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Carlos Santana got 3/60 for similar production at a similar age.

More often they are true and buried with the offenders walking away scot-free.

Last year of arbitration.

He probably takes the deal with the 35/40 per season up front and the opt out after 3 to look for the bigger dollars again in 3 years. Who knows, maybe in that time the going rate is higher.

I love the Bears Defense and all, but taking credit for knocking Peterman out of a job?

Yeah, frontweighting a deal with an opt out may well be teh best case scenario for the White Sox, especially if you get the opt out more towards the middle and not early.

Why would a player leave a guaranteed $100 to $200 million on the table right now?

The current deal isn't up until 2033 last I remember.

Especially with the population drops they have been experiencing.

No one is giving up something significant for Garcia and spending arbitration prices on him too. The window is closed, which is why the original writer talked about him being non-tendered. MLB teams aren't stupid. They understand that they can get him for both less money and no prospects by waiting for a couple of weeks if they really want Avi.

It's too late really. They should have done it at the deadline if that was their goal.

I have no interest in the lesser guys.

To me, this is a big red flag. I get that peak Donaldson would be a huge signing, but there are some warning signs on the horizon these last two years.

I mind adding a 3B a lot less than any other position simply because we are the most shallow there long term going forward. That is exactly why Machado would be my #1 target going forward. The marginal utility of an all-star level 3B will add the most value to the White Sox going forward, especially if you feel like we will find 3 starters out of our OF prospect jumble.