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If the reports are correct, the Cubs added two pitchers to the mix on Thursday.  The Cubs reportedly agreed to terms on a four-year, $52 million contract with Edwin Jackson and a two-year, $10 million contract with Carlos Villanueva … and both contracts hotels on international drive orlando do not include no-trade clauses, a new club policy.
The deal with Carlos Villanueva could be announced on Friday according to David Kaplan but it might be after Christmas before Edwin Jackson's signing will be made official. The Cubs must clear three spots on the 40-man in order to add Villanueva, Jackson and Nate Schierholtz to the roster.
Edwin Jackson's new agents did something Scott Boras could not do a year ago, find a team to sign Jackson to a multi-year contract. Jackson left Scott Boras last July and signed with Legacy Sports. While Jackson's deal does not include a no-trade hotels on international drive orlando clause, many think Jackson will be able to perform hotels on international drive orlando better now that he has a little stability in where he will pitch.
FanGraphs liked the Jackson signing and said, "the Cubs have now acquired four interesting starting pitchers this winter. They've rebuilt their entire rotation, essentially, and have set themselves up to be able to trade Matt Garza – after he proves hotels on international drive orlando he's healthy, anyway – without it creating a huge problem for their Major League team. They did the same drastic hotels on international drive orlando overhaul of their rotation that the Twins and Royals went after this winter, just they did it without giving up useful Major League outfielders or top outfield prospects in the process."
Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer set out this off-season to add pitching to the organization and so far they have added eight arms to the mix. Scott Baker (one-year, $5.5 million hotels on international drive orlando guaranteed), Scott Feldman (one-year, $6 million guaranteed) signed early on and the Cubs re-signed Shawn Camp (one-year, $1.35 million guaranteed) before the market took off. The Cubs inked Kyuji Fujikawa to a two-year, $9.5 million guaranteed hotels on international drive orlando contract. The Cubs then selected Hector Rondon in the Rule 5 Draft and claimed Sandy Rosario off waivers.
Jackson should hotels on international drive orlando slide right into the rotation with Jeff Samardzija , Matt Garza , Scott Feldman and Travis Wood . It is highly doubtful that Scott Baker will begin the year on the active roster and Arodys Vizcaino is ticketed for Triple-A when the Cubs feel he is ready to begin his season. Villanueva gives the Cubs insurance if Matt Garza is not ready at the start of the year or in the event of another hotels on international drive orlando injury.
According to multiple reports , Tom Gorzelanny will be returning to the NL Central next season. The former Cubs' southpaw reached agreement on a two-year contract with the Brewers, pending a physical, believed to be worth close to $6 million .
Matt Garza appears to be happy with the moves the Cubs made on Thursday. Garza welcomed Edwin Jackson and Carlos Villanueva on his twitter account and said he is happy to be reunited with Jackson. Garza and Jackson were teammates in Tampa during the 2008 season.
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I believe they aren t looking to flip Jackson though they could be swayed by a good offer. Villanueva on the other hand is gone at the deadline if he has and ERA under 4, no hesitation. The Cubs aren t fooling anyone.
I agree and at the same time think that you might be a little premature. IF our young guys at AAA make some strides before the All Star break then 3 of the 4 guys we have signed to start need to keep their bags packed.
I like this signing hotels on international drive orlando of Edwin Jackson. At first, I wasn t really thrilled with the choices of EJ or Anibal Sanchez, hotels on international drive orlando and would ve preferred the risk involved with Marcum. But after digging and doing a little stats geek math (not really much of one so I m using the basics), I think Jackson hotels on international drive orlando for 4/$52 is way better than Sanchez for 5/$77.5, and here s why:
I thought I read where Jackson did get a no trade clause and I was a little disappointed because Theo doesn t do that. I just thought that was the only way to sign him. I m glad to hear it s not true as it could hurt him in future negotiations with other free agents.
hotels on international drive orlando I love what fangraphs said about our offseason piching pickups. I think they are spot on. This front office has done a hell of a job building a very good and deep rotation for next year and without giving up a single prospect. I assure hotels on international drive orlando you other teams are green with envy.
The Cubs FO has spent a little over a year, rebuilding hotels on international drive orlando this organization. We all know that the lower levels of the farm system is the bright spot, with the drafts of the last 2 years (old regime being instructed to not let money stop them from drafting guys being the start of this) and the additions of international guys, and the trades that have been made, all have led to a 40 man roster that is getting hotels on international drive orlando harder to let guys go.
