Cubs To Sign Ben Zobrist, Flip Starlin Castro to Yankees

[King]

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 44s44 seconds ago

Source: Zobrist to #Cubs.

Edited December 9, 2015 by King

[BTS]

That team is so good.

[King]

That team is so good.

 

Castro to the Yankees next!

 

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[burlingtonbandit]

56 Million seems like nothing. Lol at him having an 80 million$ offer.

 

This is probably good news for the Bautista extension talks.

[BTS]

That's a steal of a contract too.

[GD]

So cheap omg. Great precedent for Bau/edwin.

[Laika]

Zobrist back with Joe Maddon. This probably means SS and CF eligibility in Yahoo by the All Star break, right?

[burlingtonbandit]

The position player FA are probably pissed Zobrist only got 56 Million.

[Terminator]

That's a steal of a contract too.

 

Yeah that's initially one more year than you would hope but the AAV is so much lower than I thought that it's a good deal.

[Laika]

So cheap omg. Great precedent for Bau/edwin.

 

Yup, call their agents right meow

[baubau]

So cheap omg. Great precedent for Bau/edwin.

 

How so?

[Slugger]

That guy is aging beautifully.

[King]

Joel Sherman ‏@Joelsherman1 2m2 minutes ago

Told that Castro to #Yankees has been agreed upon, but not finalized. Still medical review, etc. #Cubs

 

Chris Cotillo ‏@ChrisCotillo 28s28 seconds ago

Zobrist breakdown: $2M signing bonus, $10M in 16, $16M in 17, $16M in 18, $12M in 19. #Cubs

[glory]

Yeah I wouldn't be upset at all at something like 4/56 for Bautista and Encarnacion. I expect them to want more than that, and probably get it, but if that's the bar for mid-30's players looking for their last big payday, then that's a good thing.

[burlingtonbandit]

Yeah I wouldn't be upset at all at something like 4/56 for Bautista and Encarnacion. I expect them to want more than that, and probably get it, but if that's the bar for mid-30's players looking for their last big payday, then that's a good thing.

 

I still think it would cost 4/80 for Bautista. Victor Martinez got in the high 60s last year as a 1B/DH. Nonetheless Zobrist signing for that much helps but its not like Bautista's market will drop a ton because of it.

[King]

Adam Warren is the player headed to the Cubs, apparently.

[Governator]

And that's why your contract year matters most.

[GoJays]

i really don't expect JB and EE to sign that cheap. Closer to 4/80 than 4/56

 

Edit unless they have a bad season which i don't expect.

[tpurewal97]

@JonHeymanCBS 5m5 minutes ago

Refsnyder and ackley are back to being bench players for yanks. Castro will be the 2B

[King]

Refsnyder + Ackley headed to Chicago Cubs for Castro

 

no.

[Governator]

If JB or EE put up 2 war seasons in their final year you'd expect their value to plummet as well.

[GoJays]

According to MLBTR it is Adam warren and a PTBNL

[tpurewal97]

Now Heyman tweeting Warren and Ryan

[BTS]

Warren isn't a huge loss at least. Castro really sucks though.

[burlingtonbandit]

Cubs added a solid reliever too. Great moves for them.

[Cyborg]

Mind bogglingly low contract for Zobrist.

[Key22]

i really don't expect JB and EE to sign that cheap. Closer to 4/80 than 4/56

 

Edit unless they have a bad season which i don't expect.

 

I wonder if 4/68 gets it done for Bautista and structure it similarly to Zobrist in that more money is put in the middle 2 years and less at the end plus overwriting his 2016 contract as well. Something like

2016 = 22 m (Gives him an immediate $8 million raise on his current contract)

2017 = 20 m

2018 = 16 m

2019 = 10 m Which would be when he would be full time DH/1B

 

Assuming they have any interest in extending him or he has in staying with the Jays.

 

Maybe add a vesting option for 2020 so he can retire a Blue Jay.

[burlingtonbandit]

I wonder if 4/68 gets it done for Bautista and structure it similarly to Zobrist in that more money is put in the middle 2 years and less at the end plus overwriting his 2016 contract as well. Something like

2016 = 22 m (Gives him an immediate $8 million raise on his current contract)

2017 = 20 m

2018 = 16 m

2019 = 10 m Which would be when he would be full time DH/1B

 

Assuming they have any interest in extending him or he has in staying with the Jays.

 

Maybe add a vesting option for 2020 so he can retire a Blue Jay.

 

Bautista is not signing for 3/54 which is what you just proposed. When people are saying 4/80 and such they mean starting in 2017.

[CJ-Freeway]

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 44s44 seconds ago

Source: Zobrist to #Cubs.

 

Holy s*** you're quick.

[Governator]

Holy s*** you're quick.

 

That's because he monitors his twitter feeds the same way Neo reads the Matrix.