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Deeg

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #300 on: October 31, 2018, 09:02:52 am »
Quote from: Ron on October 31, 2018, 08:57:36 am
Jim Duquette has a top 25 Free Agents list on MLB.com, that includes "interested" teams.  According to Duquette, the Cubs are "interested" in 9 of them. 

https://www.mlb.com/news/ranking-top-2018-19-free-agents/c-294514102

Some loopy stuff on that list. Don’t see the Cubs being interested in Murphy, and why would they go after Britton and not Miller?  Hard to see why they wouldn’t be in on Ottavino as well.
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brjones

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #301 on: October 31, 2018, 09:42:31 am »
I think all of those "interested teams" are Duquette's speculation.
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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #302 on: October 31, 2018, 11:06:27 am »
No, I'm sure they all emailed him
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brjones

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #303 on: October 31, 2018, 12:23:10 pm »
Kintzler is exercising his option according to Jesse Rogers.
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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #304 on: October 31, 2018, 03:20:43 pm »
Mark Gonzales  @MDGonzales  8m8 minutes ago

Cubs pick up 2019 option on LHP Jose Quintana, claim LHP Jerry Vasto off waivers from KC. 40-man roster now at 35.
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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #305 on: October 31, 2018, 03:34:24 pm »
Quote from: Bennett on October 31, 2018, 03:20:43 pm
Cubs pick up 2019 option on LHP Jose Quintana, claim LHP Jerry Vasto off waivers from KC. 40-man roster now at 35.

I wonder how many times Jerry Vasto is going to get claimed off of waivers this winter.
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Deeg

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #306 on: October 31, 2018, 05:29:50 pm »
I would guess a Vasto number.
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brjones

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« Reply #307 on: October 31, 2018, 06:23:11 pm »
I'm not surprised that the Hamels option decision is going down to the deadline--I'm sure they're trying to get him to sign a 2-3 year deal. But I would've expected Strop's option to be picked up at the same time Quintana's was...are they trying to extend him too? That seems unlikely.
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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #308 on: October 31, 2018, 06:48:13 pm »
Why is that unlikely?
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brjones

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« Reply #309 on: October 31, 2018, 06:53:11 pm »
Because extending a reliever in his mid-30s a year before his contract expires is a bad idea, even if he's been as consistently good as Strop.

I guess it's possible they could work something out where he gives them a big bargain. But that seems unlikely too--players rarely give big hometown discounts when they don't need to.
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JeffH

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #310 on: October 31, 2018, 06:57:27 pm »
What's your definition of a "big bargain"?
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Deeg

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #311 on: October 31, 2018, 07:15:33 pm »
Quote from: JeffH on October 31, 2018, 06:57:27 pm
What's your definition of a "big bargain"?

2 years, 6.26 million.
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brjones

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #312 on: October 31, 2018, 07:24:04 pm »
Going rate for pitchers in Strop’s class last year (Cishek, Shaw, McGee, Reed, etc.) was 2-3 years at $7-$10 million per. So a bargain would be somewhere significantly below that. I don’t think Strop would accept that.

The reason to extend Hamels is because it’ll likely get his AAV down to $15 million or so to help the luxury tax. Otherwise, they’d just pick up the option. With Strop, I don’t think there would be any AAV savings.
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Deeg

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #313 on: October 31, 2018, 07:44:32 pm »
Something like 2/34 for Hamels seems semi-reasonable, since it actually means 40 for Hamels. But I suspect he could do better on the open market.
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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #314 on: November 01, 2018, 04:42:45 pm »
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales
Cubs pick up $6.25 million option on Pedro Strop.
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