The Friendly Confines: The Official Chicago Cubs Thread

[WaitTilNextYear]

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Cubs allegedly with biggest money offer to Lester so far at up to 6 years and $135MM.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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Cubs allegedly with biggest money offer to Lester so far at up to 6 years and $135MM.

According to the kid that broke the Hanley and Panda signings, Boston has offered $138 million for 6 years.

[k_mac]

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According to Kap on Twitter, Pedro Strop was involved in a car accident in the Dominican Republic. The article that I translated from Spanish doesn't say anything other than people were taken to the hospital.

Hoping that it's not too severe.

[JODYE]

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Reports now are that Strop suffered no injuries in the accident. Good to hear.

[k_mac]

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Dave Martinez is now on board, per Rosenthal on Twitter


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[JODYE]

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Not that it needed to be said but Cubs inform teams that Castro is not available in any trade talks.

[WaitTilNextYear]

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Looks like Jason Hammel might be coming back..nothing final yet.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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Looks like Jason Hammel might be coming back..nothing final yet.

We'll see what the terms are, but he played really well for us before we traded him, so can't complain about bringing him back.

[k_mac]

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Two years, $18M for Hammel. There's an option at the end with a $2M buyout, which Hammel can void (mutual option?), so it's really 2/$20 guaranteed.

Echoing what I said a few posts up, I'm excited to have Hammel back.


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[JODYE]

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Just going to be interesting to see how they shift those guys around at the back end. Hammel adds to a crowded bunch of solid pitchers who pitched well at the end of the year.

Still would really to go out and get another front line guy. I like Arietta but I would feel more comfortable with another 1A in that rotation.

[decga]

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Well if you all "Cubs" have money for an extension. I see the Tigers are willing to listen offers for David Price, but they probably will want a SS Castro.

[ThaBoss18]

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I would love for Price to come, but I don't see Theo trading Castro until Addison Russell is closer to the Majors and proves he is the real deal.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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So if we don't end up landing Lester, who should we go after? A FA like Scherzer or Shields, or one of the potential trade guys like Price, Hamels, Zimmerman, etc.

Or do we just stand pat with what we have and wait til next year?

[k_mac]

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So if we don't end up landing Lester, who should we go after? A FA like Scherzer or Shields, or one of the potential trade guys like Price, Hamels, Zimmerman, etc.

Or do we just stand pat with what we have and wait til next year?

If we don't land Lester, I like Shields if we can get him for the right price. I think bidding for Scherzer is going to be insane and I would rather us not be in the middle of that.

I'm content with us waiting until next offseason to sign a free agent like Zimmermann or Price (next tier would be Latos/Porcello, probably). I just don't see the point in trading away valuable guys for one year of control + an imminent extension when we can just wait a season and grab them, especially since we're just now saying that we're ready to compete. IMO, we're still at least a year off of those kinds of moves.

Also, I've completely given up on the chance of getting Hamels. Amaro is a moron, and until he's either not the GM or doesn't want three T25/50 prospects for Hamels, we're not going to touch him.

[ThreeKing]

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Well if you all "Cubs" have money for an extension. I see the Tigers are willing to listen offers for David Price, but they probably will want a SS Castro.

I'd trade a package around Castro for Price RIGHT FREAKING NOW.

Bryant, Russell, and all other current guys on the 40-man, are off the table.