Mark DeRosa played his face off last years, but this link refers to why the Cubs moved him the way they did.
First, the Cubs saved $5 million dollars of his salary and were dealt three rookie pitching prospects.
Then the Cubs have Fontenot who is 5 years younger than the 34 year old DeRosa, and Fontenot's defense ts second was better than DeRosa.
Don't be fooled, this is a hyperlink
I wish DeRosa the best, but I have to agree with this move.
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I agree as well. He had a career year and Fondlezeeznuts is going to go bonkers.
ReplyDeleteI also believe that letting wood go was the right thing to do, but we didn't get any compensation for him. If we offered him arbitration and he refused, we would have had I think two draft picks extra because he was a type A free agent.
"Compensation for a Type A player is the signing club’s first-round draft pick and a supplemental pick between the first and second rounds."
ReplyDeleteBut, the Cubs would have had to pay Wood $10 million for a one year deal (which is what the arbitrators would have decided is a fair contract), which Wood probably would have accepted (he signed a two year deal for $10 per year). Therefore, the Cubs couldn't just low ball Wood an offer, have him reject it and pick up free draft picks, unless Hendry was as shrewd a business executive as you are Sawyer in fantasy.
Kevin Gregg in contrast signed a $4.2 million one year contract.
He can dream. There is no limit to how Hendry can fly. If I fly any higher, I think my wings will burn up in the sun.
ReplyDeleteI will continue to see how far I can push the limits of fantasy "Wheeling and Dealing".
I am still thinking about your trade proposal.
I don't think Wood was eligible for salary arbitration.
ReplyDeleteAnd they had to sign aaron miles to fill the whole left by derosa, costing them almost 5 mil.
ReplyDeleteThe cubs salary went up by 16 mil, more than any other major league team.
"The cubs salary went up by 16 mil, more than any other major league team."
ReplyDeleteThis is a good point. Thank you back-end loaded contracts.
We need to cut the fat. Bye Bye D-Lee.
Aaron Miles is getting paid $4.9 million over two years, $2.2 million in 2009, and $2.7 million in 2010.
ReplyDeletehttp://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2005/01/chicago-cubs_112114177768677294.html
Also,
"The Cubs made headlines by increasing their Opening Day payroll more than any other team, by $16.5MM. This was a necessity due to the team's backloaded contracts, though - incumbents Kosuke Fukudome, Ted Lilly, Alfonso Soriano, Carlos Zambrano, and Aramis Ramirez combined for a $17.9MM salary increase. To improve the team, it was still necessary to trim payroll. This resulted in the decisions to subtract Blanco and Marquis (good) as well as Wood and DeRosa (questionable)."
"The Cubs (at $134.8 million) have their largest payroll in team history. Back-loaded contracts had something to do with that number.
Alfonso Soriano's salary jumped $3 million over 2008, and Carlos Zambrano's salary increased by almost as much.
Other escalating contracts include Aramis Ramirez and Rich Harden. New or acquired contracts to Ryan Dempster, Milton Bradley, Kevin Gregg and Luis Vizcaino, among others, also have contributed to the payroll bump.
Notably, Ted Lilly's 2009 salary increases by $5 million over the previous year and Kosuke Fukudome will see (maybe not quite "earn") an even bigger jump, by $5.5 million over 2008."
Soriano's salary increases by $2 million in 2010
ReplyDeleteFukudome's salary increases by $1.5 million
Dempster's salary increases by $4.5 million
Bradley's salary increases by $4 million
This will result in a total increase of $12 million dollars in 2010 due to backloaded contracts.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p4ew-fwu2XT0CnKzbYR_Kdw
Oh, and Bradley's salary increases $3 million in 2011
ReplyDeleteThe others contracts max out, but...
Harden and Gregg become free agents at the end of the year, and replacing them could result in an increase in spending as well as other acquisitions, and when guys like Marmol and Soto start commanding real salaries it will also cause an increase in spending.
As a whole, the Cubs are awful with money.