The Cubs today signed another intriguing, reclamation reliever, inking 27-year-old righty Jonathan Holder to a one-year deal. Gordon Wittenmyer reports it is for $750,000. (You may see reports referring to the deal as “non-guaranteed,” though that’s standard for arbitration-level signings. It just means that, like a player who received his contract via arbitration, he can be released in Spring Training with 30 days or 45 days termination pay. The point here is that he’s getting a big league deal, is on the 40-man roster and all that, but it’s not quite like he’s certain to win a job in the bullpen. Per FanGraphs, he does have one option year left, so that’s nice. I’m kinda getting away from myself in this parenthetical, though, and I should return to the rest of the post.)

another dummy into the fold.

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moonpies one of your mults?

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no. If he was, he woulda said "Bully Hendry". He didn't.

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