Concepcion If he isn t sent off the 40 man, then there must be a NTC in his contract of some sort, otherwise there is no reason they wouldn t send him down, as I see no team willing to take on his contract with last years horrible season.
The more you look at all of this, you see a trade coming, that will open up some spots, and since during the holidays, things just take longer, we can see them not officially annoucing hotels on international drive orlando the signings until after the 1st of the year.
Remember that most of Conception s money was in a signing bonus. Meaning that if he is waived off the 40 man someone can pick him up for very little money. I think it is like 800k but I am not 100% sure. Other than that one I think you are pretty close. hotels on international drive orlando Probably Raley, Rosario and Campana.
No team is going to pay $2.4M for what we saw last year. Now is the time to move him off the 40 man, if they can. I think there must be a reason they can t. If the Cubs would be on the hook for the money and lose him, then they are going to keep him on the 40 man, and hope that he gets healthy and can be productive. Even though I feel he was signed to help get Soler.
To whit: Kap says he s heard from multiple sources that the Cubs feel that if they were a small market team, (ie Kansas City etc.), they could have up to 5 100 loss seasons to garner the highest picks and refurbish the system.
I also believe that Theo and Co. looked over the organization and realized that they have young position players and have a system that can fill many of those positions over the next 2-5 years already. But from a pitching perspective, especially SP perspective, it is just not there. There is no waves and waves of pitching coming for at least 3-5 years. So, they went out and bought up 4 pitchers, 2 SP s and 2 swing guys, for less than Sanchez cost total. Very good value, plus they have created depth in the rotation and the ability to allow guys like Cabrera and Vizcaino time to not be rushed.
They are changing their plan a bit unfortunately. hotels on international drive orlando They actually need another 100 loss season to gather more high picks which have greater odds of being superstar players. Season ticket sales are probably factoring into the decision.
Believe me, I want to see them win a world series as much as anybody but really want to see them have a chance EVERY year and the only way to do that is to have a top rotation, a few superstar offensive guys, and then a bunch of role players that do their job well. IMO the best way to get the superstars is to DRAFT them, not overpay for them.
I ve been on the season ticket waiting list since 2005 and I am still 14304 in line so I highly doubt anyone who signed up a few years ago is being called. The Cubs have never, and will never have any problem selling season tix.
So what about T Wood? He is out of options, so he is going into ST needing to look like the good Wood that we saw in stretches last year, that s for sure. But could he be the 2nd lefty in the bullpen? I think we could find out in ST, as if he isn t traded, I don t see him beating out Feldman and Villanueva hotels on international drive orlando without looking really sharp.
I still say extend Garza. The price of pitching is high, and he wants to stay here. A rotation built around Garza, Samardzija, E Jackson for the next 3-4 years has the base to be good. Find a way to get a pitcher to put on top and now we have many options for #5 moving forward.
Listening to MLB radio on way to office Duquette and Jody McDonald were ripping E Jackson hotels on international drive orlando contract! Used Gil Meche in the same sentence. Ouch! Said if they move him in year 3 they will have to eat a chunk of his contract. Said he is a back end starter. I hope they are wrong but they said this could be the worst contract signed in 2012 when you look back a couple of years from now.
I got news for Duquette. Mec he was actually a fairly worthy signing, he pitched decently for KC for the first 3 yrs of his contract. The arm problems Meche encountered had more to do than his actual performance, he wasn t that bad in KC.
Personally, I think Wood might be Sean Marshall 2.0, a fringe 4/5 starter who turns into a solid bog league hotels on international drive orlando setup-type reliever. And I happen to agree with you about Garza, hes still under 30 and has a solid track record, though hes not a TOR starter.
I ve seen many comments hotels on international drive orlando on here and elsewhere about the Cubs changing their plan, etc with the recent signings. Let s keep in mind that they were approaching contention with their winning streak near the deadline last year, but they dealt their rotation away at least the effective parts. The reason I bring that up is because they tanked hotels on international drive orlando thereafter. This means they can still appear competitive from the outset this year and hover around .500 and sell off to finish hotels on international drive orlando well below next year if they feel so inclined. Or they could surprise everyone and make the playoffs. It s a win-win scenario and one I ve advocated for a long time.
The other thing that s overrated to some degree is draft positioning. There are plenty All-Stars that weren t