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chicago.cubs.mlb.com - 12/1/2008

Cubs likely to offer Wood arbitration | cubs.com: News

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CHICAGO -- The Cubs were expected to offer free agent Kerry Wood arbitration on Monday, but they may not do so for their other free agents such as Jim Edmonds, Daryle Ward and Bob Howry. Teams must decide by 10:59 p.m. CT on Monday whether to offer arbitration to their six-year free agents. By ...

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chicagotribune.com - 12/2/2008

Baker wants to manage Wood again

— chicagotribune.com — Kerry Wood answered the call from the bullpen last season for the Cubs, reinventing himself as a... capable closer with 34 saves. (more) Baker wants to manage Wood again

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zonersports.com - 12/2/2008

Ask the Zoner: Kerry Wood

— zonersports.com — Why didn't the Cubs offer arbitration to Kerry Wood? Now they receive no compensatory picks. I think... there is one main reason: Lou Piniella (more) Ask the Zoner: Kerry Wood

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suntimes.com - 12/2/2008

Cubs don't offer Wood arbitration

— suntimes.com — The Cubs on Monday declined to offer salary arbitration to free-agent closer Kerry Wood, avoiding the possibility... that Wood might return for the 2009 season by accepting an offer. (more) Cubs don't offer Wood arbitration

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The Tepid Stove League
wrigleyville23 — For those of you back from the seemingly interminable Thanksgiving holiday ... you missed absolutely nothing, other than an intriguing Jake Peavy rumor. Anything of interest is going to start happening in over the next couple weeks, allegedly. Today, December 1, is the last day teams can offer arbitration. The Cubs will offer to Woody, but nobody else. A week from today, December 8, is when the winter meetings start. Hopefully, deals get done and trades get made so we can go on with our lives praying for Plaxico Burress.

Official Kerry Wood (And Others) Arbitration Deadline Day Thread
Bleed Cubbie Blue — Today is the deadline for major league teams to offer arbitration to their free agents -- 10:59 pm Central time, specifically, so we may not hear specifics till tomorrow. photo via assets.espn.go.com So does Kerry Wood get offered arbitration? Yes. No. Maybe. You can bet that if he is offered arb, he'll accept -- and don't assume that's a budget-breaker, either. Wood wants to remain a Cub -- we all know that. It's more than possible he'll take less than an arbitrator would award to do so. The deadline for Wood to ...

So What Just Happened Here?
wrigleyville23 — As a fan with an emotional interest in the Chicago Cubs, the handling of Kerry Wood is hard to take: The team announces last month they are parting ways with the most popular player on the team. Everyone is disappointed, but some of us make peace with it because it will free up considerable resources to improve other areas of the team - and, hey, the Cubs get two draft picks once he declines arbitration. But the Cubs ultimately decide not to offer arbitration, meaning they lose him for nothing. Odd, on its surface. But, from a gambling and economic standpoint, it still makes sense, though it's not the optimal outcome one would have hoped for when all of this ...