After the fast and furious trade rumor on Friday night which resulted in nothing, a whole lot more nothing happened over the weekend. We did find out what happened with the Marmol trade. First Marmol didn’t want to be traded, then he said okay. By then, the Cubs decided they didn’t want Haren after all, and the rest is history.
“He wasn’t crazy about leaving,” said Marmol’s agent, Paul Kinzer. “He loves it in Chicago, but felt whatever is best for the team.”
The Cubs thought asking Marmol to go from a 101-loss team to the star-studded Angels was a “no-brainer” for the closer.
They were wrong.
Marmol initially said “no,” just as Dempster said “no” to the Braves.
But Marmol eventually changed him mind just in time for the deal to fall apart. Kinzer said Marmol’s reluctance was based on geography, but the idea of playing for the Angels grew on him.
“If it wasn’t one of the better teams, he wouldn’t have agreed,” he said.
Marmol then apparently told everyone in the Dominican Republic that he was going to play for the Angels, and that’s how word leaked.
Other than that, the only other thing we learned this weekend came from Crazy Uncle Phil.
MLB’s new TV contracts don’t kick in for another year but could fuel bidding on a subpar group of free agents. Teams are expected to receive at least an additional $25 million per team from the central fund in 2014.
Hooray for money!
Who knows what all actually happened with the Haren deal…but one thing is for sure, there is no way the Cubs are going to sign him to a multiyear free agent deal.
Too bad. That would have been a really nice trade.
My guess is on top of the buyout money(3.3 Mil I think) the Angels were seemingly willing to send I’d bet the cubs wanted at least enough to equal the contracts out and maybe more.
The articles I’ve read, said basically there’s alot of red flags in his medical paperwork also. At the end of the day sounds to me as if Theo and Co was wantng a relatively no risk type of a deal so that they could flip him if possible.
Sounds as if they ultimately made the right decision.
For that much money and for the value of Marmol (yes, he does actually have a lot of value), the medical concerned very well could have been the deciding factor. I honestly don’t think money would have been contributing factor…money has never really been a huge concerned for the Cubs. If it was a financial issue, the Cubs would have somehow made it work.
Agreed. Especially with Rich Harden looking to pitch again in 2013 after a year of rest for his arm. If we’re gonna have part of our starting rotation be a risk for arms falling off with every pitch, I’d just as soon see it happen on a $2M over 1 year contract.
I was drunk when I heard about this deal, and even then I knew it was too good to be true.
As soon as Dave Kaplan started throwing some red flags about the finality of the deal, I basically started to temper my enthusiasm.
I’ll be glad when this election is over…so we stop receiving the 8 political phone calls every single evening. I’ve started telling the people on the phone that I plan to vote for the party that calls me the least. So far, that strategy hasn’t worked.
I ask what the candidate’s track record is for singing the National Anthem at Padres games. I figure with as big of a joke as the American Political system has become, might as well vote for the comedienne in the race.
It has gotten to the point, where no one is answering the phone if the area code is not (626). I just wish I could stop the emails; I no longer care about A. the little children of CA, B. The moral fiber of America, C. Whatever the Bible says about anything, D. Whatever any celebrity thinks.I just hit delete for anything not shopping,sports,coupon, or music related. We ended up watching the Rifleman last night instead of the local news. The 1 thing I did do, was use MLB’s link to donate $10 to the New Jersey Chapter of the Red Cross. The people of Breezy Point, Rockaway Beach,and Staten Island I do care about and would raise funds for. And not just because they are Americans Gravedigger. But because they need help more than some politician…
I’m tired of talking politics, I’m about to make this a porn site.
What would you replace the “thumbs up” with?
A naked picture of me.
um…yeah…we need the thumbs down back.
You want me to post a naked pic of you instead?
I’d rather look at that than look at a naked picture of you…no offense.
Speaking of which, where did you get a naked picture of me?
Julie gave it to me.
Damn her. That’s the last time I ever do her a favor.
Or maybe that was stalking…I don’t remember.
Hahaa well you should see the ones I took of her.
you 3 should pose together
You could title the post:
‘Oho LOHO!’
or
‘Uh oh LOHO!’
I should have just run for President.
I’d vote for you bruh.
I received 6 votes for governor of Wisconsin a couple elections ago. (Not either of the Walker ones, though.)
Jim Durham died.
He was an awesome announcer…I really missed him when he was dismissed from the Bulls broadcasts.
RIP
Well, I certainly have been out of it.
Since I saw it on the ESPN ticker, ‘how many’ days ago(?), I thought Marmol was gone.
Too much brewery pumpkin beer(6.3%).
Have to drink as much as I can before it runs out.
One side note: 1 guy I wouldn’t mind seeing back on the team is Reed Johnson.
Holy crap. I had to go back to court today on my last case. I can’t freakin’ wait until I don’t have to be a lawyer anymore. What a disaster.
You seem to have a “last case” about once a month.
This case won’t die. It’s the Rasputin of cases. I’ve shot it, poisoned it, and thrown it in a freezing river, and yet it survives.
I could end it for you. Of course, I’d probably end up in jail in the process…so I’d need a good lawyer to defend me.
Sorry, after this case is over, I’m out. I accept your generous offer, though. I’m sure we can find someone to take your case.