southsider2k5

Killing snow is my top priority.

I agree.

Its pretty simple actually. Unless AJ or Manny sign before Nov 23rd, there is zero chance they get offered arbitration. PK and Putz get offers no matter what.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Nov 5, 2010 -> 04:01 PM) Isn't the added security of considerable value to Danks? What would happen if he got injured, and could not pitch effectively again? It wasn't two years ago when he was making a whole hell of a lot less than now.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 5, 2010 -> 04:16 PM) What was Gavin Floyd's contract worth? $15 million? $15 million versus probably $40 million if he signed today? At the point he is at in his career, his chances at a big payday are much bigger now, than they were a couple of years ago. With a longer resume, and closer to free agency, the odds he would get a large contract even if he he had a major injury are much greater now, versus two years ago. If it were really about playing it safe, he would have signed a couple of years back when his future earnings were a lot more in question.

Every day is a snow day when you are unemployed!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 5, 2010 -> 04:01 PM) The answer to that is really simple...it's insurance. You sign a 4 year deal right now, you give up maybe $5-$10 million total, but you guarantee that you're walking out of baseball with $40-50 million. He could have done the same thing years before, when his future shot a big payday was smaller. Why now?

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Nov 5, 2010 -> 03:41 PM) DAMN IT! Yeah, the deal makes sense, and would be great for the Bulls, but sadly it is just a fantasy league proposal at this point.

Crappy for you guys, work stopped for me a long time ago!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 5, 2010 -> 03:34 PM) By the way, the contrast between this suspension after giving money to a person immediately after they'd appeared on your show and these statements from a couple years ago is quite stark. Yet not at all surprising.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 5, 2010 -> 02:23 PM) Obviously I wouldn't take any of those numbers as gospel. I think the real question is...what position do you think Martinez fills for you? If you think he's a DH, you're not paying that much. If you don't mind the opposition having an unstoppable running game, Martinez put up the 5th highest OPS of any catcher in the bigs last year (Mauer, Posey, Soto, and Carlos Ruiz). If you look at him as a pure 1b, his OPS would have been 13th (Right behind Teixeira), which is good but not spectacular. At DH, he'd have had the #3 OPS at that position, but $12 million for an .850-ish OPS out of the DH spot is a lot. The Red Sox spent quite a while hesitating on $12 million for a .900 OPS DH. How about someone covering all three spots?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 5, 2010 -> 02:28 PM) This line means a lot And here is the full original article... This is just another piece of BS speculation. http://www.csnchicago.com/11/02/10/Beyond-...227&feedID=

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 5, 2010 -> 02:19 PM) link This line means a lot

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 5, 2010 -> 01:42 PM) SI's Heyman asked around a month or so ago and gave his estimate and a couple unnamed exec estimates of the salary that these guys will command. Here's the guess numbers on Martinez. You're below all of them. Yeah, I was guessing in the $12 million a year range.

Zero chance of that with the hail and snow in the area.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 5, 2010 -> 01:24 PM) I disagree, I think people should be able to contribute to anyone they'd like (within the legal limits), and their employer should have no say in it whatsoever. If it can affect their job performance, then that might change some things.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 5, 2010 -> 12:23 PM) I'm betting that the other 29 teams follow it quite specifically. I just can't come up with examples off my head of guys like Gavin Floyd who looked like busts in the upper minors or big leagues, were grabbed after a good AFL performance, and then turned things around in the next season. Exactly. We have no idea who has been traded for based on AFL performances outside of what our own team has done.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 5, 2010 -> 10:46 AM) I dont know, why dont you answer that question yourself. I bet nobody on here actually knows or follows that at all. Which is pretty much my point. People here know in detail what the White Sox do, but can they really claim to know in detail that 29 other GMs don't follow the AFL enough to make moves based on it? I seriously doubt it.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Nov 5, 2010 -> 12:03 PM) My point was not to resign PK or AJ. That frees up a lot of dollars. I don't think it frees up as much as you think honestly.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 5, 2010 -> 09:09 AM) How many other teams do we see trading for guys that perform in the AFL but struggle at other levels? That's just it. How would you know that enough to give a definitive statement like that?

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Nov 5, 2010 -> 09:02 AM) Haha, exactly. I don't think I've seen anyone blowing up Flowers. In fact, it seems that everyone is expecting a very minimal contribution from him. We're all very down on his prospects, at least for next season. No one has really been positive on Flowers for at least a season now.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Nov 5, 2010 -> 09:07 AM) You're telling me fan interest in the White Sox didn't increase by hiring Guillen? I'm not saying a fan would buy tickets just to watch Guillen manage, but a big name manager can drive interest in the team and get more people to the games. If I had to guess, the Marlins are pretty low on the sports team totem pole in Miami. Hiring Guillen could help change that, especially with the size of the Latino community in Miami. Let me ask you this. Do you honestly believe that Loria wanted Guillen strictly because he thinks Guillen is an elite manager? I can tell you with 100% certainty that I have never, in the hundreds of games I have been to in my lifetime, bought a ticket because of who the manager was. Never. I'd love to hear from anyone else who has, but I have never heard anyone say that "Hey I want to get up and see the Twins and Sox so that I can see that Ron Gardenhire in action!"

QUOTE (Wanne @ Nov 4, 2010 -> 12:15 PM) he just wasn't very good. that was my point...it seems kenny is the only GM that places a ton of value on the AFL. This is such a crazy statement. How would you know how much scouting that other teams do specifically in the AFL?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 5, 2010 -> 08:50 AM) Not all of that was on the guards though. Alot of the pick and rolls were horribly defended by the entire team. If the Knicks dont knock down 70 percent of their 3's though the Bulls win that game. If the Bulls get over the screens on the shooters, the Knicks don't shoot 70%, nor nearly as many 3 point shots.