Cards Sign Cecil: 4/$30.5m, with no-trade clause

Santoki · Post #1 » by **Santoki** » Mon Nov 14, 2016 2:01 pm

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super_balls · Post #2 » by **super_balls** » Mon Nov 14, 2016 5:53 pm

Any news on the Dollar Amount?

Santoki · Post #3 » by **Santoki** » Mon Nov 14, 2016 7:19 pm

super_balls wrote:Any news on the Dollar Amount?

Nothing yet. I'll update the thread title if it becomes available.

EastBayBoy · Post #4 » by **EastBayBoy** » Mon Nov 14, 2016 8:40 pm

Jaime Campbell has sources? When if ever did he break a signing or trade....

Wo1verine · Post #5 » by **Wo1verine** » Mon Nov 14, 2016 8:45 pm

Would love to have him back but unless management is willing to spend $6M-$7M annually good luck.

Post #6 » by **JaysRule15** » Mon Nov 14, 2016 11:10 pm

This will be the best contract opportunity Cecil will have in his career, so I'm sure he's looking to get paid. It's gonna take pretty much full market value to sign him.

North_of_Border · Post #7 » by **North_of_Border** » Tue Nov 15, 2016 2:22 am

Blue Jays need solid LHP in the bullpen badly. Cecil is solid and a LHP.

If the Jays go out on the market for a solid LHP it's gonna cost market value anyway. So why not bring Cecil back instead. The known devil is better than the unknown devil. Jays know what they have in Cecil. A solid late inning arm who at times starts to dominate.

3 years, 5-6 million per.
That's market value. Do it.

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RalphWiggum · Post #8 » by **RalphWiggum** » Tue Nov 15, 2016 3:22 am

North_of_Border wrote:Blue Jays need solid LHP in the bullpen badly. Cecil is solid and a LHP.

If the Jays go out on the market for a solid LHP it's gonna cost market value anyway. So why not bring Cecil back instead. The known devil is better than the unknown devil. Jays know what they have in Cecil. A solid late inning arm who at times starts to dominate.

3 years, 5-6 million per.
That's market value. Do it.

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If we can lock up Cecil at 5-6 million per over 3 that's a steal. I'd be willing to go 7 maybe 8 considering today's market.

He was God awful the first few months, beyond that he was pretty good.

StopitLeo · Post #9 » by **StopitLeo** » Tue Nov 15, 2016 8:40 pm

RalphWiggum wrote:
North_of_Border wrote:Blue Jays need solid LHP in the bullpen badly. Cecil is solid and a LHP.

If the Jays go out on the market for a solid LHP it's gonna cost market value anyway. So why not bring Cecil back instead. The known devil is better than the unknown devil. Jays know what they have in Cecil. A solid late inning arm who at times starts to dominate.

3 years, 5-6 million per.
That's market value. Do it.

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If we can lock up Cecil at 5-6 million per over 3 that's a steal. I'd be willing to go 7 maybe 8 considering today's market.

He was God awful the first few months, beyond that he was pretty good.

That's how he plays every season. Takes him until August to start spinning the curveball properly.

cram · Post #10 » by **cram** » Sat Nov 19, 2016 6:23 pm

Gone to the cardinals. 4 yr deal, apparently ~30M

Hoopstarr · Post #11 » by **Hoopstarr** » Sat Nov 19, 2016 6:35 pm

Damn, there goes the longest serving Blue Jay we had. That's a tough role to fill, I wanted him back.

rarefind · Post #12 » by **rarefind** » Sat Nov 19, 2016 6:42 pm

Matt Dermody just became the most reliable lefty arm in the bp we have....

dagger · Post #13 » by **dagger** » Sat Nov 19, 2016 6:49 pm

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Randle McMurphy · Post #15 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sat Nov 19, 2016 7:01 pm

Hoopstarr wrote:Damn, there goes the longest serving Blue Jay we had. That's a tough role to fill, I wanted him back.

On the major league club itself, that still remains Bautista. At least until he too signs elsewhere.

bringbackhoffa · Post #16 » by **bringbackhoffa** » Sat Nov 19, 2016 7:13 pm

Don't worry we still got loup

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Lateral Quicks · Post #17 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sat Nov 19, 2016 7:15 pm

Four years is a lot for any reliever, especially one coming off a down year (was still good, but down for him). At that AAV I'm glad we stayed away. Sad to see Cecil go, though. In this day and age players rarely stay with one team for so long.

Wo1verine · Post #18 » by **Wo1verine** » Sat Nov 19, 2016 7:20 pm

Damn, we may lose all our FA's.

Mak · Post #19 » by **Mak** » Sat Nov 19, 2016 8:08 pm

A lot of money to pay someone to just walk people

The_Hater · Post #20 » by **The_Hater** » Sat Nov 19, 2016 8:53 pm

The Cards overpaid. You can't just outbid every team for every player.

It will be interesting to see how he reacts to Cardinal fans when he's going through his typical 1st half struggles.