Padres James Shields

More info has come out on the ongoing James Shields saga. The veteran righty is still the big fish out there left in the market and according to multiple reports, we could have a resolution today or tomorrow.

Let’s start with CBS Sports Jon Heyman, who reported not only about about him signing today or tomorrow, but that it’s down to the Padres and the Cubs, with the Padres still the favorites in the clubhouse for now. The Cubs have Shields former manager in Tampa, Joe Maddon. They’ve added Jon Lester and Jason Hammel already this off-season to go along with Jake Arrieta. Add Shields to that and it’s pretty good.

There are two other big parts of information to come out per ESPN’s Jim Bowden. First, the Padres remain confident in the fact that they will be able to add the right-hander.

James Shields spent all 9 seasons of his career in the AL and that will soon change…#Padres source sounds confident they’ll land Shields
— Jim Bowden⚾️🏈 (@JimBowdenGM) February 8, 2015

Secondly, we may have the terms of the deal according to Bowden: four years and between $72-$80 million

I am expecting Shields deal to reach the finish the line in the 4-year 72-80 million dollar range. #Padres
— Jim Bowden⚾️🏈 (@JimBowdenGM) February 8, 2015

According to UT-San Diego’s Dennis Lin, the Padres made their final offer:

Sounds like James Shields' decision could now come either today or Mon. Believe he was told early Saturday that Padres had made final offer.
— Dennis Lin (@dennistlin) February 8, 2015

So as of this posting, this is where we are at on the Shields situation. We’ll keep you updated as more info comes out about Shields and the Padres. It could be another wild day in a wild Padres off-season.

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