2010-2011 Chicago Cubs offseason thread

ChronicKerr · Post #21 » by **ChronicKerr** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 6:54 pm

I doubt we add any big name players this offseason. We have no money to work with other than to fill out the roster with cheap players, acording to the numbers Bruce L is reporting. We still need to add a 1B, however, so it will be interesting to see if we go after Pena or Berkman. I don't see what we'd have to give up for Gonzo as Boston would easily beat any offer we could put together. Rickets has made it clear he wants to build the farm system. Any deal for Gonzo would cost us everything good we have there.

Fukudome1 · Post #22 » by **Fukudome1** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 10:33 pm

2011 COMPLETE FREE AGENT LIST

Catchers
Rod Barajas (35) - Type B
Josh Bard (33)
Henry Blanco (39)
Gerald Laird (31) - Type B
Victor Martinez (32) - Type A
Bengie Molina (36) - Type B
Miguel Olivo (32) - Type B
A.J. Pierzynski (34) - Type A
Yorvit Torrealba (32) - Type B
Matt Treanor (35)
Jason Varitek (39) - Type B
Gregg Zaun (40)

First basemen
Garrett Atkins (31)
Lance Berkman (35) - Type B
Russell Branyan (35)
Jorge Cantu (29)
Adam Dunn (31) - Type A
Troy Glaus (34)
Mike Hessman (33)
Eric Hinske (33)
Aubrey Huff (34) - Type B
Nick Johnson (32)
Paul Konerko (35) - Type A
Casey Kotchman (28)
Mark Kotsay (35)
Adam LaRoche (31) - Type B
Derrek Lee (35) - Type A
Melvin Mora (39)
Xavier Nady (32)
Lyle Overbay (34)
Carlos Pena (33) - Type B
Robb Quinlan (34)
Fernando Tatis (36)
Mike Sweeney (37)
Ty Wigginton (33)

Second basemen
Ronnie Belliard (36)
Willie Bloomquist (33)
Alex Cora (35)
Craig Counsell (40)
David Eckstein (36) - Type B
Mark Grudzielanek (41)
Cristian Guzman (33)
Jerry Hairston Jr. (35)
Bill Hall (31)
Anderson Hernandez (28)
Orlando Hudson (33) - Type B
Adam Kennedy (35)
Felipe Lopez (31) - Type B
Julio Lugo (35)
Kaz Matsui (35)
Aaron Miles (34)
Melvin Mora (39)
Nick Punto (33)
Juan Uribe (31) - Type B

Shortstops
Orlando Cabrera (36) - Type B
Juan Castro (39)
Craig Counsell (40)
Bobby Crosby (31)
Adam Everett (34)
Cristian Guzman (33)
Jerry Hairston Jr. (35)
Cesar Izturis (31)
Derek Jeter (37) - Type A
Julio Lugo (35)
Nick Punto (33)
Edgar Renteria (34)
Miguel Tejada (37) - Type A
Juan Uribe (31) - Type B

Third basemen
Adrian Beltre (32) - Type A
Miguel Cairo (37)
Jorge Cantu (29)
Eric Chavez (33)
Craig Counsell (40)
Joe Crede (33)
Greg Dobbs (32)
Pedro Feliz (36)
Jerry Hairston Jr. (35)
Felipe Lopez (31) - Type B
Andy Marte (27)
Melvin Mora (39)
Miguel Tejada (37) - Type A
Juan Uribe (31) -Type B
Ty Wigginton (33)

Left fielders
Garret Anderson (39)
Pat Burrell (34)
Carl Crawford (29) - Type A
Johnny Damon (37) - Type B
Gabe Gross (31)
Bill Hall (31)
Willie Harris (33)
Jeremy Hermida (27)
Eric Hinske (33)
Reed Johnson (34)
Austin Kearns (31)
Ryan Langerhans (31)
Laynce Nix (30)
Corey Patterson (31)
Scott Podsednik (35) - Type B
Manny Ramirez (39) - Type A
Matt Stairs (43)
Cory Sullivan (31)
Marcus Thames (34)
Randy Winn (37)

Center fielders
Rick Ankiel (31)
Willie Bloomquist (33)
Melky Cabrera (26)
Jim Edmonds (41)
Jody Gerut (33)
Dewayne Wise (33)

Right fielders
Willie Bloomquist (33)
Jermaine Dye (37)
Jeff Francoeur (27)
Gabe Gross (31)
Jose Guillen (35)
Willie Harris (33)
Brad Hawpe (32) - Type B
Jeremy Hermida (27)
Eric Hinske (33)
Andruw Jones (34)
Gabe Kapler (35)
Austin Kearns (31)
Gary Matthews Jr. (36)
Xavier Nady (32)
Magglio Ordonez (37) - Type A
Jayson Werth (32) - Type A
Randy Winn (37)

