O/T Winter Baseball Meetings

[maywoodmaniac]

In a 24-hour period, the White Sox sign closer David Robertson and give up next to nothing in a trade with the A's to get Jeff Samardzija. Combined with Sale and Quintana, they now have one of the best top 3 rotations in the American League.

On the other side of town, the perennial losers have apparently won the Jon Lester Derby by giving him a 6-year, $155 million contract.

Yep, baseball is back on the radar in the Windy City.

[pezz97]

 

[Gazoo]

While I do think the Cubs have a nice young team but what does the signing of Lester really do ? by the time they mature and are ready to contend (2 , 3 or maybe 4yrs ) Lester will be on the down side of his career .... 25mil for 6 years ? ouch !!

Nobody else was going to give him that ,but then again its just the Cubs being the Cubs I guess.   

Hopefully in 4yrs the Cubs will win the World Series for G-Man on his 75th birthday , god knows he's waited this long.

[pezz97]

While I do think the Cubs have a nice young team but what does the signing of Lester really do ? by the time they mature and are ready to contend (2 , 3 or maybe 4yrs ) Lester will be on the down side of his career .... 25mil for 6 years ? ouch !!

Nobody else was going to give him that ,but then again its just the Cubs being the Cubs I guess.   

Hopefully in 4yrs the Cubs will win the World Series for G-Man on his 75th birthday , god knows he's waited this long.

[tonyb147]

Hopefully in 4yrs the Cubs will win the World Series for G-Man on his 75th birthday , god knows he's waited this long.

Vegas should be very interesting next week. 

[The Skipper]

While I do think the Cubs have a nice young team but what does the signing of Lester really do ? by the time they mature and are ready to contend (2 , 3 or maybe 4yrs ) Lester will be on the down side of his career .... 25mil for 6 years ? ouch !!

Nobody else was going to give him that ,but then again its just the Cubs being the Cubs I guess.   

Thats exactly what I thought, 6 years deal and an option for 7, the guy is 31 now, WTF ? 

[The Skipper]

Hopefully in 4yrs the Cubs will win the World Series for G-Man on his 75th birthday , god knows he's waited this long.

DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE

[The Skipper]

Vegas should be very interesting next week. 

You better believe it ! 

[maywoodmaniac]

If it wasn't for their century-long slump, Cubs fans would flood Vegas books with enough loot to make them even money to win the National League in 2015.

Instead, they'll probably only drive the price down to 5-2.

[Gazoo]

Vegas should be very interesting next week. 

Have some for me next week       

[careless hal]

Lester is already on the downside of his career,  He may have a couple decent years, but I see no Cy Youngs in his future.  Hopefully the Cubs will  get something for all the money they shelled out. Would I swap Chris Sale for Lester?      Never.  The Sox still have some work to do.  They need some power at 3rd base and an outfielder to replace the Tank.  I would be surprised if he starts the season with the Sox.
Warning to the soon to be Las Vegas revelers: Las Vegas Police have shot and killed 15 people this year.  The latest was last week at the guest elevators at the Rio. 

[cashman]

Cubs after the signing are down to 12 to 1 to win the World Series. Good luck to anyone who plucks down a bet.

[Riverside Rodger]

the pirates are going to win the world series

[tonyb147]

the pirates are going to win the world series......

........ when Gazoo is as old as The Skipper is now, which could be a lot of years from now.

[Riverside Rodger]

they are making all the right moves