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[bonesmccoy]

Was it Gareth Wheeler? Sounds like Gareth Wheeler.

Did 'awkwardly voiced' or 'nimbus' give it away?

 

[rando14]

Heyward to the Cubs according to Heyman.

Now the fun begins

 

[chicagocubsfan]

Heyward to the Cubs according to Heyman.

Fuck yes

 

[zroid]

Did 'awkwardly voiced' or 'nimbus' give it away?

Both, lol.

Also Cubs are scary

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Now the fun begins

Mariners and fun?

lol

 

[rando14]

Mariners and fun?

lol

I was referring to the Bestfans' tweets lol

Spoiler

Stop being mean to me Xia!!

 

[BFIB]

Cards/Cubs rivalry is going to be fucking fantastic to watch.

I mean, I really, really hate losing out on Heyward, but damn, the Cubs aren't fucking around.

 

[Malo]

Now make a package around soler for Salazar or Carrasco. The cubs will wreck the league.

 

[LyleLanley]

Cubs are believed to have gotten heyward for less than $200M. Apparently taking less to be at addison and clark. @GDubCub 1st

 

[RBH]

Cubs get heyward

https://twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS/status/675377236837560320

 

[rando14]

YES!! popcorn time

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

Less than $200m. Heyward supposedly took less to play for the Cubs

 

[chicagocubsfan]

Oh man this is sooo good.

 

[CosmicQueso]

Best Fans at it again!

 

[LyleLanley]

YES!! popcorn time

Angry fans calling a someone a trader will never not be funny to me.

 

[Dominican Power]

So Heyward is gonna bat leadoff and play center field? Cubs are loaded.

 

[Future Foundation]

TRADER

 

[chicagocubsfan]

He took less to play for us. Oh man.

 

[Mrbob]

We are all cubs fans now. What a stacked lineup. Still haven't given up a major prospect either.

 

[zroid]

Excellent

 

[BFIB]

Theo sold him on the fact that he can go there and make history by winning the WS.

Goddamn Cubs.

 

[RBH]

"The best fans in baseball" :')

 

[bonesmccoy]

I love a good jersey burn!

 

[Lambtron]

Angry fans calling a someone a trader will never not be funny to me.

Some angry Tigers fan called Clete Thomas "a trader to are team" after he signed with the Twins. We ran that into the ground on the Twins blog I post on. The best.

 

[17 Seconds]

so a 97 win team just added heyward, zobrist, lackey, and warren while only losing castro (who had a sub .700 ops)

jesus

 

[GK86]

Cubs outfield is loaded.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

so a 97 win team just added heyward, zobrist, lackey, and warren while only losing castro (who had a sub .700 ops)

jesus

Gonna be amusing when they flame out of the playoffs.

#EvenYear

 

[chicagocubsfan]

so a 97 win team just added heyward, zobrist, lackey, and warren while only losing castro (who had a sub .700 ops)

jesus

And we still have a lot of trade chips. Man Theo deserves all the $ in the world.

 

[BFIB]

190/6 according to sources. Man, insane.

 

[LyleLanley]

Those previous tweets came before anyone announced that Heyward was signing elsewhere.

 

[rando14]

190/6 according to sources. Man, insane.

Unreal

 

[chicagocubsfan]

190/6 according to sources. Man, insane.

That's a lot of dough.

 

[17 Seconds]

190/6 according to sources. Man, insane.

delicious

 

[jbug617]

190/6 according to sources. Man, insane.

wtf. No wonder Chris Davis is trying to get more

 

[slightconfuse]

Cubs now Dodgers Midwest

 

[17 Seconds]

That's a lot of dough.

the key is that the contract is being signed in his mid 20's, when the majority of these huge contracts are being signed from guys already past 30. you're getting his prime years without being on the hook for any of his late years.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Cubs now Dodgers Midwest

So they'll overpay and still end up with lack of playoff success?

 

[thefro]

Cubs are trying to trade for a starter now, per Morosi

 

[BFIB]

Ha, local radio here in St. Louis is on suicide watch. Its been a fantastic run, but times are a changin here in the NL Central.

Cards are still loaded for next year, but they have to answer in some way, shape, or form. They lost out on Price, they lost out on Heyward.

 

[GK86]

Is there an opt-out in the contract?

 

[jbug617]

Morosi says the Cubs trying to trade for a SP also

 

[zroid]

Please tell me this "trader" thing is a bad meme. This can't be real.

 

[GK86]

Cubs are trying to trade for a starter now, per Morosi

Call up the Mets.

 

[Loco4Coco]

Cubs having an excellent offseason so far.

 

[Frozenprince]

LOL fucking nuts. You get Soler and Baez to move for Carrasco now.

Not fair at all. This is what the Mets WOULD BE if we had any money to spend.

Pisses me off.

Zobrist Heyward Bryant Rizzo Schwarber Soler Montero _________ Russell, what a great god damn BO.

 

[Malo]

$31 million AAV for heyward? Holy shit.

 

[slightconfuse]

So they'll overpay and still end up with lack of playoff success?

I'm a Yankees fan so yea

 

[BFIB]

Cubs need to sign Murphy so he can bring the bad magic to the Cubs. Its our only hope!

 

[Frozenprince]

$31 million AAV for heyward? Holy shit.

Honestly. It's a steal. 26 Y/O OF with all-world defense and a plus bat don't hit FA.

 

[Little Green Yoda]

Fuck. Awful offseason so far.