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Cubs in '18 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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of the past two seasons was right around $172 million. |
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Under contract: |
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OF Jason Heyward - $21,500,000 |
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1B Anthony Rizzo - $7,000,000 |
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OF/2B Ben Zobrist - $16,000,000 |
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SP Jon Lester - $22,500,000 |
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SP Jose Quintana - $8,350,000 |
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RP Pedro Strop - $5,850,000 |
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Eligible for salary arbitration (estimates from |
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mlbtraderumors.com): |
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3B Kris Bryant - $8,900,000 |
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SS Addison Russell - $2,300,000 |
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OF Leonys Martin - $4,900,000 (a certain non-tender; this |
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estimated salary omitted from the total) |
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IF Tommy La Stella - $1,000,000 |
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SP Kyle Hendricks - $4,900,000 |
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RP Justin Wilson - $4,300,000 |
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RP Justin Grimm - $2,400,000 (a possible non-tender; this |
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estimated salary included in the total) |
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RP Hector Rondon - $6,200,000 (a possible non-tender; this |
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estimated salary included in the total) |
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Auto-renewal players: |
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OF Kyle Schwarber - $850,000 |
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OF Albert Almora - $850,000 |
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OF/2B Ian Happ - $850,000 |
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2B Javier Baez - $850,000 |
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C Willson Contreras - $850,000 |
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RP Mike Montgomery - $850,000 |
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RP Carl Edwards Jr. - $850,000 |
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Subtotal - $117,150,000 |
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Likely additions: |
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OF Replacement for Jon Jay |
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C Replacement for Alex Avila/Rene Rivera |
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SP Replacement for Jake Arrieta |
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SP Replacement for John Lackey |
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RP Replacement for Brian Duensing |
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RP Replacement for Wade Davis |
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#Post#: 328825-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Cubs in '18 |
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By: Ron Date: October 23, 2017, 7:52 pm |
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Patrick Mooney on why the Cubs should hire Jim Hickey. |
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http://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/cubs/why-cubs-should-make-jim-hickey-offer-he-… |
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Re: Cubs in '18 |
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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 |
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to be addressed. |
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Re: Cubs in '18 |
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By: CurtOne Date: October 23, 2017, 10:46 pm |
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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2740111-cy-young-winner-jake-arrieta-could-b… |
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Re: Cubs in '18 |
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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 |
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with serious misgivings (and I very much doubt he'd take it). |
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Re: Cubs in '18 |
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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 |
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the radio pondering it. |
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Re: Cubs in '18 |
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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 |
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have been together a long time. |
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Re: Cubs in '18 |
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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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