Report: Cubs to sign Edwin Jackson, 4 years

[nevadaO]

Report is 4 years, $52 million.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/12/cubs-to-sign-edwin-jackson.html

[Gurgi]

13 million for four years?

Jackson is NOT worth that.

And a no trade clause?

Why?

[Aglets]

After looking at his numbers for the past few years, it's actually not THAT much of an overpay. He's been roughly a 2 WAR pitcher for each of the past 3 years.....so that puts his value at somewhere around $10M annually right?

This is an overpay but not the worst in the world.

[Tryptamine]

He doesn't have a NTC.

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS

edwin jackson gets $52M for 4 yrs. no no-trade clause. #cubs

[Tryptamine]

After looking at his numbers for the past few years, it's actually not THAT much of an overpay. He's been roughly a 2 WAR pitcher for each of the past 3 years.....so that puts his value at somewhere around $10M annually right?

This is an overpay but not the worst in the world.

3.6,3.9,3.9,2.7 fWAR over the last 4 years.

[sangar]

The annual salary does not surprise me, but the years do. Leave it to the Cubs.

[Crazysilver03]

The Cubs have basically bought a whole new rotation.

[Tryptamine]

Edwin Jackson+Scott Baker+Carlos Villanueva+Scott Feldman=83.5M

Anibal Sanchez= 80M

I love what Theo/Jed have done.

[Crazysilver03]

Edwin Jackson+Scott Baker+Carlos Villanueva+Scott Feldman=83.5M

Anibal Sanchez= 80M

I love what Theo/Jed have done.

8 years of those 4 vs 5 years of Sanchez.

Let's not forget though that Theo was about to sign Sanchez for 5/75M

[Tryptamine]

8 years of those 4 vs 5 years of Sanchez.

Let's not forget though that Theo was about to sign Sanchez for 5/75M

I did the math wrong, it was 73.5M not 83.5M. Anyways, Theo did want Sanchez, he wanted him and Edwin Jackson. My point was that Edwin's contract was pretty much fair market value based on his performance.

[byrdz]

Random bit of trivia: Jackson is one of 27 major league players who was born in Germany and the first German-born pitcher to throw a no-hitter

[ShaneDawg85]

People have chided the Orioles for not doing anything, their response being at least we haven't done something stupid. Well, this was something stupid. Bad teams have to overpay even if it means just bringing in average at best. The Orioles did their fair share of it over the years, and a move like this is not something I would advocate.

[Tryptamine]

People have chided the Orioles for not doing anything, their response being at least we haven't done something stupid. Well, this was something stupid. Bad teams have to overpay even if it means just bringing in average at best. The Orioles did their fair share of it over the years, and a move like this is not something I would advocate.

He's averaged a 3.75FIP and 3.74xFIP over the last 3 years while also averaging 199 innings per season. Your idea of average is just slightly off. During those years he's been worth 44.8M which is 14.9M per year. He just got 13M per year. So why is this a bad deal again?

[Rene88]

People have chided the Orioles for not doing anything, their response being at least we haven't done something stupid. Well, this was something stupid. Bad teams have to overpay even if it means just bringing in average at best. The Orioles did their fair share of it over the years, and a move like this is not something I would advocate.

Who said to go out and get Edwin Jackson for 4 years 52 million? I must have missed that post:) The Orioles haven't done ANYTHING is the point. I think that is the big issue.