QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 02:06 PM)
He could have made that offer to the white sox and they'd have taken it. That's not how it went down. He went to the Marlins and came back with a 4/$56 offer with a $20 million final season balloon payment. The White Sox might have been willing to push to 3/$36 or something like that range, if Mark was bringing back the other offer it would have been flat out disrespectful to even put that offer on the table. Mark earned the right to get paid and he took it.
I think you are missing the point. The Sox could have made an offer to him before FA even started giving him a number they would do. It's not Mark's job to offer the Sox a contract he would take. I'm pointing out what Mark said in the article, he would have signed he for less and we didn't even try.