04-12-2010, 09:35 AM
<!--quoteo(post=88243:date=Apr 12 2010, 07:17 AM:name=Coldneck)-->QUOTE (Coldneck @ Apr 12 2010, 07:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->The major difference with Grabow and the rest of those guys is that Grabow had a year left of arbitration. He wasn't a FA, couldn't test the market. We could have just offered him arb. and only be on the hook for his services for this year. With middle relievers as volatile as they are it makes no sense to sign someone for two years when you already have him for one. Plus, Grabow has been wildly inconsistent (volatile) in his career and the Cubs had limited funds for FA this offseason. BAD. SIGNING for the Cubs.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not true.
Grabow did not have a year of auto arbitration left, he would have been a free agent had we not signed him before our exclusivity window ended. Yes we could have offered him arbitration but he could have and almost certainly would have declined it.
I agree with the rest though. He has been inconsistent and mediocre, not a smart way to spend limited funds.
Not true.
Grabow did not have a year of auto arbitration left, he would have been a free agent had we not signed him before our exclusivity window ended. Yes we could have offered him arbitration but he could have and almost certainly would have declined it.
I agree with the rest though. He has been inconsistent and mediocre, not a smart way to spend limited funds.