization unless they really over pay, which fine.

 

 

In a follow up post he said he feels it’s 60/40 he ends up a Cub. FWIW

[David]

lmfao that "cubs' biggest fear" line makes me want the brewers to get him

 

sure, pal

[Derwood]

The Brewer insider guy is back and said....

 

HighHeat19 said:

Ok, let's get back on track here. Talked to my source this morning.

 

Yu Darvish: The last time I was on here the Brewer's made Darvish an offer. The Cubs then came in and beat their offer substantially. So, I put Darvish to Cubs. And as of today, the Cubs offer is still the highest on the table. But........Darvish wants to see what the Dodger's can afford. Apparently L.A. offers a larger Asian population with shorter flights for family from Japan. Darvish also prefers warmer weather.

 

http://forum.brewerfan.net/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=36316&start=360

 

Also said Brewers were working on an Archer trade but Rays upped the ask and it fell apart. Sounds like Santana, Burnes and other top minor leaguers is what it would take.

 

See, Brewer guy thinks flights are shorter from LA, too.

[Cubswin11]

lmfao that "cubs' biggest fear" line makes me want the brewers to get him

 

sure, pal

I kinda feel the same way, let him go there and bring back Jake and still win the division by 8+ games