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Baseball Musings
January 24, 2007
Floyd a Cub

It's official, Cliff Floyd joined the Cubs today:

Floyd, a Chicago native, could split time in left field with Matt Murton and also give the Cubs a left-handed bat off the bench. "It gives us a a lot depth. It will enable us to survive if we have an injury by having an extra quality, quality player on the club, which obviously our depth was a problem last year when D-Lee (Derek Lee) went down," Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said.

Floyd, who spent the previous four years with the New York Mets, can make an additional $4.5 million this year in bonuses based on plate appearances and time on the active 25-man roster. The deal includes a mutual option for 2008 that could become guaranteed if he has 100 games started or 425 plate appearances this year.

He could earn $17.5 million over two years if he has 550 plate appearances each season and $15.5 million if he has 500 each season.

When healthy, Floyd is a good player. But he's also 34, and on top of the injuries, he's also facing a decline due to age. I'd rather see Murton get a full shot, but it's not a lot of money to spend for a chance at one or two good years from Cliff.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:36 PM | Free Agents | TrackBack (0)
Comments

over/under 90 games

Posted by: fuzz at January 24, 2007 11:10 PM

Seems the Cubs overlooked that Floyd's career stats in Wrigley aren't that impressive. He's batting .221 with a .318 OBA. 3 HR's in 29 games isn't very promising, though maybe 16 RBI's and 12 runs ain't so bad. I just don't know if he will make it through a whole season in Chicago very easy if he can't hit at least .250 there.

Posted by: Devon at January 25, 2007 12:00 AM

90 wins, as in 24 more than 2006? I'll take the under, thanks.

Posted by: Chris R at January 25, 2007 09:05 AM

Ill take the push, 90 sounds about right.

Posted by: Santos Sorrow at January 25, 2007 06:44 PM
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