Cubs Sign Dontrelle Willis to Minor League Deal

gscool89 · **Joined:** Tue Nov 27, 2012 3:12 pm **Posts:** 20

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#cubs sign dontrelle willis to minor-league deal

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Nuts&Gum · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:46 pm

Shpool gerkle.

Nope.

weis21 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:51 pm

Welp. Can't say I saw this one coming.

I guess maybe a possible LOOGY candidate?

davell · **Joined:** Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:55 pm **Posts:** 9210

I know he sucks. But I smiled when I saw it.

sweetpeteman · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:57 pm

weis21 wrote:

Welp. Can't say I saw this one coming.

I guess maybe a possible LOOGY candidate?

Until he gets pissy about not being a starter and retires again. I understand bringing people in for looks and needing minor league filler, but I don't see Willis sticking around for more then a month.

Post Count Padder · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:57 pm

Yikes. Didn't he retire?

That said, even his last two years in the majors, which sucked, he was pretty decent against lefties. Held them to a .369 OPS in 2011 and a .581 OPS in 2010. He might end up not terrible if we use him strictly as a LOOGY. Worth a shot, I guess.

bcl412 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:07 pm

When's the last time he's been decent?

OleMissCub · **Joined:** Sun Jun 01, 2003 12:32 am **Posts:** 29175

Can he play third base?

Slide Castro Slide · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:16 pm

Weve re-captured the one that got away.I guess we're just another in the line of teams hoping that they can help him conquer his anxiety disorder.

Nuts&Gum · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:23 pm

I honestly spent 30 seconds staring at your post trying to figure out who the [expletive] "Weve" is and what he or she does in the front office.

Omar · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:02 pm

If Willis can get back to his 2005 form, I would consider this a good signing.

Nuts&Gum · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:08 pm

I wouldn't. In fact, it would be the worst signing ever.

soccer10k · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:19 pm

bcl412 wrote:

When's the last time he's been decent?

2006

Omar · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:27 pm

Nuts&Gum wrote:

I wouldn't. In fact, it would be the worst signing ever.

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Nuts&Gum · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:29 pm

...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xECUrlnXCqk

That, and your bold support for a player repeating a 7 WAR season.

Omar · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:34 pm

Nuts&Gum wrote:

...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xECUrlnXCqk

That, and your bold support for a player repeating a 7 WAR season.

Original post was also a joke, but yeah, weird signing.

Slide Castro Slide · **Posted:** Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:33 am

Omar wrote:

Nuts&Gum wrote:

...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xECUrlnXCqk

That, and your bold support for a player repeating a 7 WAR season.

Original post was also a joke, but yeah, weird signing.

Not really. More often than not, minor league "signings" of this type are simply spring training invites, and the player has the option of walking if they don't make the big league roster.

If nothing else it reminds me of a teary and broken Dirk Diggler crawling back to Burt Reynolds after his meteoric rise to fame and subsequent plummet to the depths of hell.

imb! · **Posted:** Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:18 am

well this pushed back his hall of fame clock

RynoRules · **Posted:** Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am

imb! wrote:

well this pushed back his hall of fame clock

There you go.

Fro · **Joined:** Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:06 pm **Posts:** 1210

Worth taking a chance on for sure. I think he could be useful as a LOOGY at least, and there's always the lottery ticket chance he could get his mojo back.

Irrelevant Dude · **Posted:** Sat Jan 05, 2013 3:02 pm

Fro wrote:

Worth taking a chance on for sure. I think he could be useful as a LOOGY at least, and there's always the lottery ticket chance he could get his mojo back.

Yes, but there is the much bigger chance that you just wasted your money on a lottery ticket.

dew · **Posted:** Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:42 pm

Irrelevant Dude wrote:

Fro wrote:

Worth taking a chance on for sure. I think he could be useful as a LOOGY at least, and there's always the lottery ticket chance he could get his mojo back.

Yes, but there is the much bigger chance that you just wasted your money on a lottery ticket.

We have the free money to spend, though. Even if we make all the moves people (realistically) want to see, I don't think we'll be that close to our payroll limit.

The Logan · **Posted:** Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:03 pm

Irrelevant Dude wrote:

Fro wrote:

Worth taking a chance on for sure. I think he could be useful as a LOOGY at least, and there's always the lottery ticket chance he could get his mojo back.

Yes, but there is the much bigger chance that you just wasted your money on a lottery ticket.

Wasted money? On a minor league contract? Alrighty.

Irrelevant Dude · **Posted:** Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:42 pm

The Logan wrote:

Irrelevant Dude wrote:

Fro wrote:

Worth taking a chance on for sure. I think he could be useful as a LOOGY at least, and there's always the lottery ticket chance he could get his mojo back.

Yes, but there is the much bigger chance that you just wasted your money on a lottery ticket.

Wasted money? On a minor league contract? Alrighty.

It was really just a generic response to the lottery ticket analogy. I'm not concerned with the Cubs having wasted money on Dontrelle Willis.

Soul · **Posted:** Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:34 pm

We have a minor transactions thread.

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