They get 6 million this year, and 28.5 next. For my two cents, I know the Bears aren't doing anything this year anyway, so that doesn't bother me that he is gone.
I think your sand castle falls apart when you realize that Sheets isn't a finished product either. He had some nice splits in some cherry-picked situations isn't equal to he is ready to DH 130 games for the White Sox next year.