Darvish to Cubs - 6 yrs/~$126M

[owbc]

According to Rosenthal...

 

Edit--$126 million, options to $150M.

[Austin Tatious]

Ouch. Not what I wanted to hear.

 

So much for collusion. Lol.

[Devinep]

For that much money? Good

[brewmann04]

Lol so did anyone think otherwise. So leTs see what DS does becuause the Cubs just dealt a big blow

[homer]

How does that impact them in the Harper derby next year?

[pacopete4]

Please Stearns. Please do not do a reactionary signing.

[trwi7]

Please Stearns. Please do not do a reactionary signing.

 

100% this

[homer]

Please Stearns. Please do not do a reactionary signing.

 

The thing is though, the Brewers have been in talks with pretty much every pitcher out there so if they sign one it will have been a long process....not reactionary.

[MrTPlush]

Please Stearns. Please do not do a reactionary signing.

 

He will be going to his next option he wanted, possibly Arrieta...and it won't be a reactionary move.

 

Not a terrible deal honestly.

[jjfanec]

Please Stearns. Please do not do a reactionary signing.

 

100% this

 

The Brewers have been linked to arrieta Lynn and Cobb. One is very likely coming by here and it won't be a reactionary signing. They wanted darvish but didn't get him but another starting pitcher has always been in the plans

[Eye Black]

So it is a 6-year deal in the $150 range? I think that is a pretty good deal for the Cubs.

 

My biggest fear is the Cubs getting Darvish leads to the Brewers getting Arrieta whom I worry does not have much left in the proverbial tank.

[owbc]

So it is a 6-year deal in the $150 range? I think that is a pretty good deal for the Cubs.

 

Looks like $126M, options to $150. Could be a steal.

[Point Beer Is Best]

So it is a 6-year deal in the $150 range? I think that is a pretty good deal for the Cubs.

 

AAV would be $21M guaranteed, and would be $25M per year if incentives are reached. That seems less than I would have expected. So the $90M over 4 years the Cubs fans wasn't too far off, it just went two years further essentially.

[MrTPlush]

Sounds like it could be a straight 6/$126mil deal

[MrTPlush]

So it is a 6-year deal in the $150 range? I think that is a pretty good deal for the Cubs.

 

So the $90M over 4 years the Cubs fans wasn't too far off, it just went two years further essentially.

 

That is really far off. 2 years further for a 30 year old pitcher is a looooonng time.

[Point Beer Is Best]

So it is a 6-year deal in the $150 range? I think that is a pretty good deal for the Cubs.

 

AAV would be $21M guaranteed, and would be $25M per year if incentives are reached. That seems less than I would have expected. So the $90M over 4 years the Cubs fans wasn't too far off, it just went two years further essentially.

 

Rosenthal says the $150M is pretty slim since he'd need to win multiple CY Young awards.

[brewmann04]

Lol so did anyone think otherwise. So leTs see what DS does becuause the Cubs just dealt a big blow

[Eye Black]

So it is a 6-year deal in the $150 range? I think that is a pretty good deal for the Cubs.

 

AAV would be $21M guaranteed, and would be $25M per year if incentives are reached. That seems less than I would have expected. So the $90M over 4 years the Cubs fans wasn't too far off, it just went two years further essentially.

 

Rosenthal says the $150M is pretty slim since he'd need to win multiple CY Young awards.

I thought the lowest we would possibly see for Darvish was 5-years for $125 million, so this would indeed appear to be a steal.

[Point Beer Is Best]

So it is a 6-year deal in the $150 range? I think that is a pretty good deal for the Cubs.

 

So the $90M over 4 years the Cubs fans wasn't too far off, it just went two years further essentially.

 

That is really far off. 2 years further for a 30 year old pitcher is a looooonng time.

 

I'm obviously talking about the AAV.

[Invader3K]

Six years for him? I'm glad the Brewers didn't do that deal...it seems like Stearns may have been successful in driving up the contract Darvish got. All in all, a strategy that seems to have worked.

[bjkrautk]

More like Boo Darvish...

 

(Not going to lie, I was prepared to buy a Darvish jersey if he signed with the Crew.)

[pacopete4]

It is reactionary if we settle for what’s out there. Darvish was it. He’s the only rotation changer. The rest aren’t worth the money coming to them. This is a perfect chance to not try to catch the Cubs but to out smart them. Find the deals, not the leftovers.

[brewmann04]

You have to think DS always had a plan B ready

[pacopete4]

You have to think DS always had a plan B ready

 

We are always on plan B. It’s why we have an empty trophy case.

[Eye Black]

Six years for him? I'm glad the Brewers didn't do that deal...it seems like Stearns may have been successful in driving up the contract Darvish got. All in all, a strategy that seems to have worked.

The AAV is low enough when spread over the six years, that it doesn’t seem like a bad deal at all.