Signing(s): Jason Heyward signs with the Cubs (8 years/184 M)

[Marc the Habs Fan]

 

[Vladys Gumption]

Cardinals fans acting like disgrace.

*some*

I think you'll find that the overwhelming majority of us are much more rational than that.

 

[Pwnasaurus]

Even then, those are arb buyout deals.

Until 2022, yeah? I'm just saying it wouldn't surprise me if the Cubs are fine with Heyward bolting after 3.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Honest question, who was the last WS winner to have been the favorite coming out of spring training? Not trolling, I just can't remember who...Yanks in '09?

 

[Fish on The Sand]

Honest question, who was the last WS winner to have been the favorite coming out of spring training? Not trolling, I just can't remember who...Yanks in '09?

Royals this year would have been pretty close. They would have been AL favorites, although the Nationals were the overall favorites.

 

[TNT87]

So much hype for an overrated player. Terrific defensively. Ordinary offensively.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Until 2022, yeah? I'm just saying it wouldn't surprise me if the Cubs are fine with Heyward bolting after 3.

I don't think so either. Literally no risk there.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Royals this year would have been pretty close. They would have been AL favorites, although the Nationals were the overall favorites.

?

Most people picked the 2015 Royals to be .500 at best.

 

[Reality Check]

@BestFansStLouis is what it is. Same outpouring from every single fanbase when something like this happens.

Just other fanbases don't have the media pumping the "best fans in baseball" crap every time they are on national TV. I can't watch the Cardinals on national broadcasts, I'm surprised the Cardinals are more hated than they are because of it.

People still cry about the Red Wings using "Hockeytown" as a marketing slogan in 2015. It happens.

I'm not a Cardinals fan and there was no way I expected them to resign Heyward. That's just their modus operandi. I expect they will try to sign Alex Gordon now though.

This deal is a win-win for the Cubs. Overpaid? Maybe...but it's under 200 and there are opt out clauses.

Improves their defense(which wasn't that great), won't be relied on as the major offense guy and more importantly hurts the Cardinals.

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[Fish on The Sand]

?

Most people picked the 2015 Royals to be .500 at best.

It looks like they were 6th, 3rd in the AL.

http://www.betinf.com/prev_mlb.htm

 

[Reality Check]

If true, ouch for St. Louis

 

[Fish on The Sand]

I don't think that its fair to say "he took less". The other offers probably weren't as front loaded as this one and it also probably didn't include an opt out, or at least not as early.

 

[SladeWilson23]

So much hype for an overrated player. Terrific defensively. Ordinary offensively.

Ordinary offensively?

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

Never really cared for this guy. Underachiever. He's atleast athletic though I guess.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Ordinary offensively?

He provides decent production for an outfielder. He does get on base at a good clip mostly from walks and is pretty good on the basepaths. Overall though he's nothing special at the plate. There's probably at least 15 other outfielders I'd rather have at the plate over Heyward.

 

[Falco Lombardi]

Ordinary offensively?

What would you call him? He's an okay hitter who also happens to be the best outfielder in the game

 

[robert terwilliger]

but then he's one of the best defensive players in the game so the fact that he "only" "gets on base at a decent clip" only adds to that value.

with the amount of money that teams have right now, players of heyward's caliber are not getting to free agency any more. when a team has the opportunity to add elite level anything at the cost of no assets but simply cash they're going to jump on it. heyward punches a lot of holes for teams, he can play in either right or centerfield, he has a great arm and his biggest shortcoming is that he's not a dynamo offensively. players of heyward's level cost money.

 

[DougieSmash]

i guess he probably still can improve his offensive game. the deal is good.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

This is nothing to the Cubs. They're loaded with money.

Best part is, he'll be 34 when the deal ends. Odds are he won't be a total and utter albatross like Pooholes.

 

[robert terwilliger]

oh and then he can opt out at age 29 or age 30 and reenter free agency and the cubs could not be on the hook for the last of his prime.

you're signing a 26 year old as he enters his prime. but he "only gets on base at a good clip" and plays elite defense. what are the cubs thinking?

 

[hockeykicker]

Apparently there was a third offer that was higher then cubs besides nats and cards.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

oh and then he can opt out at age 29 or age 30 and reenter free agency and the cubs could not be on the hook for the last of his prime.

you're signing a 26 year old as he enters his prime. but he "only gets on base at a good clip" and plays elite defense. what are the cubs thinking?

Let's see the breakdown on the contract first. If it's frontloaded like crazy like everyone expects and he's making 30 mil per year it's an overpayment. Plain and simple. Just because he can opt out and the Cubs piss liquid gold doesn't make it not an overpayment.

 

[DougieSmash]

Apparently there was a third offer that was higher then cubs besides nats and cards.

Give us the tweet, i can't find it.

 

[hockeykicker]

Jeff Passan
@JeffPassan
Source: Jason Heyward turned down three offers higher than the $184M he took from the Cubs, including two of $200M+.

4:50pm*- 11 Dec 15