Sox Sign Cishek; 1 yr, $5.25 mil + option (6.75, 750k buyout)

[Heads22 808]

 

[Sleepy Harold 482]

 

[SouthWallace 431]

An arm!

[reiks12 330]

I really like this for 1 year!!! So who is out now?

[Squirmin' for Yermin 450]

I really like this deal.. especially with the relatively cheap option.

[SouthWallace 431]

1 minute ago, SouthWallace said:

An arm!

I admittedly know nothing of him other than the name.  Any good?  Anything left?

[Baron 279]

 

thought this was amusing. Not that's going to be closing. 

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2 minutes ago, reiks12 said:

I really like this for 1 year!!! So who is out now?

Jose Ruiz

[knightni 91]

I'm slightly afraid; but, there weren't many decent free agent arms left out there.

[Squirmin' for Yermin 450]

He will be our 8 inning guy out of the gate. I like this a lot.  

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2 minutes ago, SouthWallace said:

I admittedly know nothing of him other than the name.  Any good?  Anything left?

He's been very good for the last 3-4 years.

[Jose Abreu 1,677]

He's way better than people seem to think. Excels at getting weak contact. The only concern I have with him is the slight increase in his walk rate 

[Squirmin' for Yermin 450]

This also allows us to hold onto McCann/Collins unless given a good deal.  We now don't NEED to trade for a RP.

[Soxnfins 121]

Cheap, nice!

[iWiN4PreP 299]

It's a good deal for a reliver who's put up pretty solid numbers. I'm ok with this. 

[CaliSoxFanViaSWside 1,424]

Good.

[Kyyle23 1,707]

Hopefully the cubs didn't break him with his 150 appearances in the past two years

[Look at Ray Ray Run 2,170]

Not a bad deal - I didnt love any of the relievers this offseason so I'd rather be committed to one for a shorter period of time.

Smith worries me with his age, stammen is just another guy who has ups and downs and is really old. Cishek still has + stuff but his age and injury are of concern... which makes the 1 year pack a good deal.

I would have preferred spending the extra money to get an elite arm like Betances.

Edited January 7 by Look at Ray Ray Run

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Someone needs to explain to me why he's so much cheaper than Stammen and Harris though. Especially Stammen, because I am not seeing it. 

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1 minute ago, Kyyle23 said:

Hopefully the cubs didn't break him with his 150 appearances in the past two years

He was definitely their safety blanket, as he wore down last year. I love his fit in our pen.

[SouthWallace 431]

So now we need 2 40 man spots, yes?  Curious to see who goes.

[flavum 543]

4 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

Hopefully the cubs didn't break him with his 150 appearances in the past two years

Pretty much sums it up. Like the move today, but who the hell knows with bullpen arms year-to-year. Just got to collect as many as possible, and figure it out as you go.

Edited January 7 by flavum

[mqr 1,945]

This has gotta be it right? It's nice to have everything tied up in a bow a week into January vs nail biting into March. 

[Princess Dye 150]

Looks like his sources were on target with this: