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Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer appear cheap car rentals los angeles to be talking to Carlos Villanueva and Edwin Jackson and according to Jon Heyman , the Cubs agreed to terms on a deal with Carlos Villanueva . Not long after Heyman's report, multiple reports indicated the Cubs were close on a deal with Villanueva while also working on a contract with Edwin Jackson . The Cubs are not the only team interested in Jackson and the bidding for the 29-year old right hander reportedly reached the four-year, $52 million mark.
If Epstein cheap car rentals los angeles and Hoyer are looking to add both pitchers, they will have to clear three spots on the 40-man roster cheap car rentals los angeles . The Cubs have not announced the deal with Nate Schierholtz that was reportedly agreed to during the Winter Meetings … the 40-man roster currently stands at 40 players.
According to Comcast SportsNet , the Cubs were working toward finalizing cheap car rentals los angeles a deal with Carlos Villanueva on Wednesday night. The terms of the contract were not leaked. Villanueva would give the Cubs much-needed depth on the pitching staff. Villanueva is coming off a good season in Toronto and started nearly cheap car rentals los angeles half of the games he pitching in.
Carlos Villanueva posted a 7-7 record in 38 games, cheap car rentals los angeles 16 starts, last season in Toronto with a 4.16 ERA and a 1.27 WHIP. Villanueva just turned 29 (November 28, 1983) and was 5-7 with a 4.50 ERA and a 1.22 WHIP as a starter. In 16 starts, 92 innings, Villanueva surrendered 87 hits with 25 walks and 86 strikeouts … more than a 3:1 strikeout to walk ratio (8.4 SO/9).
If the Cubs sign Villanueva, it will not go down as one of the more memorable signings in team history but Villanueva will give them an experienced big league pitcher that can start in the event that both Matt Garza and Scott Baker are not able to begin the season on the active roster … Baker is questionable at best due to the fact he had Tommy John surgery last April. But the bottom line is that the organization is void of pitching depth, especially in the upper levels of the system, and the Cubs cannot run out a pitching staff next season similar to the one they finished with last year.
The Cubs are one of at least three teams in discussions with Edwin Jackson . Reportedly, the Rangers and Indians are also in the mix for Jackson, who could be looking at a four-year, $52 million contract. Jim Bowden reported late Wednesday night that at the time the Cubs were the frontrunner for Jackson . The Nationals paid Jackson $11 million last season and he is reportedly looking for a raise to around a $12-$13 million AAV.
Edwin Jackson has a big arm and upside but has not pitched to expectations and will pitch a majority of the 2013 season at 29 years old (September 9, 1983). Jackson showed how good he can be with the White Sox over his last 11 starts of the 2010 season (4-2 in 11 starts with a 3.24 ERA and a 1.21 WHIP) and then again in 2011 (12-9 in 32 appearances, 31 starts, with a 3.79 ERA and a 1.44 WHIP with the Sox and Cardinals) but he took a step back a year ago. Jackson has always struggled with throwing strikes … in his no-hitter in 2010 with the Diamondbacks, he walked eight batters.
Jackson's WHIP last year was the lowest of his career (1.218) and for only the second time, he gave up fewer hits (173) than innings pitched (189 2/3). Jackson also finished the season cheap car rentals los angeles with his highest strikeout to walk ratio and walked a career-low 58 batters.
Here s where you have to say that the Cubs miss Paul Maholm. Maholm is 30 and competent. The Cubs did not get enough for him. He s better than Villanueva and Feldman, and probably cheaper than both. Feldman got $6 million. Maholm makes $5 million. We do not yet know what it cost to buy Villanueva.
The signing and trading of Maholm is exactly what we should be doing. We got a very good 2/3 of a year and an excellent prospect to hopefully build around. Lets not lament the loss of Maholm. With our signings of Baker, Feldman and maybe Villaneuva hopefully we have another Maholm type signing in there and they are flipped for a solid building block. If so I certainly won t be lamenting their loss next year.
I was thinking cheap car rentals los angeles the same thing about all 3, hopefully thy produce and bring back prospects at the deadline! Maholm did more for us by being teaded than he would have by being here. Every move the Cubs make has an eye on the future. 2013 is just something we have to get through.
Villanueva won t kill the the Cubs, since it is one, maybe two years max, and there s no reason to pay him a fortune. But Jackson is going to want a lot of money and more years for a pitcher that will, at best, max out at a #2 starter s level. cheap car rentals los angeles Worse, it s going to convince the front office that they now have their ace in either cheap car rentals los angeles Jackson or Garza or Samardzija (especially true when they told Sanchez he would be their ace). They don t have an ace. There s no way to obtain an ace in this market without making a trade. And going about business under the impression we have our #1 guy is going to put us in the same boat as the last management staff that figured Wood and Prior and Zambrano would be enough of an ace to carry us forever.
i really cheap car rentals los angeles don t think they thought sanchez was going to b the ace, nor do i think they tink Garza is an ace. What i really think is going to happen is, Garza and baker start the year on the DL and feldman/villanueva will start in their places, plus EJAX
when BAKER AND GARZA return, two of wood villanueva or feldman wil be moved back to the pen or demoted. Come the trade deadline, Garza likely will be traded and EJAX will take his place in the org as this #2 SP they are willing to trade. They will get a solid preformance out of EJAX and sometie mid-2013 or 2014 they will trade him at the dead line
Why do you continue to talk about Maholm as something bad? They received Vizcaino in return for Maholm and Reed Johnson. Vizcaino is more valuable to the Cubs than Maholm, with the minor league system lacking major league arms at the upper level, he was a good addition to the team and there are opinions the Cubs got the better Braves prospect in this deal.
Arodys cheap car rentals los angeles Vizcaino is the most talented cheap car rentals los angeles of the bunch. Going into the 2012 season, Keith Law ranked him as the 12th best prospect in all of baseball. His opinion of Vizcaino is so high that when I asked him whom he d rather have, a healthy Randall Delgado or the rehabbing Vizcaino, cheap car rentals los angeles he didn t hesitate. Vizcaino. The only reason he was available was because he had hurt his elbow twice, the second time it required TJ surgery.
Law is not the only one who is high on the former Yankee and Braves prospect. Industry sources I have spoken with have indicated that the Cubs have a potential steal in Vizcaino. Whether he becomes a #2 or #3 starter or a closer, the 22 year old RHP has impact cheap car rentals los angeles potential because of a mid 90s fastball, a hammer curve, and a solid change. He also throws with surprisingly good command for such a youthful power pitcher.
I would agree with the signing of Jackson, he is only 29. He has great stuff and sometimes cheap car rentals los angeles it takes awhile to get it. If he stays like he has been he can always be flipped for more prospects. But I suspect they are thinking along the lines of keeping Shark and Jackson which would be at the very worst an excellent #3 and #4 with the possibility of being a #2 and #3. I also believe that Garza, Baker, and Feldman are guys that will be flipped for prospects which will continue building of the system.
The lower levels of the farms system is where the talent, mostly, is located. The lower levels are going to be another year or two before we start to see guys close to the majors. Adding guys on short term deals right now is the way to go. At the same time the pitching market is what the pitching market is, so if they were interested in Sanchez for 5 years, EJAX could be being offered 4 years. He is an innings eater, who has upside, and 4 years would take him from 29-32 years.
As far as some prospects will make it, some won t. Absolutely. There are no can t miss prospects. But with an actual player development system to put these young guys through, we will see some make it. Which ones we don t know, it may not be the ones that we talk about all the time. That is why they need lots of prospects that project to make the majors.
cubs right now are mostly building cheap car rentals los angeles position cheap car rentals los angeles player minor league impact players(Baez, Soler, Vogelbach, etc). The pitching in the minors isn t there yet. Vizcaiano becomes a very big key to success within the next 3 years, since hes the only likely true impact type pitcher in the system, unless either Maples or Underwood come quickly, or Whitenack cheap car rentals los angeles rehabs back to his preTJ level.
which only proves, the marshall trade was a huge loser. saffelt is a 5th OF at best. torreyes is not a prospect (he hit .261 at high A) and is behind barney, watkins, devoss, villaneuva. if t wood end up in the pen .ends all questions over the winner.
I can not understand everyone talking about signing a player then flipping that player for prospects . If that s what cubs fans want maybe you should become a Marlins fan. Paul Maholm should have not been traded cheap car rentals los angeles ! I do understand we need to build the farm system but you have to draft smart.
In the perfect world you are correct but we all know how bad drafting and player development has been forever with the Cubs. Any team can get lucky now and then, which they have proven. This system was so bare this approach was absolutely necessary.
Also, you can t blame this management for the past failings.this management has a plan! We can argue or disagree with it but they do have a plan and are executing it. Will it work? Time will tell but I for one am happy there is a development plan in place and it is not a seat of the pants softball league cheap car rentals los angeles mentality that is hoping to catch lightning in a bottle plan!
I saw they already got Villanueva, and if they get Jackson at the 4/52mil range, this has the makings of a very solid rotation. Sure, they wont have a clear #1, but with a rotation cheap car rentals los angeles of 2 s and 3 s that is still solid. Garza, Shark, cheap car rentals los angeles