Daniel Descalso

[Cubswin11]

Seems like a signing we make with a trade of Happ or Zobrist being sent out soon after

 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Daniel Descalso is good at drawing walks.

 

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[The_Achiever]

OK now the offseason officially sucks.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Can we even afford him?

[Brian]

he also has experience pitching so that's something

[jersey cubs fan]

Can we even afford him?

stop stealing bob's bit

 

[UMFan83]

Aaron Miles, Jon Jay, Daniel Descalso. Why do we keep ending up with these gritty former cardinal players?

[Cubswin11]

He was okay last year, can take a walk and his statcast/batted ball data looks good. He makes us better if he’s just in the Tommy role and like I mentioned adding him could be the trigger to moving Happ one Zobrist to clear money.

[champaignchris]

He’s played 179 games at SS in his career. Not well, mind you. So I suppose he could be a Javy back up on a short term basis.

[Bertz]

If they think he's still a viable backup SS, I quite like this. If they don't, I'm not sure he's much better than La Stella, certainly not enough to justify the increase in cost given that we're allegedly out of money. Considering he hasn't played SS regularly since 2016, I doubt they view him as more than an emergency option there.

[TMan92]

[Perd]

PTR probably misheard his name as Daniel Discountso.

[Bear Cub]

Sign Cory Spangenberg instead.

[David]

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[Brian]

my sources are telling me they were able to get it done because more people have skated at the Wrigleyville skating rink than they anticipated so they could afford this signing.

[David]

fun fact

 

descalso means barefoot. did you know this? also, antonio gates used to play basketball.

 

seriously, though, i can't hear his name without flashbacks to my mom yelling at me about running around outside barefoot

[The_Achiever]

Nice pickup my butt.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

If money is tight, I don't really understand why you trade away La Stella and sign Descalso.

[UMFan83]

my sources are telling me they were able to get it done because more people have skated at the Wrigleyville skating rink than they anticipated so they could afford this signing.

 

Also a factor: Todd received his annual royalty check for his appearance on Undercover Boss a few years ago.

[jersey cubs fan]

Nice pickup my butt. (I won't take a knee)

[jersey cubs fan]

If money is tight, I don't really understand why you trade away La Stella and sign Descalso.

because money is only mostly tight. The fiscal year has almost ended and if they don't spend it now it won't be made available next year

[ConstableRabbit]

If money is tight, I don't really understand why you trade away La Stella and sign Descalso.

because money is only mostly tight. The fiscal year has almost ended and if they don't spend it now it won't be made available next year

The Cubs operate on a Jan-Dec fiscal year?

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Can't believe Charles the Cat wasn't the one to break this. He must leave the smaller transactions to the bigger guys.

[sneakypower]

[KingCubsFan]

If money is tight, I don't really understand why you trade away La Stella and sign Descalso.

because money is only mostly tight. The fiscal year has almost ended and if they don't spend it now it won't be made available next year

Are they paying him out of their FSA or something?