Heyward to Cubs

[bloodbrother]

 

 

get it done

[Jim]

Why were the other threads locked? What is the point of that?

Exactly, I don't get it?

[VariousCrap]

I'd say Fowler and Murphy for 2B.

[CanadianHalo]

Cespedes - career w/ men in scoring: .305avg

men on base: .289avg

Upton - career w/ men in scoring: .252avg

men on base: .267avg

This makes me want Cespedes but the age difference makes me feel like Upton might be the better choice. Depending on where Scioscia plugs Upton in the lineup maybe it could improve his numbers?

Edited December 11, 2015 by CanadianHalo

[Ohtaniland]

Dammit.

[NorCal Halo]

Puig with RISP .267/.372/.475

 

with men on  .262/.345/.438

 

career   .294/.371/.487

[Hollyw00d]

**** off arte

[Hollyw00d]

Big dick baseball, yeah right!

[Hollyw00d]

and they'll still never win a World Series.

Chuck your arse looks a bit hurty

[bloodbrother]

Gordon Wittenmyer ‏@GDubCub

Heyward deal less than $185m. Believed to be eight years.

 

 

Wow less than $185M? Jeez. Cubs signing 2 of the best FA's on awesome deals

Edited December 11, 2015 by bloodbrother

[Hollyw00d]

He took less than 200 million to go to Chicago. Nothing you can do about a guy taking a discount to play in a specific place but it bothers me that DiGiovanni tweeted we were "never seriously involved"

Yeah I never truly thought we were

[Biergott]

wow, 8/185?  Wonder if the other OF names really start falling off quickly.  If Heyward took a discount to go to the Cubs, will it soften the prices on the other guys?

[Gil]

Gordon Wittenmyer ‏@GDubCub

Heyward deal less than $185m. Believed to be eight years.

 

 

Wow less than $185M? Jeez. Cubs signing 2 of the best FA's on awesome deals

8 year deal makes him 34 at the end of his contract. Pujols is entering his age 36 season with 6 years left on his contract.

 

Don't mind me, I'll just be crying in the corner. 

[Blarg]

Now that this over YK can finally turnoff his porch light.

[Hollyw00d]

Heyward is gonna beast at Wrigley

Should be fun to watch, hopefully cubs have some national games next year

[bloodbrother]

8 year deal makes him 34 at the end of his contract. Pujols is entering his age 36 season with 6 years left on his contract.

 

Don't mind me, I'll just be crying in the corner. 

 

 

 

 

And Heyward likely has an opt out clause after the first 4 or 5 in this one.

[tdawg87]

Why do I get the feeling the Angels never actually made an offer?

 

I mean I get that he apparently took less to play with Chicago so it wouldn't have likely mattered. But you can't sign anyone if you don't offer them a contract.

[UndertheHalo]

Cespedes - career w/ men in scoring: .305avg

men on base: .289avg

Upton - career w/ men in scoring: .252avg

men on base: .267avg

This makes me want Cespedes but the age difference makes me feel like Upton might be the better choice. Depending on where Scioscia plugs Upton in the lineup maybe it could improve his numbers?

evaluating a guy primarily based on his numbers with RISP is a pretty big error IMO. Cespedes is a contract disaster waiting to happen. 25% strike out rate. That is an astronomically bad/alarming number. Agree that Upton is the better choice. Don't think it's very close either. Edited December 11, 2015 by UndertheHalo

[nate]

Seriously, stop saying he took less.  That is such bullshit.  His agent just advertised the 200m deal to get more money.  I have no doubt that he took the highest offer.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Heyward is gonna beast at Wrigley

Should be fun to watch, hopefully cubs have some national games next year

Part of me wonders though if a guy whos main value comes in defense, whether its kind of wasted a bit on a smaller park like there?

[Inside Pitch]

https://twitter.com/BestFansStLouis

 

Comedy hour....

[totdprods]

So that in those 3 years, they can get paid more too?

The more flexibility they have for payroll the next few seasons, the better. They'll be able to extend some players, they'll trade some players, they'll sign vets, and their young stellar rookie crop will start getting their $$$ in extensions and arbitration. 

 

The larger pool of cheap, controllable players they have to work with, the better they'll be able to afford those extensions or determine who they need to lock up.

[Inside Pitch]

Part of me wonders though if a guy whos main value comes in defense, whether its kind of wasted a bit on a smaller park like there?

 

The park might actually make the metrics look better....   He's going to be getting to balls outside of "CF" more often in Wrigley -- smallest CF area in all of MLB.

[tdawg87]

Seriously, stop saying he took less.  That is such bullshit.  His agent just advertised the 200m deal to get more money.  I have no doubt that he took the highest offer.

 

Ok. I'll follow your posts from now on instead of actual baseball writers who have actual inside information.

[CanadianHalo]

evaluating a guy primarily based on his numbers with RISP is a pretty big error IMO. Cespedes is a contract disaster waiting to happen. 25% strike out rate. That is an astronomically bad/alarming number. Agree that Upton is the better choice. Don't think it's very close either.

Cespedes 20.9% career K%

Upton 24.9% career K%