Valverde to sign with Tigers not Cards

So glad we won't have to see him in the NL Central for at least the next 2 years, maybe 3. $14 Mil for 2 years and a 3rd mutual option @ $9 MIL.

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What a relief!!!

Pun intended. I agree though, I feel like the Cubs hardly put the bat on the ball against him.

by Rammy 4 MVP on Jan 14, 2010 4:40 PM CST reply actions

Stats to back that up...

His career vs the Cubs. In 24 games and 24 1/3 IP:

0.74 ERA with 37 Ks

by Rammy 4 MVP on Jan 14, 2010 4:49 PM CST up reply actions

And, we don't have to face him at all this year.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Jan 14, 2010 4:51 PM CST up reply actions

we might in the WS

Just because you talk a lot doesn't mean you're saying anything. dtpollitt 1-7-10

by Cubbie-Tim on Jan 14, 2010 5:42 PM CST up reply actions

nice

"This next song... it's about the White Sox. It's called: F*** Em'." - Eddie Vedder

by PacificCub on Jan 14, 2010 5:47 PM CST up reply actions

Tigers won't make it ;)

by Adam U on Jan 14, 2010 6:01 PM CST up reply actions

but he could be traded to Oakland

or are you saying Oakland wont make it also?

Just because you talk a lot doesn't mean you're saying anything. dtpollitt 1-7-10

by Cubbie-Tim on Jan 14, 2010 7:09 PM CST up reply actions

Maybe in a few more years

by Adam U on Jan 14, 2010 10:46 PM CST up reply actions

Crikey.

Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.

by daver on Jan 15, 2010 11:05 AM CST up reply actions

have as much money left in the coffers as the Cubs, which is pretty much zilch. Valverde picked a bad year to be a free-agent closer. In other years, with his numbers, he may have gotten more than $7m/year.

Scott Bora$ is satan.

by Canadian Cubs Fan on Jan 14, 2010 4:48 PM CST reply actions

He also...

… was dumb not to accept the Astros arbitration offer. He would have only gotten a one-year deal, but it would have been for big bucks.

by dmlichte on Jan 15, 2010 9:01 AM CST up reply actions

not a bad contract IMHO

and one I wish we had offered him.

Just because you talk a lot doesn't mean you're saying anything. dtpollitt 1-7-10

by Cubbie-Tim on Jan 14, 2010 4:48 PM CST reply actions

I'm going to enjoy watching the look on his teammates faces...

when he pulls that strikeout celebration bullshit when they’re playing the Angles, Red Sox, and Yankees. Asses and Scapulae are gonna be sore.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jan 14, 2010 4:49 PM CST reply actions

Good signing for the Tigers...

n/t

by Damen Jackson on Jan 14, 2010 6:33 PM CST reply actions

It's a great signing for the Tigers..

Man oh man, I sure hope Marmol rises to the occasion and does well. Because if he flops, Hendry is going to rue the fact that he could have gotten Valverde for $7M a year.

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Jan 14, 2010 7:46 PM CST up reply actions

I Disagree

He’s never had a 2+ WAR season and his stats are inflated by a high strand rate. His FIP are annually a full run higher too. Not sure this is such a slam dunk as you think it is.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

by WayneCampbell08 on Jan 16, 2010 10:12 AM CST up reply actions