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Cubs in '18
By: mO Date: October 23, 2017, 3:29 pm
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America's favorite team is back!
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Re: Cubs in '18
By: CUBluejays Date: October 23, 2017, 3:33 pm
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Eric Hinskie named Angels hitting coach.
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Re: Cubs in '18
By: JeffH Date: October 23, 2017, 3:36 pm
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First look at the 2018 payroll. Opening day 25-man payroll each
of the past two seasons was right around $172 million.
Under contract:
OF Jason Heyward - $21,500,000
1B Anthony Rizzo - $7,000,000
OF/2B Ben Zobrist - $16,000,000
SP Jon Lester - $22,500,000
SP Jose Quintana - $8,350,000
RP Pedro Strop - $5,850,000
Eligible for salary arbitration (estimates from
mlbtraderumors.com):
3B Kris Bryant - $8,900,000
SS Addison Russell - $2,300,000
OF Leonys Martin - $4,900,000 (a certain non-tender; this
estimated salary omitted from the total)
IF Tommy La Stella - $1,000,000
SP Kyle Hendricks - $4,900,000
RP Justin Wilson - $4,300,000
RP Justin Grimm - $2,400,000 (a possible non-tender; this
estimated salary included in the total)
RP Hector Rondon - $6,200,000 (a possible non-tender; this
estimated salary included in the total)
Auto-renewal players:
OF Kyle Schwarber - $850,000
OF Albert Almora - $850,000
OF/2B Ian Happ - $850,000
2B Javier Baez - $850,000
C Willson Contreras - $850,000
RP Mike Montgomery - $850,000
RP Carl Edwards Jr. - $850,000
Subtotal - $117,150,000
Likely additions:
OF Replacement for Jon Jay
C Replacement for Alex Avila/Rene Rivera
SP Replacement for Jake Arrieta
SP Replacement for John Lackey
RP Replacement for Brian Duensing
RP Replacement for Wade Davis
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Re: Cubs in '18
By: Ron Date: October 23, 2017, 7:52 pm
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Patrick Mooney on why the Cubs should hire Jim Hickey.
HTML http://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/cubs/why-cubs-should-make-jim-hickey-offer-he-cant-refuse
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Re: Cubs in '18
By: Deeg Date: October 23, 2017, 9:33 pm
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By all means, hire him. But the real problems will still need
to be addressed.
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Re: Cubs in '18
By: CurtOne Date: October 23, 2017, 10:46 pm
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HTML http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2740111-cy-young-winner-jake-arrieta-could-bolt-cubs-for-massive-100m-payday?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial
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Re: Cubs in '18
By: Deeg Date: October 24, 2017, 12:28 am
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I might be willing to go 4/$100 with Arrieta - and that would be
with serious misgivings (and I very much doubt he'd take it).
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Re: Cubs in '18
By: wmljohn Date: October 24, 2017, 9:05 am
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David Ross as the new Bench coach? Just heard a discussion on
the radio pondering it.
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Re: Cubs in '18
By: JeffH Date: October 24, 2017, 9:46 am
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I think Joe could benefit from a new bench coach. He and Davey
have been together a long time.
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Re: Cubs in '18
By: Deeg Date: October 24, 2017, 10:02 am
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There are rumblings Mallee may be fired, too.
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