01-18-2010, 11:53 AM
<!--quoteo(post=76418:date=Jan 18 2010, 08:20 AM:name=Ace)-->QUOTE (Ace @ Jan 18 2010, 08:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->My thoughts:
1.) This Toronto writer doesn't know anything more about the Cubs' moves than does the local media;
2.) He was dismissing the Blue Jays as a destination, and then just tossed out the name of the team most often attached to Sheets as a way of doing so.
I don't think anything has changed: the Cubs will watch Sheets throw tomorrow, but it's a double-bind. If he throws crappy, the Cubs can afford him, but won't want him. If he throws well, the Cubs will want him, but can't afford him.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's strong reasoning, Ace...but, one throwing session doesn't erase Sheets' history.
So much of what is printed about contract dollars is just agent posturing. If Sheets were going to get 10M a year, I think he'd have already gotten it.
He's a classic reclamation project...he's Chris Carpenter.
I think he gets incentives, and a higher base than normal...but, it will still be about incentives.
1.) This Toronto writer doesn't know anything more about the Cubs' moves than does the local media;
2.) He was dismissing the Blue Jays as a destination, and then just tossed out the name of the team most often attached to Sheets as a way of doing so.
I don't think anything has changed: the Cubs will watch Sheets throw tomorrow, but it's a double-bind. If he throws crappy, the Cubs can afford him, but won't want him. If he throws well, the Cubs will want him, but can't afford him.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's strong reasoning, Ace...but, one throwing session doesn't erase Sheets' history.
So much of what is printed about contract dollars is just agent posturing. If Sheets were going to get 10M a year, I think he'd have already gotten it.
He's a classic reclamation project...he's Chris Carpenter.
I think he gets incentives, and a higher base than normal...but, it will still be about incentives.