Jump to content
North Side Baseball

jumbo

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    1,123

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Profiles

Joomla Posts 1

Chicago Cubs Videos

Chicago Cubs Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

2026 Chicago Cubs Top Prospects Ranking

News

2023 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks

Guides & Resources

2024 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks

The Chicago Cubs Players Project

2025 Chicago Cubs Draft Pick Tracker

2026 Chicago Cubs Draft Pick Tracker

Blogs

Events

Forums

Store

Gallery

Everything posted by jumbo

  1. jumbo
    I used to memorize the roster every season and I can't name one of those guys. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 98 is Brian Robinson, I think
  2. jumbo
    Someone find the Bender Futurama quote where he orders the restaurants 3 finest wines mixed together
  3. jumbo
    It fits the city.
  4. jumbo
    Yes. Oh and the proximity for south bend. I live near South Bend and I will certainly be going to more games. There are a [expletive] load of Cubs fans in the area and I'm sure attendance will increase.
  5. jumbo
    getting pretty sick of that Harbaugh clenched up face shot
  6. jumbo
    the minor league thread is daily reading for me and has been for years, even before I registered. thanks for what you do with it.
  7. jumbo
    Fales waived? That seems poorly thought out...
  8. jumbo
    What about Cease?
  9. jumbo
    Ummmm...probably not good? It's Italian guy good
  10. jumbo
    I was quite disappointed to see all the threads bumped by one sarcastic comment in each. Hope it was a good night!
  11. jumbo
    Whoa Somebody give me a whoa gif
  12. jumbo
    Anybody concerned about A. Vizcaino's line at Iowa? Maybe it's just the SSS of all RP's?
  13. jumbo
    Here I was worried that the "Castro to 3rd" argument was going to restart. I accepted that Russell can play MLB shortstop based on Law's comments, which were rather glowing.
  14. jumbo
    I wore shorts and sandals (black slides) to my graduation figuring that what was under my graduation "robe" would be all but invisible. As the President Martin Jischke hands me my diploma, he says, "nice shoes."
  15. jumbo
    I don't believe this is the case. Best of my knowledge, tt would be unprecedented in an MLB contract to grant arbitration rights to a player who is less than a Super 2. I'm not even sure how it would work since arbitration relies on comparables, and Soler's 1 year+ comparables would all be making the league minimum(or close to it) He can't just pick arbitration if he thinks his salary would be higher. He has to get to arbitration eligibility and at that point if he thinks he can get more in arbitration, he can file then. Basically, the contract was written the way it was to offer both sides some protection if he completely flopped. Soler gets a decent amount of guaranteed money, but the Cubs didn't have to fork over a big signing bonus because of PTR and they got long term control of him. You're both correct.
  16. jumbo
    It's hard to argue with that. Well done
  17. jumbo
    Boras. And I've never seen anything definitive on Soler's contract, so it could be like Cespedes' contract. Given the length, it wouldn't surprise me. Why would the fact that he has a 9 year deal make it more likely that he gets auto free agency before 6 years? Those clauses are incredibly rare and have only been for guys expected to start in the bigs. If club control is actually a factor (I don't think it is) he would still be under club control for 2021 if he hadn't reached 6 years of service time by then, but at the time of signing the thought was that if that is the case, then he hasn't worked out as well as hoped. He's near this point now, where if he's held back until beyond the arb deadline, that could be the case, but only due to his injuries. I also believe that Soler has the right to opt into arbitration amounts rather than his year to year contract amount based on what he think's he'll make more through arbitration than through his contract. So he could opt into arbitration for 2016 if he thinks he can make more than $2M in arbitration than his current deal. From Cots: Jorge Soler of 9 years/$30M (2012-20) signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent from Cuba 6/30/12 $6M signing bonus (half at signing, half by 1/13/13) 12:$1M, 13:$1M, 14:$2M, 15:$2M, 16:$3M, 17:$3M, 18:$4M, 19:$4M, 20:$4M agent: Praver-Shapiro ML service: 0.000
  18. jumbo
    I think this will make the fourth on my ignore list
  19. jumbo
    Beat me to it
  20. jumbo
    I expected him to go JUCO. Hold it together for another season and still a top pick.
  21. jumbo
    I was at Fred McGriff's
  22. jumbo
    I guess, but, I mean, if it was Ben Franklin's outhouse or something, I'd keep it (or rebuild it). But it's just a crummy old trailer-looking shack.
  23. jumbo
    I had to look on streetview to figure it out. It's this thing: http://i.imgur.com/aH2QOEN.jpg Why the [expletive] are they replacing that shitty ass trailer? If this is part of the landmark commission that's bs.
  24. jumbo
    I recognize you so it's probably a few steps up. There's still at least the dudes with like 200 posts in 10 years. That's me
  25. jumbo
    I had the same thought
×
×
  • Create New...