the farns jumps shark, lands in detroit

I thought I was done with this till first cuts, but business sure is picking up. (Try not think of the many moves Hendry might have done if he made the Sosa deal earlier.)

Personally, and let’s context it by me thinking Sammy could co-exist with the rest of the ball club this year, give the lack of an obvious closer, you might as well find out if Kyle could live up to his initial promise and give him first shot at closer. I mean, Corey’s a close comparable age wise, and they’ve given him plenty of chances to be the leadoff guy, but never really given Kyle one.

However, Hendry’s parting quotes

“He certainly had his moments when he could pitch very well,” Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said. “Maybe the consistency will be better for him in another location.”

Those words sound like a GM who did not have much enthuasim to bring back his player.

When I heard about the deal (txt message while driving – almost off the road), I figured it was a roster uncrunch. At some point this preseason, the Cubs have to lose a man on their 40 man roster, or they’ll be unable to keep NRI Scott Williamson, and they’ve very much like to have him rehab on their dime. (Any other NRI would require another roster move, so I don’t think it’s likely any of them make it.)

But this deal is not that deal, because one of the three people they’ll be getting back – Roberto Novoa – was on the 40 man and has to stay there. So expect one more move.

Given Kyle was unlikely to be back in ’06 – either he got bad and finally got ran out or he got good and a better deal from a team not as familiar with his failures – it’s nice we got something for him, even if I don’t expect any of them to turn out to much. I hope the PTBNL doesn’t change my mind on that.

The Tigers bullpen has a chance to be really good, if Percival doesn’t fall off and Kyle gets on one of his sane stretches and Uggie isn’t distracted. The Tigers bullpen has a chance to be really bad if Percival falls of like some expect, Kyle is Kyle and Uggie is too busy dealing with ransom demands.

Promotion: Figure Leicester gets Kyle’s spot on the roster, though it’s not clear. This is the thing with the Novoa pickup – even if he has pitches, he’s still going to behind Wuertz, SERGIO and maybe even Pinto in ‘right handers who might steal a spot on the roster’. The 15 taxi squad is skewed heavily towards pitching (10 of them, 1 C, 3 IF, 1 OF – and that’s Kelton, who’s only LF as far as they have to put him somewhere.) Things are going to get iffy if hitters get hurt, so you’d think if Hendry’s going after marginal people, he would’ve picked up a batter instead of a pitcher.

Other notes:

The Dave Hansen sign was added on my own copy, but not posted because it’s Dave Hansen. Same thing with the Catchers they NRIed.

Many uniform numbers added.

The 40 Man total salary is now down to 86.07. When I first ran the numbers on 01/21, it was 98.52. (A lot’s moved to Buy Out.)

POS Number     First Last         Roster     2005    2006    2007   08 09 10
C 8        Michael Barrett      25 Man     4.00    4.00    4.00
C 9          Henry Blanco       25 Man     1.20    1.50
P 48           Joe Borowski     25 Man     2.30
OF 3         Jeromy Burnitz      25 Man     4.50
P 46          Ryan Dempster     25 Man     2.00
LF 4          Jason Dubois       25 Man     0.32
SS 5          Nomar Garciaparra  25 Man     8.00
UT 15         Jerry Hairston Jr  25 Man     1.80
P 32        LaTroy Hawkins      25 Man     3.50    3.50
OF 28          Todd Hollandswor  25 Man     0.90
1B 25        Derrek Lee          25 Man     7.33    8.50
P 51           Jon Leicester    40 Man     0.32
UT 1           Jose Macias       25 Man     0.83
P 31          Greg Maddux       25 Man     9.00  t+v option
P 50          Will Ohman        25 Man     0.05    arb
CF 20         Corey Patterson    25 Man     2.80    arb     arb   arb
SS 13         Neifi Perez        25 Man     1.00
P 22          Mark Prior        25 Man     2.75  p escape  arb   arb
3B 16        Aramis Ramirez      25 Man     8.95
P 37          Mike Remlinger    25 Man     3.80
P 33       Glendon Rusch        25 Man     2.00  p option
2B 7           Todd Walker       25 Man     2.50  t+v option
P 40          Todd Wellemeyer   25 Man     0.32    0.32    0.32  arb arb arb
P 34         Kerry Wood         25 Man     9.50   12.00  t+v option
P 38        Carlos Zambrano     25 Man     3.76    arb     arb
Count          25              Total    83.43   29.82    4.32

