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bobbybanks12
Meh…
cubfanforever
Plummeting ground ball rates and plummeting velocity……not good.
But in Theo and Jed I trust…….I guess.
Gwynning's Anal Lover
Why did he fail his physical?
tim815
Need to know basis, I guess. We don’t need to know.
jqks
I wonder if Kansas City extended an offer to Crow? He pitched well for the Royals for a number of years, and I did not get the impression he was in a dog house within the organization. Plus he pitched at Mizzou, giving the Royals the home town bonus.
The Royals traded him due to a numbers crunch issue plus his escalating arbitration salary. The numbers crunch issue is still there, but now that arbitration is not a factor for 2016 I would have expected the Royals to be willing to offer him about $2M if he made the club and stuck. Just speculating, but maybe he did not think he was likely to make the Royals 25-man roster? Or maybe the Cubs offer came with a lot of incentive money?
He factors into one of my few “when I was brilliant” baseball stories. I saw him pitch his last year at Mizzou. Both he and Kyle Gibson were in the weekend rotation. Crow was getting all the draft buzz, but after seeing them both pitch I thought Gibson looked to be obviously the better of the two. Crow was very solid, but just did not have an out pitch even at the college level. One of the few times I was right.
thebare
Cubs needs to sign Hollander to a 2 year minor league deal formerly of the Royals