ANTHONY RIZZO RUMORS
Rizzo Contract Shows Phils Minors More Important Than Ever
Anthony Rizzo has a .253 average, 25 home runs, and a .765 OPS in 173 career games. For that, the 23-year old Cubs slugger was awarded with a 7-year, $41 million contract, buying out all his remaining arbitration years, plus two free agent seasons. Steep? Maybe. But that’s now the going rate for a budding player of Rizzo’s ilk.
Cost certainty is a term we’ve become familiar...
Positive reactions to the Anthony Rizzo extension
It’s amazing how drastically a baseball career can progress.
Rizzo said 5 years ago he was in hospital w/ cancer: “Crazy how everything has come full circle.”
— Paul Sullivan (@PWSullivan) May 13, 2013
Now Anthony Rizzo has beaten cancer, achieved cult hero status in a short time in Cubs pinstripes, and now is a Cub-for-a-long-time.
Hoyer cites “cost certainty”...
As Long as You Don't Look at the Standings, The Cubs are Doing Great!
The Cubs just took 2 of 3 from the Nationals including winning games started by Strasburg and Gio. Their starting pitching has put up the third best ERA in the senior circuit without their best pitcher. 'Mo Gregg is locking down games in the 9th, and Anthony Rizzo is the left-handed power hitting droid you've been looking for...what's not to love?
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Anthony Rizzo, Former Red Sox Prospect, Agrees to Seven-Year, $41 Million Contract With Cubs
CHICAGO — Slugging first baseman Anthony Rizzo and the Chicago Cubs agreed Monday to a $41 million, seven-year contract that could be worth up to $68 million over nine seasons.
The 23-year-old Rizzo is considered one of the centerpieces of the Cubs’ rebuilding efforts. He is hitting .280 with a .352 on-base percentage. He also has nine home runs and 28 RBIs in his third major...
Cubs and First Baseman Anthony Rizzo Agree to 7-Year $41 Million Deal
I always chuckle when I hear folks say baseball is dying, because it’s the complete opposite, players are getting paid.
According to a story courtesy ESPN Chicago, the Chicago Cubs have locked up emerging first baseman Anthony Rizzo, after both parties agreed to a long term deal.
The Chicago Cubs and first baseman Anthony Rizzo have agreed to a seven-year, $41 million deal...
Reports: Cubs, Rizzo agree on 7-year extension
Anthony Rizzo and the Chicago Cubs have agreed to a seven-year, $41 million contract.
Multiple media outlets reported the extension, citing unidentified sources, before the first baseman's agent, Marc Pollak, confirmed the deal to ESPNChicago.com.
According to reports, the deal includes two team options that could make it worth as much as $73 million over nine years.
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Chicago Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo Signs Extension: Future Is Now
The Chicago Cubs have not had much go right for them this season, but there is reason for Cubs fans to be happy about the future of their team. They just locked up their power-hitting first baseman Anthony Rizzo to seven-year extension worth $41 million.
The Cubs envisioned Rizzo being part of their future, when they acquired him from the San Diego Padres in the 2011-12 off-season...
Sources: Cubs, Rizzo agree to deal
The Cubs, from the moment they acquired first baseman Anthony Rizzo 16 months ago, viewed him as a significant part of their future.
Now, they can guarantee it long-term.
The Cubs have reached agreement with Rizzo on a seven-year, $41 million contract through 2019, according to major-league sources. The deal also includes two club options and escalators that could extend the deal...
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Chicago Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo Backward Bobble Somersault Catch
Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo flashes the leather with a backward, bobble, somersault basket catch while running towards right field. The kid can mash and flash!
The post Chicago Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo Backward Bobble Somersault Catch appeared first on Baseball Hot Corner.
WHERE'S THE GLOVE?
Cubs 1B falls behind tarp making catch
In Thursday's Padres-Cubs game, San Diego third baseman Chase Headley hit a pop up near the crowd on the first base side of the field. Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo settled under the ball, reached over the tarp, and made the catch. After making the huge stretch, Rizzo proceeded to fall between the tarp and the Wrigley Field brick wall behind it. He held on to the ball, and...
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