OT: Cespedes To Sign With A's

[cubsneedmiracle]

you always bring the sox into it...hmmm...who has a complex?

It's JoeCawks who's always trying to troll in here.. Just my way of bringing up how good KW is. Just for his re-assurance.

Theo 2
KW 1

 

[bleacherbum54]

ya...oakland promising to put cespedes right in the majors is risky(for one thing, it may stunt his development)

but it also gives them leverage since no other team will realistically offer him that

Honestly I dont think he would of minded spending a few months in the minor if the price was right. I still think if the Marlins Soxs or Tigers offer 4yrs and a comparable amount of $$ he goes to them.

To me this was all about the money but you cant blame the kid he has been broke and in a terrible place his whole life I would of done the same thing and took the most $$

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

Honestly I dont think he would of minded spending a few months in the minor if the price was right. I still think if the Marlins Soxs or Tigers offer 4yrs and a comparable amount of $$ he goes to them.

To me this was all about the money but you cant blame the kid he has been broke and in a terrible place his whole life I would of done the same thing and took the most $$

maybe maybe not...i guess oakland was opportunistic but i also think the offer of going straight to the majors factored into his decision

 

[DewsSox79]

It's JoeCawks who's always trying to troll in here.. Just my way of bringing up how good KW is. Just for his re-assurance.

Theo 2
KW 1

inheriting a 90 plus win team
having much more money to spend

chicago baseball championships other than back before the 1920s.

sox 1
cubs 0

 

[Rice Cube]

Ricketts and Theo were slightly too cheap to land Cespedes according to the link in this BN article:

How Close Were the Cubs to Landing the Maddux Brothers? and Other Bullets | Bleacher Nation | Chicago Cubs News, Rumors, and Commentary

 

[Rice Cube]

Yoenis Cespedes was very close to being a Cub - Chicago Sun-Times

6/$36MM vs. Oakland's 4/$36MM with free agency at the end of that tunnel. Just a matter of years and semantics.

 

[waldo7239117]

6 years and 36 million seems good for me. It wasn't a bad offer.

 

[DewsSox79]

6 years and 36 million seems good for me. It wasn't a bad offer.

no it wasnt, just not good enough.

 

[waldo7239117]

no it wasnt, just not good enough.

Yup. Prolly thinking he'll still be young and be able to test free agency was appealing.

 

[dabynsky]

Well it is nice to know somewhat officially that the Cubs were runnerups in the Cespedes sweepstakes. Bottomline Oakland was willing to offer Cespedes free agency after 4 years which no other team was, and that is why he is in Oakland today.

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

Right in the ballpark..

Take that #dumbasspeoplewhothinkRickettsischeap

 

[Rice Cube]

A's are making Cespedes the starting CF with Coco Crisp shifting to LF.

 

[DewsSox79]

A's are making Cespedes the starting CF with Coco Crisp shifting to LF.

well since they are paying him, and the A's are blah, might as well see what he can do. Could it hurt his development? maybe.

 

[nickofypres]

well since they are paying him, and the A's are blah, might as well see what he can do. Could it hurt his development? maybe.

Great analysis. :lol:



<3

 

[DewsSox79]

Great analysis. :lol:



<3

he still could be serviceable.

 

[dabynsky]

Fun with early stats:
Cubs 7 HRs
Cespedes 5 HRs

I agree with not giving him the four year deal til free agency, but man it is looking like he is the real deal early.

 

[Uman85]

Fun with early stats:
Cubs 7 HRs
Cespedes 5 HRs

I agree with not giving him the four year deal til free agency, but man it is looking like he is the real deal early.

He is raking, but I think Soler will be a better player long-term.

 

[dabynsky]

He is raking, but I think Soler will be a better player long-term.

I certainly wouldn't mind Soler as a consolation prize. Hopefully he gets residency soon because if it happens after July 2nd the new CBA rules about international spending kicks in which would really compromise the Cubs position in landing him.

 

[nwfisch]

So glad I took late in the CCS league.

 

[MRubio52]

I forget who, but somebody hit a rocket out to CF. Cespedes ran around 180 ft., had it glance off his glove, ran into the wall, picked up the ball on one bounce and fired a strike to the cutoff man in one fluid motion.

It was impressive, the man has range and he has a gun out in CF. Scary good.