It appears Dexter Fowler had a last-second change of heart, opting to re-sign with the Chicago Cubs for at least one more season.
The Cubs announced Fowler agreed to terms on a one-year deal for 2016 with a mutual option for 2017.
According to Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times, Fowler will make $8 million in base salary this season, with his option for 2017 at $9 million and a $5 million buyout. Per Bob Nightengale of USA Today, Fowler then ends up with $13 million in guaranteed money.
Fowler appeared to be on his way to the American League East, with ESPN's Buster Olney reporting on Tuesday that the ...
The Chicago Cubs announced they have signed outfielder Dexter Fowler to a one-year contract with a mutual option for 2017.
The news comes after Fowler had reportedly signed with the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday. ESPN.com's Buster Olney initially reported Fowler signed a three-year deal, and Roch Kubatko of MASN confirmed the move.
Jon Heyman of MLB Network reported at the time that the contract was worth $33 million over the three years.
Fowler hit .250 with a career-best 17 home runs as a leadoff hitter with some pop in his bat for the Cubs. He also stole 20 bases and worked a career-high ...
Once an elite prospect destined to help the Chicago Cubs become relevant again, Javier Baez is now a former prospect hoping to latch onto a Cubs team that became relevant without him.
But there's a line between "former prospect" and "afterthought." Baez is still only 23, and he still has the talent that made him a top prospect in the first place. He also has what most afterthoughts don't.
An opportunity.
Coming off a 97-win season that took them to the National League Championship Series, the Cubs don't have a starting role for Baez in 2016. He's a natural shortstop, but Addison Russell has ...
Manny Parra signed a minor league deal with the Chicago Cubs on Monday, according to Carrie Muskat of MLB.com. The left-handed relief pitcher will have an invite to the team’s big league camp, per JW Gravley of 27 Outs Baseball.
Bruce Miles of the Daily Herald shared that Parra has already reported to the Cubs:
Parra, 33, spent three of his first four seasons as a starter with the Milwaukee Brewers, but he struggled mightily with a 5.13 ERA over 454.1 innings, which forced him to the minors in 2011 and a role in the bullpen upon his return the following year.
He spent the past ...
The weekend-long Cubs Convention wouldn't start until Friday, but Chicago Cubs fans were already on high alert at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Chicago on Tuesday night.
The former fan favorite was bundled up in an attempt to counter the freezing Chicago winter, but that didn't stop more than a few fans from recognizing and approaching him.
Ryne Sandberg? Billy Williams? Fergie Jenkins? Nope. It was the Cubs' newest baseball operations assistant.
"I don’t feel like I’m a recognizable person, you know. I mean, I was the backup catcher who hit .190 two years ago here," John Baker said. "But people were coming ...
Ryne Sandberg is reportedly returning to the Chicago Cubs in 2016 to serve as a special ambassador, according to Bruce Levine of 670 The Score.
The 56-year-old Sandberg played 15 seasons for the Cubs from 1982-97 and was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005.
According to CBS Chicago, the exact details of Sandberg's gig with the Cubs will "probably" be revealed during his scheduled appearance at this weekend's Cubs Convention at the Sheraton Grand Chicago.
Carrie Muskat of MLB.com added the official announcement of Sandberg's hiring from the team will come this weekend. He's regarded as one of the greatest players in ...
If there’s a pitfall to success, it’s that sustaining it bears a financial burden. In baseball, almost universally, the teams that are most successful boast underpaid players that exceed the expectations of their contracts.
Cubs ace Jake Arrieta, among Major League Baseball's most underpaid pitchers, epitomizes that paradigm. The right-handed Arrieta carried the Cubs through much of the second half of the season and ended his 2015 campaign with a major league-best 22 wins and a 1.77 ERA.
The Cubs will eventually sign Arrieta to a lucrative, long-term deal. But when?
Both sides would benefit from doing so right now.
The Theo Epstein era in ...
We're through the looking glass, people. We can tell by the way we're gawking in awe at the Chicago Cubs, a team that hasn't won a World Series since Ford was introducing the Model T.
And, heck, we could be gawking in even more awe at the Cubs in the near future. They're already great, but apparently they want to be flawless.
This winter has already seen the Cubs take a roster that produced 97 wins in 2015 and augment it with Jason Heyward, Ben Zobrist, John Lackey and a couple of bullpen additions. Cue Sahadev Sharma of Baseball Prospectus to sum it up: "It’s ...
Jason Heyward sounds like a man ready to bring the Chicago Cubs their first World Series in more than a century. Introduced at a press conference Tuesday, the newly signed outfielder made his goals for championship glory clear.
"It'd be a beautiful thing to win a World Series for one," Heyward said, per Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune. "It's a no-brainer that it would be making history here."
Heyward, 26, agreed to an eight-year, $184 million contract on Dec. 11. He chose Chicago over hard pushes from the Washington Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals, with the former reportedly offering him more money, per ...
The MLB hot stove continues to simmer well after the winter meetings ended Wednesday.
The free-agent market continues to remain fluid—apropos the Chicago Cubs’ splash signing of Jason Heyward on Friday—though teams continue trade talks with plenty of potential moves that could continue to shift the competitive landscape.
Here is a look at the latest buzz heading into the post-meetings weekend.
Despite investigation, Reds still trying to trade Aroldis Chapman
The Cincinnati Reds’ trade of closer Aroldis Chapman with the Los Angeles Dodgers was a done deal until news surfaced that the hard-hurling lefty had been involved in a domestic violence incident that prompted MLB to ...
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