Brandon McCarthy & Cubs All-Purpose Pitcher Fantasy

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it would be a solid signing of course pending on dollars.
 

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He's the best tweeter ever, so a Cubs signing would be awesome.
 
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Why not? Pitching is definitely are biggest need right now.
 

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Why would he want to unless the dollars are rediculous
 

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brett05 said:
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Naturally. But despite what he can do, and given that teams with money have their pick of healthy guys like Greinke, Anibal Sanchez and Shaun Marcum just to name a few examples...how much money do you expect McCarthy to get? I don't think he'll be lowballed but I don't think he'll make more than $10MM a year if even close to that. So I wouldn't consider ridiculous amounts of money until we see how the market sets itself.
 

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I don't know about giving a guy with that much injury history and who just got brain surgery after a line drive off the noggin that much money over that many years. If someone's willing to do it then I hope it's not the Cubs.
 
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I figure he'll get something like 3/18, with escalators hitting 24-27M :shrug: I could be wrong, but I don't see a lot of teams willing to shell out a lot of money to a pitcher w/ that injury history. $10M/yr seems ridiculous.

But, never know I guess. Someone could be thinking 3/27 w/ escalators hitting 33/36.
 

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X-Factor said:
I figure he'll get something like 3/18, with escalators hitting 24-27M :shrug:
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That seems reasonable. Incentive-laden with a couple options, using the Maholm deal as a baseline (but a bit higher to start since he's better than Maholm).
 

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Injuries and headshot=incentive based deal. Head is fine physically, mentally we dont know how he will handle the mound.

He has been in the league since: 2005 when he came up with the sox.

max innings in one season: 170 IP in 2011
2nd best innings pitched: 111 IP in 2012

So yes....all incentives. 2 year deal MAX.
 

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If McCarthy wants the moon I'd rather the Cubs went after Anibal Sanchez instead. Or Greinke. If they're going to spend stupid money they might as well get a pitcher who might actually be worth it at least in terms of durability.
 
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