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G-Snarls Cooperstown

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Even better. If he pitches enough to Opt out, Cubs just got a frontline pitcher who will like end up in the 8 WAR range for two years, only $42M.

 

I have a feeling Darvish could have gotten similar packages from other teams, but choose Chicago.

 

That's what I'm thinking

 

I'd be shocked it several other teams wouldn't have matched that

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I wonder if this causes a domino effect.

 

Someone has said this after every significant move and just hasn't happened unfortunately lol.

Bobthe4th Toronto Blue Jays

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Who's signed that's significant, jog my memory?

 

Ohtani, Cain, Wade Davis, plus the trades of Stanton and Yelich.

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Those moves are far different Bob.

 

I don’t necessarily disagree, you asked for a list of big moves that didn’t kickstart the free agent market.

Spanky__99 FCL Blue Jays

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I don’t necessarily disagree, you asked for a list of big moves that didn’t kickstart the free agent market.

 

Darvish's a player that can continue an elite signing domino, period.

glory Vancouver Canadians

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Catastrophic injuries, such as career ending injuries, are protected with insurance

 

Insurance premiums that the team would have paid regardless of if there is an opt out clause or not.

 

So let's say he stays healthy the entire time.

 

If he doesn't opt out, that means he pitched poorly or doesn't feel he can get what is left on his deal (or more) on the open market, so the team is stuck with an overpaid player who is not worth the contract.

 

If he does opt out, that means he can get more than what is left on his deal, meaning the team is going to miss out on any additional surplus value the rest of his existing contract may have provided.

 

Neither scenario benefits the team.

TheHurl Toronto Blue Jays

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How the legends have fallen...

 

http://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/sites/csnchicago/files/styles/article_hero_image/public/2018/02/11/new_sammy_sosa_cowboy_update_slide_image.jpg?itok=piUP_5Ru

Pendleton Vancouver Canadians

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How the legends have fallen...

 

http://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/sites/csnchicago/files/styles/article_hero_image/public/2018/02/11/new_sammy_sosa_cowboy_update_slide_image.jpg?itok=piUP_5Ru

 

Is that a claymation version of Garth Brooks?

Maahfaace FCL Blue Jays

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Why is Sammy Sosa white now?

 

Kids, don't do drugs.

 

Its 2018, you can identify as any race you feel like, get with the times man.

Angrioter MVP

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How the legends have fallen...

 

http://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/sites/csnchicago/files/styles/article_hero_image/public/2018/02/11/new_sammy_sosa_cowboy_update_slide_image.jpg?itok=piUP_5Ru

 

Sammy is a national shame. The whole island mocked for several years of him for wanting to change his skin color.

 

Sammy forgot his childhood friends, and replaced them with new fake friends (Salma Hayek, Donald Trump, Stallone).

He's a f***ing joke.

Pendleton Vancouver Canadians

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Sammy is a national shame. The whole island mocked for several years of him for wanting to change his skin color.

 

Sammy forgot his childhood friends, and replaced them with new fake friends (Salma Hayek, Donald Trump, Stallone).

He's a f***ing joke.

 

I would ditch all my friends for Salma Hayek.

Pendleton Vancouver Canadians

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February 11th, 2018 at 9:01pm CST • By Mark Polishuk

With his career as a starting pitcher faltering in 2013, Zach Duke decided to embrace being a reliever after some blunt words from his wife Kristin, the newly-signed Twin tells Mike Berardino of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. “She kind of had to beat it through my head that I was done as a starter,” Duke said. “My wife just kind of said, ‘Listen, nobody is interested in you as a starter anymore. They’ve seen it, babe. There’s nothing changing. They know what they’re going to get as a starter, and nobody wants it anymore.’ ” Kristin’s advice ended up turning her husband’s career around, particularly after a late-season run of success out of the Reds’ bullpen in 2013. Over the last four seasons, Duke has a 2.85 ERA, 2.62 K/BB rate and a 10.0 K/9 over 198 2/3 relief innings.

Grant77 Toronto Blue Jays

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Jeff Passan

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This is a new one: Esteban Loaiza, drug kingpin.

 

The second-winningest pitcher from Mexico in MLB history was arrested Friday with 20 kilos of heroin or cocaine, according to San Diego police records. He'll be in court Wednesday to face felony drug charges.

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This is a new one: Esteban Loaiza, drug kingpin.

 

The second-winningest pitcher from Mexico in MLB history was arrested Friday with 20 kilos of heroin or cocaine, according to San Diego police records. He'll be in court Wednesday to face felony drug charges.

 

He made $43M in his career and the fool has to make ends meet as a drug mule? He should have told the cops he was rehearsing for his role in 'We're the Millers 2'.

Brownie19 New Hampshire Fisher Cats

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He made $43M in his career and the fool has to make ends meet as a drug mule? He should have told the cops he was rehearsing for his role in 'We're the Millers 2'.

 

Man - if "We're the Millers" is on TV, I have a hard time not watching it. Dat Jennifer Aniston strip scene...

TheHurl Toronto Blue Jays

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I would ditch all my friends for Salma Hayek.

 

I would too, but I would slit my wrists before hanging out with Stallone. Hollywood is full of scum...and he is among the worst.

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