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Brad426
Not a big enough gap there for the Cubs to quibble about (in baseball money, I mean… in real life $780K is a lot of money). Offer him the $4.88M and get that off your plate before the season starts already.
Edit: Before ST begins, I mean.
doc_blume
That’s a bigger gap than the Cubs had with Ryan Theriot last year and they took him to the hearing. That being said, Marmol has a much better resume and the Cubs don’t have a “closer in waiting” like the Cubs had at shortstop with Starlin Castro last year.
This will get done before the hearing, and some sources have said that the framework for the agreement was done a couple weeks ago
Brad426
Yeah, but as you kinda said, comparing your light hitting, not stellar defensively SS/2B to your closer who strikes out 16 per 9 isn’t apples to apples.
JST1331
Very good point. Carlos Marmol holds batters to a career .174 average!! The guy is a beast compared to Ryan Theriot I mean the guys strike out rate is 15.99 per 9 innings.
alex strecker
if those numbers are true, average salary of 7-8 million dollars is ludricrous. Relievers just dont hold up. Marmol is great, but watch the sharp decline of a reliever kick in
jb226 2
Marmol is a scary reliever just on his own; he’s as likely to walk-and-bean in runs as he is to strike out the side in any given appearance (or hell, do both in the same appearance). In that sense the deal is a little bit worrying.
I don’t have a particular problem with the idea of $7-8MM for a closer though. Aside from the fact that he’s probably never going to get his control to the level of other elite closers, he’s been pretty dominating. With the Cubs’ payroll, it’s not a horrible chance to take.