I'm robert flores with some
breaking news another day.
Another shortstop with a new
team courtesy a megadeal Dansby
Swanson leaving the Atlanta
braves for the Chicago cubs.
NBC sports Chicago first to
report it on saturday afternoon
, ESPN had the numbers seven
years $177 million.
So dansby Swanson After winning
the world series with the
Atlanta Braves two years ago now
hoping to do the same with the
Chicago Cubs in the years to
come, our colleague Joel Sherman
put out a tweet that have the
top four shortstop all totaled
their deals over 1.1 billion
dollars in new contracts.
Correa got the most years and
the most money Mark fine sand
are MLB dot com, executive
reporter and insider here at the
network joins us now Mark, what
is the industry saying about the
contracts that the top four
shortstop got?
Well, you know, I think unlike a
year ago when Correa had to
settle for a short term Diehl
with the opt out hit the market
again this year, all four of
them got paid.
You said the number right there
$1.1 billion for four players.
And I think Swanson actually
benefited the most from the
other three guys signing and
signing women did because trey
turner went off the board first.
Bogaerts got a huge deal at the
end of the winter meetings.
Correa signed his Diehl earlier
this week and that left Swanson
is the last man standing in with
four or five teams still in a
looking for shortstop help
including the cubs, most people
coming into the winter thought
Swanson was looking like a six
year deal?
Maybe 100 and 50 million, but
once she became the last guy
standing, the Marcus Semien
Diehl for seven and won 75 last
year came into play.
He got even $2 million more than
that.
Mark Dansby Swanson is a winner
, he is a guy that plays every
day.
What does he bring two the Cubs
lineup?
Well he brings a lot, he brings
you know, obviously great
defense and its leadership some
winning you no for a team that's
in a bit of a rebuild and trying
to get back to where they were
67 years ago having a guy who
has had postseason success and
um you know, really thrive the
last two years, you know, the
last two years have been sort of
a turnaround in his career.
Um and so when you look at the
defense up the middle with him
and Niko horner, who is the
second Bellinger and center,
they've really improved that up
the middle defense.
And obviously Swanson will do
something to help their lineup
as well.
So you know, for a team that
came into the off season, really
looking to upgrade that
shortstop spot with one of these
four guys when it comes to one
of them being left and you get
him, I'm sure the cubs are
feeling pretty good right now.
Mark, what about Dansby
Swanson's former team?
The Atlanta, the Atlanta Braves
, Where do they go from here?
I don't think they go anywhere.
Think congressman probably takes
over at shortstop.
I think that was probably the
plan all along.
It didn't sound like they were
going to get involved in trying
to bring Swanson back at the
money it was going to take.
Um and so I think they're
comfortable with Grisham moving
over to short, maybe they go out
and look for a, you know, a
stopgap, the one year kind of
guy.
You no Jose Iglesias is a guy
who is all of a sudden gonna be
pretty popular amongst those
teams that don't have shortstop
because he is a veteran who can
go out there and catch the ball
and hit just enough.
So you know, perhaps Atlanta
look at that marc it, but it
wouldn't surprise me at all if
they just, if they just go with
Grisham there at shortstop Mark
, Fine sand our insider and
executive reporter for MLB dot
com with the latest on dansby
Swanson.
Mark, we appreciate the time.
Thanks.
Thanks Ruffalo