Ned fixed your post

Saw Ned at Starbucks this morning...

Bonofacio to the Cubs

minor league deal, but he's going to get a legit shot to win their 2B job, which is probably why he went with them.

A little more on the Bonifacio story...

Cubs To Sign Emilio Bonifacio
By Charlie Wilmoth [February 15 at 10:53am CST]

The Cubs have agreed to terms with infielder Emilio Bonifacio, Grupo Telemicro's Ildefonso Urena tweets. The agreement is for a minor-league deal, ESPN Chicago's Jesse Rogers reports. Jon Heyman of CBS Sports tweets that Bonifacio had Major-League offers from other teams, so it appears likely that he believes he will make the Cubs out of spring training. If he does, he will make the league-minimum salary, Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times tweets. Bonifacio is represented by Kinzer Management Group.

The Royals had previously avoided arbitration with Bonifacio, signing him to a one-year, $3.5MM deal, but they designated him for assignment when they signed Bruce Chen, meaning they only had to pay a fraction of that $3.5MM salary. Bonifacio subsequently cleared release waivers, and became free to sign wherever he liked.

Bonifacio, 28, hit a relatively .243/.295/.331 in 461 plate appearances with the Blue Jays and Royals last season, but he can play second and third base and any outfield position, and he contributes good value on the bases. He also played shortstop semi-regularly as recently as 2011. Cubs second baseman Darwin Barney struggled last season, so Bonifacio could provide insurance at second if that happens again. He could also serve as a bench player.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

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Holland is knocking on Dayton's door this morning.

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 17m

BREAKING: Ryan Dempster will not pitch for #RedSox in 2014 due to physical reasons and his desire to spend more time with his kids.

What's wrong with him? Cancer?

I know it was reported a few years back that his daughter had a disease. Not sure the severity of it or if that's even the reason for him not playing this year. Just a possibility.

No he's not. He's already signed for this year, why would he knock? They'll get rid of him after this season anyway because there's no way we pay a closer 10M/per.

Holland and the Royals have already agreed on a contract for 2014. Avoided arbitration.

I was more referring to this - Royals, Holland Have Mutual Interest In Extension

You can sign a deal for 2014 and sign another later for more years.

So I was killing some time, and I noticed something.

What's wrong with this picture?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rgGNHw6mh7...2BJackson3.JPG

Well, for one, it shows up as a small blue question mark for me.

Jackson was a lefty?