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Cubs Sign John Grabow to Another Two Years

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:30:53 +0000

The deal hasn’t officially been announced yet, but it’s expected to be two years and $7.5 million. Hopefully Grabow turned a corner last year (as so many players do in their 30s…), and can be a successful staple at the back end of the Cubs’ pen this year. Related ...

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Cubs Finalize Deal With John Grabow

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:27:20 +0000

Bruce Levine is saying that the Cubs are really close to re-signing John Grabow. Free agent pitcher John Grabow and the Chicago Cubs are close to agreeing on a two-year contract worth nearly $7.5 million for the left-handed pitcher. Grabow, who was traded to the Cubs last summer ...

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Weekend Update ... Castillo, Halladay and Other Cubs Rumors

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:05:00 +0000

The Chicago Cubs made a little noise last week with the two-year, $7.5 million deal for John Grabow and send Aaron Heilman to Arizona for a pair of prospects. Then Friday afternoon, the Cubs added five players to their major league roster ... three expected and two, well a little surprising. ...

Neil posted 11 days ago from chicagocubsonline.com

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Chips Ahoy

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:15:20 +0000

According to Sun-Times beat reporter, Gordon Wittenmeyer , with the signing of John Grabow to a 2/7.5 contract (backended as only Jim Hendry can do) and the trading of Aaron Heilman to the Snakes, the Cubs have supposedly made their final bullpen move of the offseason. The deal appears ...

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Friday Night Fukudome: Grabow vs. Remlinger

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:37:31 +0000

If there’s one thing Jim Hendry is terrific at doing is bidding against himself for the services of his target free agents and then grossly overpaying for them. As Dolan already pointed out , Hendry did it again with this week’s signing of John Grabow. I have nothing against Grabow. ...

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Grabow likely completes Cubs' pen

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:36:28 +0000

John Grabow believed in his new team enough to ignore the free-agent market, and the Cubs believe in the fitness of Grabow's left elbow enough to give the reliever a two-year, $7.5 million contract that was completed Friday.

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What they need: Cubs

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:56:07 +0000

The Cubbies entered the off-season with precious little room for error, due to their already bloated payroll and long term salary commitments, and they’ve already erred by committing two-years and $7.5 million to lefty John Grabow, who walked five batters every nine innings last season. ...

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Cubs re-sign reliever Grabow

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:51:05 +0000

Looking to secure a solid bullpen that withered under pressure during the regular season, the Cubs have re-signed John Grabow to a two-year, $7.5 million deal. Per the Chicago Tribune : The 31-year-old reliever will be their primary left-handed setup man and is expected to be the ...

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Cubs sign Grabow to some dumbass contract

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:39:38 +0000

The Cubs and relief pitcher John Grabow have reached an agreement on a two-year contract extension...The deal, believed to be worth at least $7 million, comes one day before the Cubs’ exclusive negotiating window with the free agent was to close and concludes the Cubs’ top offseason pitching ...

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Aaron Heilman trade likely made John Grabow contract possible

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:50:54 +0000

Offseason money issues are even affecting big-market teams such as the Chicago Cubs. With a projected $140 million payroll, general manager Jim Hendry was in a position where he had to move peripheral arbitration-eligible players in order to find money for veterans such as reliever John Grabow, ...

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Cubs make it official: Grabow is coming back

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:51:05 +0000

Left-handed reliever signs 2-year deal for $7.5 million > The Cubs kicked off the free agent season Friday with a move that had been telegraphed since September, officially re-signing John Grabow to a two-year, $7.5 million deal.

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Cubs To Sign Grabow To Two-Year Deal

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:04:59 +0000

10:53am: Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times says the deal is believed to be worth at least $7MM in total. Dave Cameron of FanGraphs calls it a "waste of cash." 9:47am: Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune reports that the Cubs have agreed to sign Grabow to a two-year deal. ...

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Hot Stove Update: Heilman, Thompson, Grabow and Stuff!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:50:54 +0000

(This bad-ass photo of Cy Young Winner Tim Lincecum was taken by Brad Mangini of SI.com) You should see the Yankees Fantasy Report later this afternoon. The Hot Stove season has wasted little time getting going. We have already seen a handful of trades and signings. The Rule V draft is coming ...

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Chicago Cubs trade Aaron Heilman for prospects -

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:49:40 +0000

The Cubs traded reliever Aaron Heilman to the Diamondbacks on Thursday for two minor league prospects while closing in on a two-year deal with John Grabow. Heilman, 31, was dealt for left-handed reliever Scott Maine, a sixth-round pick in 2007 out of the University of Miami , and first baseman ...

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Hendry’s drunk again

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:37:31 +0000

We had heard rumors for a couple of weeks that the Cubs were “close” to re-signing lefty reliever John Grabow to a two year contract, and today, they did, and we found out how much 70 innings of sub 3.50 ERA will get if you’re lefthanded. Apparently it’s $7.5 million. ...

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No Third Year for Grabow

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:43:00 +0000

The Cubs got a bit of a jump on the official opening of the Hot Stove League by re-signing lefty reliever, John Grabow to a 2-year, $7.5 million deal . A lot of Cubs fans have greeted the news with the same amount of enthusiasm as one would expect from someone who won a dollar in the ...

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The Chicago Cubs and John Grabow have agreed to terms of a new deal

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:43:00 +0000

Chicago Cubs and John Grabow have agreed to terms of a two-year contract that will pay the left-handed set-up man close to $7.5 million, according to a source familiar with the situation. An announcement could be made later Thursday, but most likely will be Friday. The only thing left is for ...

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Carrie Muskat (CarrieMuskat) on Twitter

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:42:19 +0000

Super-hyped #cubs SS Starlin Castro goes 0-for-3 Thursday in final AFL game; finishes at .376. Not bad for a 19-year-old 22 minutes ago from web #cubs deal Aaron Heilman to D-backs for two Minor League prospects about 2 hours ago from web New #cubs chairman Tom Ricketts was in "listen and learn" ...

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Cubs Trade Aaron Heilman To Diamondbacks; Also Re-Sign John Grabow

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:42:38 +0000

More photos » by Frank Franklin II - AP The Cubs handed a $7 million dollar contract to John Grabow, who has been worth $5.3 million dollars over his career. They later traded Aaron Heilman to Arizona for a ...

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John Grabow is About to Get Paid

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:45:34 +0000

The Chicago Cubs are on the verge of doing what they do so well in the Jim Hendry era: resigning the players they want to keep. Unfortunately, they’re also on the verge of doing what they do so crappily: signing middle relievers with short track records of success to contracts for too ...

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