Cubs sign Wada to Minor League Deal

[Il BuonO]

Our days of picking up players off the scrap heap may be over.

[weams]

Even for the Cubs this is confusing.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Cubs&src=hash">#Cubs</a> bring back Tsuyoshi Wada on minor league deal after releasing him yesterday.</p>— Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) <a href="

">March 25, 2014</a></blockquote>

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Procedural. Like we did with Chris Jones.

[Il BuonO]

Oh, good. Hopefully that puts to rest some of the nostalgia around here.

[Rene88]

We have a thread on this in the MLB section. Also Wada signed a minor league deal with the Cubs.

The fact they cut him on a minor league deal speaks volumes to me.

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[sportsfan8703]

The fact they cut him on a minor league deal speaks volumes to me.

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Maybe they just had enough with O's castoffs after having Gregg, Strop, Arrietta and Hammel.

Lets be real. Wada is probably a way better LOOGY than De La Cruz would ever be.

[OsLuvrInKy]

Our days of picking up players off the scrap heap may be over.

This right here is just so sweet. The fact that we have a lot of scouts watching our games to see what they can snatch off of OUR SCRAP HEAP is just so strange and yet totally refreshing. However DD is well known for making any move that he and the organization feel adds depth that a scrap heap snatch would never surprise me.

[mdbdotcom]

Turns out his release by the Cubs was a procedural move of some sort. They've since re-signed him.

[DrungoHazewood]

Our days of picking up players off the scrap heap may be over.

Why would we ever want players like Nate McLouth or the other half dozen castoffs who played key roles in '12?

[Il BuonO]

Why would we ever want players like Nate McLouth or the other half dozen castoffs who played key roles in '12?

Oh, come on. Even you must agree the talent level for this team is different compared to that one. I'm certainly not complaining about contributions we got from players in that year, but it is quite different picking your LF up from being released by another team as opposed to one of the top 50 FA available.

[weams]

Why would we ever want players like Nate McLouth or the other half dozen castoffs who played key roles in '12?

Dan Duquette would sign 2012 Nate to a minor league deal with an opt out this season. He might just allow him to opt out with this team.

[DrungoHazewood]

Oh, come on. Even you must agree the talent level for this team is different compared to that one. I'm certainly not complaining about contributions we got from players in that year, but it is quite different picking your LF up from being released by another team as opposed to one of the top 50 FA available.

I don't see it as being that much different. David Lough is basically a push from McLouth, and he's the starting left fielder.

[Il BuonO]

I don't see it as being that much different. David Lough is basically a push from McLouth, and he's the starting left fielder.

Lough is coming off a much better season than was McClouth. Our overall talent base is stronger, but it's not worth arguing either. It certainly wasn't a statement I made to diminish anything we've done in the past, rather I like the moves we've made to get to this point.

[DrungoHazewood]

Lough is coming off a much better season than was McClouth.

I wouldn't say much. It all comes down to how much you believe in the defensive numbers, and if they'll repeat in '13. McLouth is a better offensive player.

[Il BuonO]

I wouldn't say much. It all comes down to how much you believe in the defensive numbers, and if they'll repeat in '13. McLouth is a better offensive player.

I was talking about when we acquired McClouth since my "scrap heap" comment started all this. There is no comparison if you are looking at when we first acquired both players.

I'll take Lough because he's younger and can presumably provide the offense that McClouth would have AND his acquisition saved us about $10 mil in the process.

This wasn't about the players they are today though, McClouth was a true reclamation project. Many people gave him little chance of making it back to the ML. I'm glad he did, but let's not pretend the players were regarded the same at the time we acquired them.

[OFFNY]

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Happy 34th birthday, Tsuyoshi.

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