Cubs Sign Japanese Slugger Seiya Suzuki to 5 Year, 70 Million dollar Deal

[Rush]

Nice pick-up, now it's official.

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The Chicago Cubs are inking the slugging, gold glove winning outfielder to a 5-year deal according to multiple reports.

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[wonky73]

So much for a rebuild

 

[SilenceS]

You got to love Cubs fans dragging every non signing in the mud.

 

[CSF77]

So much for a rebuild

I wouldn't call it that. Jed seems transparent right now. He said we are basically in a grey area. He is doing that. Picks up some fluff. Basically made 2 commitments. The rest of the team is maybe types.

Schwindel has avg bat speed.
Wisdom strikes out over 40%>
Simmons is a shell of what he was
Horner and Mad's. Injury questions.
Heyward is a bust.
Happ has too many holes in his game.
No commitment to Contreras.
4/5 starters are not play off quality starters.

No closer. Band aids and fingers in the damm as answers.

So ya this signing made a 7% chance to luck into a 1 game loss go up to a 14% chance to luck into a 1 game loss.

I like the signing for 2023. Don't get me wrong. But 2022 is not a real thing.

 

[MDB111™]

Can someone explain who this guy is? And why he isn't Fukudome part duex?

Can he pitch like Ohtani?

 

[Bust]

Surprised he signed here. Money isn't outrageous either.

Wonder if he spoke to Yu Darvish, hmmmm

Darvish loved his time with the cubs

 

[CSF77]

Can someone explain who this guy is? And why he isn't Fukudome part duex?

Can he pitch like Ohtani?

Zips has him as a RH bat corner OF that will give about 3 WAR production on avg.

Which is regular 9 starting line up but not a all star.

 

[CSF77]

But he did mash in Japan. He could end up like Schwarber. Who knows at this point

I would call it a B level signing. Not a game changer.

 

[JP Hochbaum]

If he could do .280/380/450 we are good in RF for 5 years.
He has great BB/K ratio which this team needs.

 

[Bust]

But he did mash in Japan. He could end up like Schwarber.

He does bring gold glove capabilities as well.

Schwarber not so much

 

[Diehardfan]

If he could do .280/380/450 we are good in RF for 5 years.
He has great BB/K ratio which this team needs.

I gotta admit....I'm pleasantly surprised by this. If this guy puts up numbers like that with 25 dingers in the mix he'll be the best hitter this team has had in the last 5 years.

With all the garbage he's been signing lately, this is a shocker.

Now go out and bring Schwarber back home and they could be interesting.....

 

[CSF77]

I gotta admit....I'm pleasantly surprised by this. If this guy puts up numbers like that with 25 dingers in the mix he'll be the best hitter this team has had in the last 5 years.

With all the garbage he's been signing lately, this is a shocker.

Now go out and bring Schwarber back home and they could be interesting.....

 

[MDB111™]

I gotta admit....I'm pleasantly surprised by this. If this guy puts up numbers like that with 25 dingers in the mix he'll be the best hitter this team has had in the last 5 years.

With all the garbage he's been signing lately, this is a shocker.

Now go out and bring Schwarber back home and they could be interesting.....

He is eating a cheese steak right now at Joes.

 

[CSF77]

2021-22 Top 50 MLB Free Agents With Predictions

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4. Kris Bryant. Six years, $160MM.
12. Javier Baez. Five years, $100MM.
15. Kyle Schwarber. Four years, $70MM.
20. Seiya Suzuki. Five years, $55MM.
21. Anthony Rizzo. Three years, $45MM.
49. Yan Gomes. Two years, $10MM.

 

[CSF77]

He does bring gold glove capabilities as well.

Schwarber not so much

From his write up:

Unlike many sluggers, including countryman Yoshi Tsutsugo, Suzuki achieves this production without selling out for the power. Since 2018, he’s fanned in only 16.4 percent of his plate appearances — compared to a nearly identical 16 percent walk rate. Suzuki has played some center field in the past, though no one we spoke to believes he’ll be a regular there. He has four NPB Gold Gloves for his work in right field, however, and while big league evaluators don’t seem convinced he’ll be an elite defender in MLB, the consensus seems to be that he’ll be a strong-armed, above-average right fielder.

The risk is always considerable when signing top-tier talent from other professional leagues, be it NPB, the KBO or the Cuban National Series. Suzuki is a legitimate superstar in NPB, however, with tools that are loud enough to forecast him as a Major League regular. A 25-homer bat with solid right field defense sounds an awful lot like Avisail Garcia, who places lower on this list — but Suzuki’s youth, huge walk rates and the upside of the unknown give him an edge for us, even if it’s possible they profile as similar players.

 

[CSF77]

I'm not against him. You can plug him in RF and ass can Heyward now. GTG

 

[CSF77]

Cubs Make Surprising Move With Seiya Suzuki Signing

A star in Japan, Suzuki comes to the North Side and joins a Cubs team not ready to win now, but building big for later.

blogs.fangraphs.com

 

[Hawkeye OG]

I like it

 

[Zvbxrpl]

Nice.

Now how about a power armed starter to compliment a rotation of soft tossing, bad contact inducers?

 

[CSF77]

Nice.

Now how about a power armed starter to compliment a rotation of soft tossing, bad contact inducers?

Got Villar who will most likely start at 3B

They are adding low impact pen vets.

As is they may get into 77 win range. IMO now is the time to make a trade.

Pads need a OF. Flip Hosmer for Heyward. Toss cash to Ballance the deal. Hosmer goes to 1B Schwindel full time DH.

Then Happ for Kramer. Gives the Cubs a legit lead off and plus D CF. Great player for the next gen to learn from.

This opens up LF for Davis later year. For now Ortega/Frazier/Wisdom have to fight for PA's and that gives Ross the abity to sit a cold bat a few days.

SP would be nice but I don't see a plus starter on the board as we speak. I don't see the value in targeting a recovery case like Denny. Let him sit it out and grab on with a contender vs getting paid to do range motion exercises