Word this morning was that Xavier Nady was the Chicago Cubs’ top choice to serve as fourth outfielder, and according to Tim Brown on Twitter, the Cubs have landed him. No details have yet emerged, but we’ll update as more becomes available.
UPDATE: The deal is reportedly (we’re using that word a lot today, no?) worth $3.3 million base, and $2 million in incentives based on games played. We’ll give a full analysis of the deal soon.
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18 Jun 2013
The implications for the Cubs and/or the Ricketts Family are unclear, but probably not serious, if they exist at all. I think. Well, I hope.
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18 Jun 2013
The power righty announced the deal himself on Twitter.
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18 Jun 2013
Other Ricketts siblings reportedly want to explore a move, fearing that the renovation framework will be altered in ways harmful to the Cubs.
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18 Jun 2013
*Throat-clearing sound, and elbow in your ribs.*
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18 Jun 2013
Some signings - like second rounder Rob Zastryzny - about which we'd already heard were also announced.
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18 Jun 2013
Everyone is wondering what the pitching trade market is going to look like - it could be thin or robust. That could impact the Cubs greatly.
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18 Jun 2013
Which is probably a good move if the Cubs are going to be shopping Garza.
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This is a great move as long as Nady’s elbow doesn’t explode
Nevermind game action, will his elbow survive the physical?
Let’s hope if exploding is a season-long possibility, they catch it in the physical.
I know how Tommy John surgery affects a pitcher as far as recovery time how does it affect a outfielder and will he actually be ready fr spring training or is tht his agent talking.
Positional players can “recover” much more quickly from TJS in the sense that the demands on their arm are far less than a pitcher. I’m less concerned about the arm and more concerned about not having hit Major League pitching for a year.