#Cubs signed former #Marlins Chris Coghlan to minor lge deal. $800G if make majors, $250G in PA bonuses. Can opt out on 6/15 if not in MLB
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) January 15, 2014
Coghlan won the Rookie of the Year voting in 2009, when he slashed .321/.390/.460 (aided and abetted by a .368 BABIP). Since then, he's taken turns being injured and ineffective. He tore his meniscus in 2010 and was never really the same. Last season, he was a super-utility guy, playing at least 1 game at 2B, 3B, LF, CF, and RF. He was a 3B in college and is not a great fielder, but I guess he's got as good a chance as anyone to be the 25th man on this roster and romantic, hot-chocolate-by-the-fire types can always dream on a return to the form he took a half-decade ago. He bats lefty, so he basically replaces Brian Bogusevic on our roster.
You can now consider Justin Ruggiano a freeroll.
Sweet. This must be the big signing the Cubs always try to do before the Convention.
WaLiQuote Reply
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NateQuote Reply
what the hell. i cant seem to get a picture right
NateQuote Reply
WaLi wrote:
Actually, they’re going to sign beloved former Cub Tyler Colvin for the big surprise tomorrow.
MylesQuote Reply
Lukas wrote:
Yeah, Tim is great. I hope Rachel gets and expanded storyline like he did last season.
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@ Berselius:
I would also like that. I still like Art quite a bit, and I wish somebody would hurry up and kill Wynn Duffy (though admittedly I haven’t started season 5 yet bc I don’t get FX)
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Aisle424Quote Reply
Andy has been on fire this afternoon.
Aisle424Quote Reply
So I seem to have accidentally gotten into a Twitter fight with Darren Rovell, the “Sports Marketing Guru” and it just kind of makes me wonder: how the fuck do these people get these jobs? How does one become the “Sports Business EXPERT”? Because I feel like Google could do 85% of his job, and Instagram could do the 15% of the time he writes about food.
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@ Nate:
Yeah, I like Art too. Should be interesting with him investigating the Sammy Tonin stuff this year. He had my favorite moment of all last season when he made everyone stop and admire just how badass Drew Thompson was at some point during the chase.
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@ Akabari:
Maybe he knows where the bodies are buried
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@ Akabari:
I think you just tweet a bunch of random bullshit all day long and get folks to follow you. Getting into Twitter fights with folks is probably a primary traffic driver for him. (That, and shit like “Junior Seau’s jersey sales have jumped 58% since his suicide.”)
uncle daveQuote Reply
Art is the one I’d like to see given a spinoff. They’d have to figure out a way around this retirement thing or they could just keep doing what they’re doing and let it go on forever.
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@ Akabari:
I don’t have any idea how they get such titles.
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@ uncle dave:
Yeah, the man’s a fucking joke. I call him out asking him where the hell his numbers are coming from, and I just get “They’re the experts, I trust them” after back and forth tweeting like 30 times.
Maybe it’s because I have *one* pro sports team as a client and I have to bust my ass off for them to be happy, but it seems insane that someone like Rovell can make a living off his lazy bullshit.
AkabariQuote Reply
Akabari wrote:
That rules out the Cubs. (dying laughing)
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@ dmick89, Sweatpants Guru:
(dying laughing) (dying laughing) (dying laughing)
I could have come up with Clark the Bear in a 10th of the time at a 10th of the price, that’s for sure.
Edit: Another 1000 (dying laughing) at the new title
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@ dmick89, Sweatpants Guru:
(dying laughing)
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@ Akabari:
His commitment to finding credible sources puts him squarely in line with the current standards of the traditional media. I’m sure he’s just plugged in to the various team/corporate PR guys and throws out whatever he’s told.
His avatar used to be a picture of him wearing some baseball jersey with his Twitter handle on the back. I mean, c’mon.
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Berselius wrote:
Haha, as soon as Art was brought up, that’s the same moment I thought of. I like that character because the actor seems to do a great job going from affable to hardass when he needs to.
I haven’t started the new season yet so I should probably steer clear of this thread soon (dying laughing)
LukasQuote Reply
@ uncle dave:
Basically, he was saying that Peyton Manning could get paid “between 400k and 1.3MM a time for saying Omaha steaks as his audible” Which, really? Really?
AkabariQuote Reply
Akabari, are you a sports promoter?
MylesQuote Reply
@ Myles:
Nah. I feel like “sports promoter” makes me sound like Don King or something (dying laughing). But maybe I should consider that!
I do marketing consulting for enterprise level clients all across the spectrum. My passion is sports, so I’ve been trying hard to get my foot in the door with them, but I do all kinds of CPG brands and all kinds of marketing channels depending the client. So I sometimes do live events, I guess.
Why do you ask?
AkabariQuote Reply
Just curious. That’s pretty cool!
MylesQuote Reply
Kershaw got paid.
7/215
BerseliusQuote Reply
Kershaw ———-> 7/215MM extension.
Anything’s possible of course, but I never thought they were a serious contender for Tanaka. And unless they plan on spending far beyond even a Steinbrenner’s wildest dream, can’t see them staying in. They’re six deep in their rotation as it is, and Hanley Ramirez is up for an extension as well.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Considering he had arb this year (~18 million), that’s really an extension of 6/197, or an AAV of almost $33 million a year.
Holy fucking shit.
MylesQuote Reply
I’m surprised it’s only 7 years. He’d have gotten at least 8 year in free agency. Even if he died this summer, he’d probably get 7.
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@ dmick89, Sweatpants Guru:
I guess he gave them a hometown discount (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
dmick89, Sweatpants Guru wrote:
(dying laughing)
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@ dmick89, Sweatpants Guru:
I thought the 7 year deal was more so that he’d have a chance to enter FA at age 33 instead of age 34 (or older). That way he might still be able to land another semi-big deal after this one.
EdwinQuote Reply
@ Edwin:
I’d bet against any pitcher being healthy in 5 years.
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Edwin wrote:
Yeah, because 215 million just isn’t enough to feel secure for a lifetime when your career in baseball is relatively so short. Better to be a free agent for an extra year after I finish getting paid more than the market cap of half the companies traded on NASDAQ. (not, like combined, but still)
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
$215 million just isn’t what it was back in your day.
dmick89, Sweatpants GuruQuote Reply
New shit. Because why not.
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