Clem Fandango
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Everything posted by Clem Fandango
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Yikes. Nevermind then on the cost, then. I wish I was a marginally acceptable part-time major league baseball player.
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a one WAR salary for a one WAR player? Is that how much 1 WAR is worth now? Was just watching MLB Now today and they said a replacement level 1 WAR player is worth about $5 million. If the going rate is actually $8 million that's nuts.
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That seems like a horsefeathers ton of money for a part time outfielder with a .728 OPS. Also Jon Jay is a garbage player and I hate him and there's no way he can Edmonds his way into my heart.
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If it is unlikely, is it because of his salary demands, the Cubs not being sold on him being paid ace money, or both? I think both, especially after this season. Before the year he wanted 7 years, and he probably would've demanded $175-$200 mil. But after he decided to forget how to throw strikes this year, I'm not so sure the Cubs want to take their chances on him at that cost, and I don't think he's willing to cut a discount. In fact, he's not going to and has said he won't. I don't think Jake and the Cubs are a fit long term, and personally, I'm okay with that. If we can use Jake to get Verlander who, all things considered, was arguably the best pitcher in major league baseball this year, I'd be beyond giddy. We're not getting 8 win Jake back, he's probably 4-5 win Jake at best and even now that's not a guarantee. I trust Verlander to repeat his performance more than I trust Jake to recapture his
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Doesn't really make sense for the Tigers to trade Verlander for one year of Arrieta + others, as I imagine it'd be. You don't sell off while acquiring contending pieces like Arrieta. That being said... yes, please.
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Based on how well Kang and Kim have translated to big league hitting I think this was a very worthwhile gamble. I agree, just surprising to see it come at the expense of the the National League home run leader, though obviously teams are a lot smarter and realize that one-dimensional sluggers aren't as valuable as they once were. Carter will latch on as a DH somewhere I'm sure. If the Blue Jays can't resign Encarnacion or find someone adequate to replace him, Carter might be a fit there. He's like a poor man's Encarnacion already.
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Rosenthal: Cespedes re-signs with the Mets
Clem Fandango replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Just because it would be ridiculous, I hope they put an opt-out after the first year in there. -
The Brewers non-tendered Chris Carter and signed Eric Thames from the KBO.
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I doubt Mike Ilitch would let that happen while he's still alive, but they could definitely have one hell of a firesale if they changed directions.
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I should've added the photo of Clark with his junk hanging out.
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It was arm day for him, give him a break
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In case you guys can't read it, the post it says: And the paper on the desk says
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http://i.imgur.com/6edidTC.jpg
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http://i.imgur.com/G2ui5kI.jpg
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From Yahoo:
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Yeah when it comes to team finances and future plans, I don't really trust anything the media says they've got sources on. Theo and Co. have shown over the years they can be wildly unpredictable in the best ways possible. I also hate it when people say "They spent XXX million dollars last offseason" as if that's how much they added in payroll for the next season. The Cubs have $110 million in guaranteed dollars for 2017 and only four players in arbitration. FOUR. Those players are Jake Arrieta, Pedro Strop, Hector Rondon, and Justin Grimm. Arrieta made $10.7 mil this year. Be generous and say he gets $15 mil for 2017. Rondon and Strop each made about $4.5 mil a piece. Let's be generous and say they get $6.5 mil a piece. Grimm made $1.275 mil, be generous and say he gets $3.5 million. That's $141 million before accounting for the league minimums of our young guys. That figure is about $30 million LESS than what our payroll was this season. They've got plenty of room, Ken. You dingus.
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Logan pretty handily
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That too, but if Porcello's record was, say, 17-7 instead of 22-4, who gets more 2nd place votes Porcello or Kluber?
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Man, for the sake of the writers' credibility I hope that wasn't a driving factor behind the landslide win. I think at that point you'd have to say the players are now somehow more SABR savvy than the writers, at least with respect to this award. Or at least less lazy. When you look at the AL vote pretty much all you can deduce is Porcello's 22-4 record is what got him the Cy Young over Verlander who was better than him in almost every statistical category. It's funny seeing Kate Upton flip out, but she had legit beef.
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This is kind of confusing, does this mean they're trying to swap pitching for pitching, trade for pitching, or trade their pitching?
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mind posting a pic of the framed front page? Seconded. Want to see what that looks like
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The problem is Jake showed after May that he wasn't one of our best pitchers anymore, and that's a real cause for concern. If he continues to be back end of the rotation quality next season, if they choose to trade him at the deadline he'll have lost a lot of value. Is there the possibility he's not a back end of the rotation starter guy? Sure, but that's a game of chance you need to spend a lot of time weighing in on before pulling that trade trigger. If the FO thinks his troubles were real and not some weird way of him saving his arm, then they might be very interested in trading him. And I couldn't care less about the QO compensation. The haul we'd get for Jake, even if he struggled and we traded him as a rental, would probably be a billion times better than whatever we get in a compensation round draft pick.
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Got that dude on my fantasy team, he was a consistently good hitter all season but much better in the the 2nd half of the season when he flipped a switch and became an on base machine (.412 OBP with 49 BB in 70 G in the 2nd half... 15.7% BB%). I'd be all about acquiring him and seeing if he can be Zobrist 2.0.
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He is brutal. "You know it's just you guys we were like oh my god and it's just we were watching and it's like you know, you guys, you, you, you did it you know and it's like sooo crazy it must feel like i mean... so crazy, right?"
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I'm still tin foil hat-ing the whole "He saved his arm all year" angle with the reduction in sliders. Next year is a walk year, I think he dials it up to 11 and lets loose and has another 2015 in him so he can get a humongous pay day, a pay day the Cubs will gladly pass on.
