Dave Cameron wrote a bit about the Cubs signing of Edwin Jackson. Here's part of it. But we should note that Edwin Jackson makes them better, and this price for Edwin Jackson is still completely reasonable based on his established performance level. That the Cubs aren’t yet obvious contenders shouldn’t cause us to tell them to stop trying to improve. …
Carlos Villanueva's contract and Edwin Jackson
The Cubs signed Carlos Villanueva to a contract last night. We didn't know the terms of the contract and I felt about the contract similarly to Myles. If I were a betting man, I'd say this is a one year deal for around $4.5 million, with an option year at $6 or so. That seems reasonable to me for a …
Carlos Villanueva, Scott Baker and Scott Feldman combine to make one slightly below average starting pitcher
The Cubs have gone a little nutty in signing as many back-end of the rotation starters as they can find. They grabbed Scott Feldman who would be the worst starter in many rotations and the Cubs rotation is no different. They did sign Scott Baker though he's coming back from injury so we have temper expectations. Then they signed Carlos …
Dodger are listening to offers for Andre Ethier
Word came out a day or two ago that the Dodgers were shopping Andre Ethier. It was then corrected that they were only listening to offers, but now there's a report that the Dodgers are interested in Michael Bourn or Nick Swisher, but first must trade Ethier. Ethier is owed $85 million over the next 5 years and will be …
Rant Sports: The Chicago Cubs Continue To Prove They’re a Joke In Failed Anibal Sanchez Signing
If blogs could be designated for assignment, Rant Sports, along with Bleacher Report, would have been DFA'd a long time ago. They're not even replacement level blogs worthy of the minimal amount of attention, but here we are: paying attention to them because there isn't anything else to write about. So why not make fun of the less intelligent among …
The Flagrant Fan on Alfonso Soriano's Contract
Most of the time when you read an article about Alfonso Soriano's contract, it's about how the bad contract is a reflection on Soriano. The Flagrant Fan writes a nice piece and here's the part that I and others have tried to hammer home for years: What a player makes is the team's problem and purview. The team either takes …
Tigers re-sign Anibal Sanchez
The Cubs had reportedly reached an agreement on a 5-year deal for around $75 million with Anibal Sanchez, but then the report was contradicted by many people. We learned this morning that the Tigers had reached an agreement with Sanchez on a 5-year deal for $80 million. CAIRO projects a 3.87 ERA, 3.56 FIP and 3.2 WAR for Sanchez in …
Cubs sign Anibal Sanchez
According to Bob Nightengale, the Cubs have signed Anibal Sanchez to a 5-year, $75 million-ish contract. And the #Cubs turn out to be the second mystery team of the day, reaching agreement on five-year deal with Anibal Sanchez — Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) December 13, 2012 5/75 is a really good contract for someone like Sahchez. More on this later.
The opposite of the World Series
The World Series is played at the end of the season and is supposed to include the two best teams in baseball, or at least the best team in each league. It doesn't often work out that way, but luck and all, it's a series that's almost certainly going to include a couple of good teams and one of them …
The Hope Monster Strikes Back : how the Cubs can contend in 2013
Julie posed this series of questions over at LOHO today. 1) Where does this team finish in the 2013 NL Central? 2) Do the 2013 Cubs lose 100 games? 3) What moves still need to be made to make this team competitive (and be realistic, no “sign ARod” or any of that baloney). The easy answers to these questions are 1) …