The Curse of Wrigley Field

I touched on this earlier in the week and it finally went down.  The Cubs signed Cliff Floyd to a one year deal for $3 million.  When Floyd is healthy, he can be very good.  For $3 million, this isn’t a bad deal unless Floyd completely stinks it up or he misses most of the season.  He’s a lefty so he’ll get some time and it looks like he’ll split time with Matt Murton in left field.

There’s also a ton of incentives if he reaches either 500 or 550 plate appearances.  There’s a mutual option for 2008 and if he reachs the plate 500 times in both years, he’ll make $15.5 million.  If he reaches 550 in both, it goes up to $17.5 million.