Start the dominoes…
Bobby Howry agreed to a $12 million, three-year contract with the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday, becoming the second free agent reliever in a week to join the team’s restocked bullpen.
So now what? Hernandez becomes more important, no? Talk about a jump in salary. Howry made $900k last year.
Dressed in a pilgrim outfit for Thanksgiving (which I love, by the way…the absurdity factor of PTI is one of its top selling points), Tony Kornheiser said he thinks the Cavs can go out and win the top seed in the East in the regular season. Both he and Mike Wilbon pointedly refused to say they could win the East in the playoffs and get to the Finals.
Finally….people are noticing.
That starts a lot of dominoes…
If the Indians did sign Ryan, especially to a three-year deal, it might be difficult to re-sign set-up man Bob Howry. Not only is Howry seeking a three-year deal, but a report out of Chicago said he’s close to signing with the Cubs. Ryan made $2.6 million this year. He’s in line to make much more.
Does Wickman get approached to fill Howry’s role? Or is he just sent packing?
This will be a good test of how deep the Cavs bench will be this season. Jones has been a key player, probably the 7th man after Donyell Marshall’s 6th man. Jones turned his ankle last night, it doesn’t sound serious, but he’ll probably miss some games. Jones is the 2 in the 1-2 punch from the bench. Where that punch will come from while he recovers will be interesting to see.
As soon as we were done singing Carmen Ohio at the OSU banquest at Windows on the River last night, we all looked at our watches and wondered if the Cavs were still playing, raced downstairs to the Rock Bottom Brewery, and found the Cavs up by 10 in the 4th quarter. Before we were half way through our first beers, the lead stretched to 22 and the game was over.
It’s getting very difficult to ignore this team.