Designated hitters
Hank Blalock (30)
Johnny Damon (37) - Type B
Jason Giambi (40)
Vladimir Guerrero (36) - Type A
Jose Guillen (35)
Brad Hawpe (32) - Type B
Mark Kotsay (35)
Hideki Matsui (37) - Type B
Manny Ramirez (39) - Type A
Mike Sweeney (37)
Jim Thome (40)

Starting pitchers
Brian Bannister (30)
Erik Bedard (32)
Jeremy Bonderman (28)
Dave Bush (31)
Bruce Chen (34)
Kevin Correia (30) - Type B
Doug Davis (35)
Jorge De La Rosa (30) - Type A
Justin Duchscherer (33)
Jeff Francis (29)
Freddy Garcia (35)
Jon Garland (31) - Type B
Rich Harden (29)
Aaron Harang (33)
Cliff Lee (32) - Type A
Anthony Lerew (28)
Braden Looper (36)
Pedro Martinez (39)
Rodrigo Lopez (35)
Kevin Millwood (36) - Type B
Brian Moehler (39)
Jamie Moyer (48)
Scott Olsen (27)
Vicente Padilla (33)
Carl Pavano (35) - Type A
Brad Penny (33)
Andy Pettitte (39) - Type A
Nate Robertson (33)
Ian Snell (29)
Jeff Suppan (36)
Hisanori Takahashi (36)
Javier Vazquez (34) - Type B
Jarrod Washburn (36)
Brandon Webb (32)
Todd Wellemeyer (32)
Dontrelle Willis (29)
Chris Young (32)

Closers
Octavio Dotel (37) - Type B
Frank Francisco (31) -Type A
Brian Fuentes (35) - Type B
Kevin Gregg (33) - Type B
Trevor Hoffman (43) - Type B
Chad Qualls (32) - Type B
Jon Rauch (32)
Mariano Rivera (41) - Type A
Rafael Soriano (31) - Type A
Kerry Wood (34) - Type B

Right-handed relievers
Grant Balfour (33) - Type A
Miguel Batista (40)
Denny Bautista (28)
Boof Bonser (29)
Manny Corpas (28)
Jesse Crain (29) - Type B
Juan Cruz (30)
Elmer Dessens (40)
Brendan Donnelly (39)
Chad Durbin (33) - Type B
Kelvim Escobar (34)
Kyle Farnsworth (35)
Jason Frasor (33) - Type A
Chad Gaudin (28)
Enrique Gonzalez (28)
Matt Guerrier (32) - Type A
Aaron Heilman (32) - Type B
Bob Howry (37)
Mike Lincoln (36)
Mike MacDougal (34)
Doug Mathis (27)
Guillermo Mota (37)
Fernando Nieve (28)
Micah Owings (28)
Chan Ho Park (38)
J.J. Putz (34) - Type B
Jon Rauch (32) - Type B
David Riske (34)
Takashi Saito (41) - Type A
Chris Sampson (33)
Scot Shields (35)
Jeff Suppan (36)
Koji Uehara (36) - Type B
Tyler Walker (35)
Jeff Weaver (34)
Dan Wheeler (33) - Type A
Jamey Wright (36)

Left-handed relievers
Joe Beimel (34)
Bruce Chen (34)
Randy Choate (35) - Type B
Scott Downs (35) - Type A
Pedro Feliciano (34) - Type B
Randy Flores (35)
Mark Hendrickson (37)
Ron Mahay (40)
Will Ohman (32)
Dennys Reyes (34)
Arthur Rhodes (41) - Type A
J.C. Romero (35)
Bobby Seay (33)
Scott Schoeneweis (37)
Hisanori Takahashi (36)
Brian Tallet (33)
Taylor Tankersley (28)
Randy Williams (35)

SportsWorld · Post #23 » by **SportsWorld** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:57 pm

Ryan Theriot just got traded to the Cardinals. :lol:

SportsWorld · Post #24 » by **SportsWorld** » Thu Dec 2, 2010 11:29 pm

White Sox sign Adam Dunn. Was a steep price but a good deal. It's pretty clear the Ricketts are going to be a cheap ownership group. We saw this with their cheap pick in the 1st round of the draft and we're continuing to see it now.

barnett114 · Post #25 » by **barnett114** » Fri Dec 3, 2010 12:06 am

SportsWorld wrote:White Sox sign Adam Dunn. Was a steep price but a good deal. It's pretty clear the Ricketts are going to be a cheap ownership group. We saw this with their cheap pick in the 1st round of the draft and we're continuing to see it now.

I thought the Ricketts were going to be different.

