The FYC, Baseball is Fun, Cubs will win at least 90 Games Thread

[BH]

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/eye-on-baseball/21393429/report-cubs-anibal-sanchez-agree-to-5-year-deal

Unlike Josh Hamilton, Anibal Sanchez is giving his old team the last shot at his services. After being offered a reported $75 million over five years by the Cubs, Sanchez gave the Tigers one more chance to match the offer, CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman reports.

Detroit had been offering a four-year deal to Sanchez, but in reaction to the offer from the Cubs, the team will likely have to offer five years in order to keep him.

Sanchez is gonna look great in the Cubs rotation alongside Haren and Delgado. Now they just have to get to work replacing Starlin at short.

http://twitter.com/thekapman/status/279358012861325313

Gotta give the credit to @bnightengale for breaking the news that the Cubs have agreed to terms with Anibal Sanchez for 5/75

Sounds to me like he's going back to Detroit.

I don't know who keeps trying to make the Cubs front office look retarded but they're doing a great job.

It's Crane Kenney, ya dope.

In this case, the leak was probably his agent, who just got a bigger salary for his client.

[Oleg]

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/eye-on-baseball/21393429/report-cubs-anibal-sanchez-agree-to-5-year-deal

Unlike Josh Hamilton, Anibal Sanchez is giving his old team the last shot at his services. After being offered a reported $75 million over five years by the Cubs, Sanchez gave the Tigers one more chance to match the offer, CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman reports.

Detroit had been offering a four-year deal to Sanchez, but in reaction to the offer from the Cubs, the team will likely have to offer five years in order to keep him.

Sanchez is gonna look great in the Cubs rotation alongside Haren and Delgado. Now they just have to get to work replacing Starlin at short.

http://twitter.com/thekapman/status/279358012861325313

Gotta give the credit to @bnightengale for breaking the news that the Cubs have agreed to terms with Anibal Sanchez for 5/75

Sounds to me like he's going back to Detroit.

I don't know who keeps trying to make the Cubs front office look retarded but they're doing a great job.

It's Crane Kenney, ya dope.

In this case, the leak was probably his agent, who just got a bigger salary for his client.

Yep.

[BH]

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/eye-on-baseball/21393429/report-cubs-anibal-sanchez-agree-to-5-year-deal

Unlike Josh Hamilton, Anibal Sanchez is giving his old team the last shot at his services. After being offered a reported $75 million over five years by the Cubs, Sanchez gave the Tigers one more chance to match the offer, CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman reports.

Detroit had been offering a four-year deal to Sanchez, but in reaction to the offer from the Cubs, the team will likely have to offer five years in order to keep him.

Sanchez is gonna look great in the Cubs rotation alongside Haren and Delgado. Now they just have to get to work replacing Starlin at short.

http://twitter.com/thekapman/status/279358012861325313

Gotta give the credit to @bnightengale for breaking the news that the Cubs have agreed to terms with Anibal Sanchez for 5/75

Sounds to me like he's going back to Detroit.

I don't know who keeps trying to make the Cubs front office look retarded but they're doing a great job.

It's Crane Kenney, ya dope.

In this case, the leak was probably his agent, who just got a bigger salary for his client.

Yep.

Makes more sense for the cubs to trade for Porcello, now that the Tigers won't need him.
He's much cheaper.

[Eli]

Makes more sense for the cubs to trade for Porcello, now that the Tigers won't need him.
He's much cheaper.

Why? He's worse and will cost prospects. Sanchez just costs money.

[CT III]

Makes more sense for the cubs to trade for Porcello, now that the Tigers won't need him.
He's much cheaper.

Why? He's worse and will cost prospects. Sanchez just costs money.

Tonker tells me that any time you take on money in a deal, you lose.

[Slaky]

Makes more sense for the cubs to trade for Porcello, now that the Tigers won't need him.
He's much cheaper.

Why? He's worse and will cost prospects. Sanchez just costs money.

Exactly.

It's too bad this makes the Cubs look bad even though they did nothing wrong.

[Yeti]

Makes more sense for the cubs to trade for Porcello, now that the Tigers won't need him.
He's much cheaper.

Why? He's worse and will cost prospects. Sanchez just costs money.

Exactly.

It's too bad this makes the Cubs look bad even though they did nothing wrong.

Epstink is terrible.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Makes more sense for the cubs to trade for Porcello, now that the Tigers won't need him.
He's much cheaper.

Why? He's worse and will cost prospects. Sanchez just costs money.

Exactly.

It's too bad this makes the Cubs look bad even though they did nothing wrong.

Epstink is terrible.

Well, Ricketts was there face-to-face with Sanchez/Sanchez's agent. Rickstink is terrible, too.

[Quality Start Machine]

Makes more sense for the cubs to trade for Porcello, now that the Tigers won't need him.
He's much cheaper.

Why? He's worse and will cost prospects. Sanchez just costs money.

Exactly.

It's too bad this makes the Cubs look bad even though they did nothing wrong.

Epstink is terrible.

Well, Ricketts was there face-to-face with Sanchez/Sanchez's agent. Rickstink is terrible, too.

Goddamnit, Todd.

[BH]

Makes more sense for the cubs to trade for Porcello, now that the Tigers won't need him.
He's much cheaper.

Why? He's worse and will cost prospects. Sanchez just costs money.

Exactly.

It's too bad this makes the Cubs look bad even though they did nothing wrong.

It will cost barney most likely, who sucks.

[Brownie]

Makes more sense for the cubs to trade for Porcello, now that the Tigers won't need him.
He's much cheaper.

Why? He's worse and will cost prospects. Sanchez just costs money.

Exactly.

It's too bad this makes the Cubs look bad even though they did nothing wrong.

Au contraire. This makes them look good. They are making prudent moves, and had this one worked, it would have been as much for the future as for today.

Look out for people despondently jumping into the harbor in Boston. Look at what they're doing: overpaying for what's left of Shane Victorino and Mike Napoli before bringing in the Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry today. They ran Epstink out of town for this clown show?

[Internet Apex]

Meh.

No.

welcoming him to The Chi.

NO.

The Chi (Shy) is actually acceptable Chicago slang, used by Common and others known for influencing the local vernacular. If you need somebody off your lawn or whatever, than do what you gotta do, but just know that this is technically correct usage and you're the asshole.

[PenPho]

[Slaky]

Meh.

No.

welcoming him to The Chi.

NO.

The Chi (Shy) is actually acceptable Chicago slang, used by Common and others known for influencing the local vernacular. If you need somebody off your lawn or whatever, than do what you gotta do, but just know that this is technically correct usage and you're the asshole.

No, Apex from Columbuttfuck, Indiana.

[Slaky]

Makes more sense for the cubs to trade for Porcello, now that the Tigers won't need him.
He's much cheaper.

Why? He's worse and will cost prospects. Sanchez just costs money.

Exactly.

It's too bad this makes the Cubs look bad even though they did nothing wrong.

Au contraire. This makes them look good. They are making prudent moves, and had this one worked, it would have been as much for the future as for today.

Look out for people despondently jumping into the harbor in Boston. Look at what they're doing: overpaying for what's left of Shane Victorino and Mike Napoli before bringing in the Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry today. They ran Epstink out of town for this clown show?

The general perception is the Cubs fucked up another deal when the reality is they made an aggressive offer ahead of the perceived timeline. They made Detroit spend a lot more money than they wanted to. The Sox should be pretty happy about this.

I agree with you TJ in that this is actually very good news, kind of shows their hand a little. And yes, Boston is just a complete joke. They're in for a lot of hurt.