bleachernation.com - 28 days ago
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From the dawn of time - or the Jim Hendry era - the Chicago Cubs have been obsessed with signing aging middle relievers and set-up men to multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts. Scott Eyre, LaTroy Hawkins, Mike Remlinger, Mark Guthrie, Bobby Howry… the list goes on and on.
And I ...
Cubs, Grabow talk-multi-year deal; Wait, you want to do what?
cubbienation.net 28 days ago — Filed:November 3rd, 2009
Cubs reliever John Grabow (Cubbie Nation/file)
Bruce Levine of ESPN 1000 is reporting that the Cubs and reliever John Grabow are in the mist of heavy talks for a multi-year deal. Levine reports that the offer is reportedly to be a $6.5 to $7.5 million pact, with ...
Cubs Discussing Contract With John Grabow
mlbtraderumors.com 29 days ago — The Cubs are still discussing a new contract with lefty reliever John Grabow , according to ESPN Chicago's Bruce Levine . Levine says they're talking about a two-year deal in the $6.5-7.5MM range (plus incentives), with Grabow's agent pushing for a ...
Cubs Talking Contract with John Grabow
chicagocubsonline.com 29 days ago — According to a report from Bruce Levine , the Cubs are trying to lock-up John Grabow to a multi-year contract before the lefty reliever hits free agency . The Cubs and Grabow's agent, Paul Kinzer , are discussing a two-year deal worth between $6.5 million and $7.5 million ... that could include ...
Cubs Looking to Re-Sign John Grabow
bleachernation.com 9/15/2009 — If there’s one thing Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry knows how to do excellently, it’s re-sign his players. But if there’s a related thing he also knows how to do excellently, it’s re-sign players that he probably shouldn’t to deals that he definitely ...
Only the Cubs would spend this much for Grabow
tireball.com 28 days ago — The have’s and have not’s figure to only become more obvious this off season and the first sign may have already happened.
If the reports are correct the Chicago Cubs have resigned reliever John Grabow to a deal worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $6.5 to $7.5 million plus incentives for ...
Crystal Ballin'
thecubreporter.com 28 days ago — I would expect the following to happen over the next few weeks:
1. NO LATER THAN THE 4TH BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING CONCLUSION OF WORLD SERIES : Clubs must decide whether to add any of their Rule 55 minor league free-agents to the 40-man roster.
Probably the only Cubs candidate is RF ...
Cubbies Keep Busy During the Series
mysportsrumors.com 29 days ago — The Chicago Cubs have been keeping busy during the World Series. They’ve been talking with many teams about disgruntled outfielder Milton Bradley . Now they’re close to resigning one of their big bullpen pieces, John Grabow.
Bruce Levin of ESPN Chicago said the two sides are ...
Cubs Rumor Mill: Iwamura, Bradley & Grabow
thecubreporter.com 28 days ago — I'm not sure I'll get an offseason potential target up yesterday, but with the World Series almost wrapping up and the Cubs organizational meetings next week, the rumor mill is beginning to warm up for the offseason. Let's blast through these real quick. - Bruce Levine reported that the Cubs ...
Cubs' New Owner: 'There Is No Curse'
npr.org 10/30/2009 — Curse? What curse? Tom Ricketts, who's taking over as chairman of baseball's Chicago Cubs now that his family has completed its $845 million purchase of the franchise, isn't one to subscribe to the many, many reasons that many, many Cubs fans think ...
Meet the new Cubs owners: "We've one agenda, and that's to win"
cubbienation.net 10/30/2009 — Filed:October 30th, 2009
Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts
And with one 20 minute press conference this morning, a historic event has come and gone, with the Ricketts family officially announced as the Cubs owners.
The new group, fronted by Tom, with a board led by family members ...