Posey H8er · Post #26 » by **Posey H8er** » Fri Dec 3, 2010 5:11 am

Dunn is going to be a monster at US Cellular. if he stays healthy i could see him hitting 50 homers

Posey H8er · Post #27 » by **Posey H8er** » Tue Dec 7, 2010 10:40 pm

according to Bruce Levin, the Cubs may be closing in on signing Carlos Pena. I would be happy with a relatively cheap 1 or 2 year deal.

cold5 · Post #28 » by **cold5** » Wed Dec 8, 2010 3:22 am

Pena's a good move. Has great power and is a solid fielder. a heck of a lot better than LaRoche, Overbay, or Davis (though we could still trade for him as a bench player and getting O'Day for pen would be great). He seems like a decent clubhouse guy and Jaramillo might be able to do something with him.

Posey H8er · Post #29 » by **Posey H8er** » Wed Dec 8, 2010 4:06 am

^ and speaking of Davis, Ed Price of aol fanhouse that say the Cubs are trying to get him and Darren O'Day from the Rangers via trade.

DanTown8587 · Post #30 » by **DanTown8587** » Wed Dec 8, 2010 2:50 pm

SportsWorld wrote:White Sox sign Adam Dunn. Was a steep price but a good deal. It's pretty clear the Ricketts are going to be a cheap ownership group. We saw this with their cheap pick in the 1st round of the draft and we're continuing to see it now.

I blame the scouting director more than I blame ownership with that pick. That guy did the same thing when he was drafting under the previous regime.

Post #31 » by **GYBE** » Wed Dec 8, 2010 10:33 pm

Posey H8er wrote:^ and speaking of Davis, Ed Price of aol fanhouse that say the Cubs are trying to get him and Darren O'Day from the Rangers via trade.

I'd love to get Davis. He's the kind of high-upside guy we should be acquiring.

SportsWorld · Post #32 » by **SportsWorld** » Wed Dec 8, 2010 11:03 pm

I'd love to get Darren O'Day moreso than Chris Davis. Think he'd be big for our bullpen.

Fukudome1 · Post #33 » by **Fukudome1** » Wed Dec 8, 2010 11:26 pm

i like the pena move, hopefully he plays well, then we can trade him for a couple of prospects at the deadline.

mark my words guys 2012 will be out offseason.

Posey H8er · Post #34 » by **Posey H8er** » Thu Dec 9, 2010 12:05 am

As much as I love Fukudome I think if the Cubs can find the right deal they should trade him. He's making too much as a backup outfielder and if he starts you're taking away valuable playing time from Colvin.

karch34 · Post #35 » by **karch34** » Thu Dec 9, 2010 8:05 pm

Agree on Fukudome, but not sure how many takers there are even if we pay a good portion of the $14mill left.

BeKuK · Post #36 » by **BeKuK** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:51 pm

Does the Cubs have a pre-sale or something else?? I need one ticket for this game:
/ Wednesday April 6, 2011

SportsWorld · Post #37 » by **SportsWorld** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:26 pm

BeKuK wrote:Does the Cubs have a pre-sale or something else?? I need one ticket for this game:
/ Wednesday April 6, 2011

Usually they release tickets in February. Keep checking Cubs.com once it gets close they'll have more info. Tickets shouldn't be too hard to get this year because there's nothing to get excited about but April 6th sounds like a game in the first week so it might be harder to get.

BeKuK · Post #38 » by **BeKuK** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:29 pm

SportsWorld wrote:
BeKuK wrote:Does the Cubs have a pre-sale or something else?? I need one ticket for this game:
/ Wednesday April 6, 2011

Tickets shouldn't be too hard to get this year because there's nothing to get excited about but April 6th sounds like a game in the first week so it might be harder to get.

Thanks SportsWorld!

I have to try, because the last time I couldn't watch the Cubs. This time I have to take the chance!

SportsWorld · Post #39 » by **SportsWorld** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 4:30 am

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/david-k ... -wood.html

The Cubs, who have a major need for a veteran right handed reliever are moving towards finalizing a deal with free agent Kerry Wood. Wood, who spent the first 10 years of his major league career with the Cubs spent 2010 with the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees and compiled impressive numbers down the stretch for New York as the Yankees qualified for the post season.

Acquired by the Yankees at the trading deadline, Wood went 2-0 with a 0.69 ERA in 24 games. If he finalizes his deal with the Cubs, Wood should provide tremendous support to Cubs closer Carlos Marmol and along with left hander Sean Marshall will form a very formidable back end of the bullpen.

Wood has made Chicago his permanent home and told me just last week that whatever decision he made about where he would pitch in 2011 had to be a good fit for his family. Being able to stay home and his longtime relationship with Cubs general manager Jim Hendry are huge factors in the Cubs favor.

Posey H8er · Post #40 » by **Posey H8er** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:22 am

that will make this dreadful offseason 1000x better. it will be great to have kerry within this organization again. i like this team much more with wood here.