Non Tender Deadline Happenings

[Bertz]

Thus far, Jose Martinez has been NT'd, and the Cubs picked up Robert Stock from Boston

 

 

[Bertz]

Robert stock is a fun guy to have in the mix for the 7th/8th spots in the pen. Really high octane stuff, though he's got problems throwing strikes.

[Cubswin11]

Why hasn’t Almora been NT’d yet

[Proven Veteran]

Why hasn’t Almora been NT’d yet

They are going to tell Bryant he's been non-tendered before announcing Almora's extension.

[Old Style]

So we are just letting Schwarber walk for nothing? The guy who was untradeable a season ago?

[Bertz]

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

So we are just letting Schwarber walk for nothing? The guy who was untradeable a season ago?

What version of "untradeable" were we talking about then?

[Bote McBoteface]

I’ll be displeased with a Schwarber NT unless its followed up by signing him for cheaper.

 

Or maybe I should just accept that he’s gonna suck here and then explode once the Mariners or whoever pick him up.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

I’ll be displeased with a Schwarber NT unless its followed up by signing him for cheaper.

 

Or maybe I should just accept that he’s gonna suck here and then explode once the Mariners or whoever pick him up.

I'll be happy for him if he does well elsewhere. Otherwise, that's also how I'm steeling myself.

[squally1313]

Can we just turn this into a Schwarber gif fest?

 

[The_Achiever]

I still had hope schwarber would become a consistent .900+ ops type player. Maybe a fresh start will help him achieve that.

 

Given that ole ricketty will just pocket this money gives me great sadness. Not really because of this decision but the foreseeable future for the Cubs seems so bleak.

[Cubswin11]

The Schwarber NT

 

 

 

The Almora NT, Play Levels Alexa

 

 

 

It’s too bad schwarbs NT has to get tied to the horsefeathers bag Almora NT

[Rob]

If they non-tendering Schwarzenegger, they’re just being cheap.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I see the Schwarber news has generated another round of Gleyber Torres discourse from people who still haven't realized that he isn't good.

[Rob]

I see the Schwarber news has generated another round of Gleyber Torres discourse from people who still haven't realized that he isn't good.

 

Last year aside, he’s largely been a league-average regular. With the DH in the NL, that’s a bat worth keeping around.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I see the Schwarber news has generated another round of Gleyber Torres discourse from people who still haven't realized that he isn't good.

 

Last year aside, he’s largely been a league-average regular. With the DH in the NL, that’s a bat worth keeping around.

 

Given his extreme bumslayer status when he did hit well i don’t think you can assume last year is an aberration. But even if not, you’re basically describing Schwarber, which tells us the people bemoaning trading Torres have an inflated sense of his worth.

[TarzanJoeWallis]

I see the Schwarber news has generated another round of Gleyber Torres discourse from people who still haven't realized that he isn't good.

 

Last year aside, he’s largely been a league-average regular. With the DH in the NL, that’s a bat worth keeping around.

He’s talking about Torres not being good, not Schwarber.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I had always intended on liking Kyle Schwarber, but I could never fully bring myself to doing it.

[CubinNY]

Do we know if it’s true? If so who is going to play LF? Happ?

[Irrelevant Dude]

Do we know if it’s true? If so who is going to play LF? Happ?

Nothing has been confirmed. I imagine the Cubs are working up to the deadline, trying to find a trade partner.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Are they allowed to sign him to a cheaper contract before the deadline? Why not just try to hammer out 5 or 6 million instead of 8 since he probably won't get that much this offseason. Or maybe he would.

[Bertz]

 

Alberto makes a ton of contact, and absolutely murders lefties. He'd be a real solid bench option, though maybe doesn't make sense on a roster that already has Bote and Hoerner.

[Backtobanks]

Do we know if it’s true? If so who is going to play LF? Happ?

 

Sounds like Abbott & Costello - who's in LF, who's at 3B, who's in CF, who's at the back of the rotation, who's in the bullpen.............

[Irrelevant Dude]

Are they allowed to sign him to a cheaper contract before the deadline?

Why would Schwarber agree to that though? He might as well at least test the market before taking a cut.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Are they allowed to sign him to a cheaper contract before the deadline?

Why would Schwarber agree to that though? He might as well at least test the market before taking a cut.

 

I guess it would depend on if he felt confident in this climate that somebody would pay him $6 million and might not want to chance it. I'm struggling to figure out what these guys are worth this offseason. Is it possible he only gets $4 million offers?