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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: November 9, 2017, 1:16 pm
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Yes he was Renteria's bench coach and previously was the bench
coach for the Marlins as well. I think he started out in the
front office with the Cubs, but moved back into coaching. A lot
of the Cubs minor league instructors at one time had times to
him as well.
HTML http://www.cubsinsider.com/2017/11/09/notes-jed-hoyers-discussion-cubs-offseason-strategy-spiegel-parkins/
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: brjones
Date: November 9, 2017, 7:52 pm
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Jon Heyman released his top 80 free agents today with
predictions by both him and an "expert," who is apparently
pretty good at predicting contracts. Here is the full article:
HTML https://www.fanragsports.com/inside-baseball-how-much-will-the-top-80-free-agents-get/
The relief market looks good and affordable, no reason to go
after Davis:
Wade Davis: Expert: 4/$64; Heyman: 4/$72
Addison Reed: Expert: 4/$35; Heyman: 3/$27
Jake McGee: Expert: 2/$15; Heyman: 2/$12
Bryan Shaw: Expert: 2/$12; Heyman: 3/$24
Juan Nicasio: Expert: 2/$14; Heyman: 2/$12
Anthony Swarzak: Expert: 4/$28; Heyman: 3/$21
Brandon Morrow: Expert: 3/$23; Heyman: 3/$24
Lots of options, and this doesn't even include guys like Neshek,
Minor, and Watson. If those prices are fairly accurate, I'd
love to see the Cubs get McGee, Reed, and either Shaw or Nicasio
for a total of about $21 million per year. In fact, at those
prices, I'd be disappointed if the Cubs didn't end up with at
least McGee and Shaw/Nicasio.
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: November 9, 2017, 7:57 pm
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If they are close on Cobb’s market then a big no for me.
McGee, Shaw and Nicasio would be my choices at those
prices/years. I like the idea of Reed, but he scares me.
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: brjones
Date: November 9, 2017, 7:59 pm
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At those prices, I don't think there's really a wrong solution
as long as they stay away from Davis and Holland. I'd be
perfectly fine with going into Spring Training with 2-3 of
McGee, Shaw, Nicasio, and Reed plus Wilson in a battle for the
closer job.
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: brjones
Date: November 9, 2017, 8:05 pm
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Also, I wouldn't hate Cobb at Heyman's price (4 years, $58
million). But the expert's 5/$75 would be awful--might as well
pay the extra money for Darvish and fill the 5th spot very cheap
if you're going to commit that much to Cobb.
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: November 9, 2017, 8:29 pm
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You have the expert and Heyman reversed.
I really wouldn’t want to pay Cobb that much at either price to
be honest, he needs to be under $50 million for me to like it.
Chacin/Chatwood would be more interesting to me especially if
you could get both. Tillman/Mikolas/Miley would all be sorta
gambles for 5/6th starters. Put me down for a 2 year Pineda
contract too.
Mike Minor is another interesting lefty, but the 2 TJS are
scary.
Drew Hutchison on a minor league deals too, and maybe Jared
Cosart.
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: davep
Date: November 9, 2017, 10:09 pm
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I would go for Cobb at 4 / 58, although under 50 would be
obviously much better.
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: JR
Date: November 9, 2017, 10:13 pm
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Maybe I’m crazy, but I could see someone paying $100 million for
Cobb. Quality pitching is tough to find especially in free
agency.
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: CurtOne
Date: November 9, 2017, 10:54 pm
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Maybe?
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: November 9, 2017, 11:08 pm
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Just from listening to Hoyer on the radio, it sure sounds like
the Cubs want to keep money available for 2018 FA. I think
they’ll go cheap and look more for Charlie Morton 2.0.
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