POS Number     First Last         Roster     2005    2006    2007
IF ??         Ronny Cedeno       40 Man     0.32
P 58          Dave Crouthers    40 Man     0.05
2B 63         Mike  Fontenot     40 Man     0.32
P 67         Angel Guzman       40 Man     0.05
LF 27         David Kelton       40 Man     0.32
P 64          John Koronka      40 Man     0.05
2B ??       Richard Lewis        40 Man     0.05
P 52        Sergio Mitre        40 Man     0.32
P ??       Roberto Novoa        25 Man     0.32    0.32    0.32  arb arb arb
P 54        Renyel Pinto        40 Man     0.05
P 45       Stephen Randolph     40 Man     0.32
P 71          Russ Rohlicek     40 Man     0.05
C 53       Geovany Soto         40 Man     0.05
P 60        Carlos Vasquez      40 Man     0.05
P 43       Michael Wuertz       40 Man     0.32
Count          15              Total    86.07

OF SFG       Moises Alou         Buy Out    2.50
2B STL         Mark Grudzielane  Buy Out    0.25
RF BAL        Sammy Sosa         Buy Out   16.15

P FLA         Luke Haggerty   Rule 5 fee  -0.05
P KCR         Andy Sisco      Rule 5 fee  -0.05

104.87

P 49         Jimmy Anderson       NRI      0.05
OF 61         Peter Bergeron       NRI      0.05
OF 19         Angel Echevarria     NRI      0.05
P ??          Chad Fox            NRI      0.05
1B ??          Dave Hansen         NRI      0.05
IF 29         Danny Klassen        NRI      0.05
OF 17        Calvin Murray         NRI      0.05
P 57         Eddie Oropesa        NRI      0.05
UT 11          Cody Random         NRI      0.05
P ??         Scott Williamson     NRI      0.32  t option

OF 66          Adam Greenberg     NRI-M     0.05
P 72          Raul Valdez        NRI-M     0.05
P 76      Jermaine Van Buren     NRI-M     0.05
C 88         Casey Kopitzke      NRI-M     0.05
C 74          Jose Reyes         NRI-M     0.05

105.79

Bonuses
First Last                               Met?
Nomar Garciaparra    535 PA      0.50
550 PA      0.50
130 G      0.40
135 G      0.40
140 G      0.40
145 G      0.40
150 G      0.40
All Star     0.08
Gold Glove    0.08
NL MVP      0.20
NLCS MVP     0.15
WS MVP      0.25
Jerry Hairston Jr.   ??? PA      0.35
LaTroy Hawkins         60 G       0.05
65 G       0.05
70 G       0.05
20 GF      0.10
25 GF      0.10
30 GF      0.10
35 GF      0.15
40 GF      0.15
45 GF      0.15
50 GF      0.20
55 GF      0.20
60 GF      0.25
All Star     0.50
Cy Young     0.50
Mark Prior         All Star     0.50
Cy Young     0.50
Todd Walker         ??? PA      0.25
Scott Williamson   Activation    0.17

Options
First Last            Type       Year   Amount  Buyout       Vests
Greg Maddux          Team       2006    9.00          187 1/3 IP in '05
Glendon Rusch          Player      2006    2.00
Scott Williamson      Team       2006    3.00
Kerry Wood            Team       2007   13.50     3    400 IP in '05 and '06
Todd Walker          Team       2006    2.50               ??? PA
Mark Prior          Player      2006    2.75
Jeromy Burnitz        Mutual      2006    7.00

Notes
First Last                     Other Notes
Kerry Wood        no trade in '05, '06
Mark Prior       eligible for aribitration if option is declined
Todd Walker      bonus is added to '06 deal