Hot Stove is here I guess, thanks ATL.

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Wouldn't mind a 2 year deal with him but Atlanta makes sense for him since they're a playoff team. This probably takes them out of Machado. Harper still an option for them?

Terms.

That's about what I expected. A one year deal to rebuild value. And their payroll is low enough to throw a high salary out there.

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Interesting that’ he’s not waiting to see what the Machado price is/waiting for the runners up on in the Machado stakes to come calling. Maybe he sees Machado as a SS and therefore he defines the 3b market. I’m guessing he doesn’t want to get stuck holding the baby like moose did. 

For Atlanta’s perspectIve this is perfect. Austin Riley needs a little more time in AAA. 

 

22 minutes ago, Colinski said:

Interesting that’ he’s not waiting to see what the Machado price is/waiting for the runners up on in the Machado stakes to come calling. Maybe he sees Machado as a SS and therefore he defines the 3b market. I’m guessing he doesn’t want to get stuck holding the baby like moose did. 

For Atlanta’s perspectIve this is perfect. Austin Riley needs a little more time in AAA. 

 

Or $23M is a pretty solid deal, and he took it before he was forced to accept less when ATL moved on.  

My only issue with this deal is that we didn’t do it. Even with his injuries Donaldson’s OBP was over .350. His floor is better than what we have at almost any position if our players hit there ceiling.

Can Donaldson even reliably play 3B any longer?  Didn't he have shoulder issues and then the yips after? 

 

Donaldson would have been a perfect short term solution at 3rd base for the Sox. Sigh.

2 minutes ago, Whitesox27 said:

Donaldson would have been a perfect short term solution at 3rd base for the Sox. Sigh.

Sox want a long-term premium 3rd baseman. Signing Donaldson to a 1 year deal would have been a waste of money for the Sox.

Just now, fathom said:

Sox want a long-term premium 3rd baseman. Signing Donaldson to a 1 year deal would have been a waste of money for the Sox.

No it wouldn't have. You'd have to be a fool to rather have Yolmer play 3rd base than Donaldson, even if it was only for a year.

8 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said:

Can Donaldson even reliably play 3B any longer?  Didn't he have shoulder issues and then the yips after? 

 

 

Ya, he was having trouble getting the ball to 1st. Really glad we didn't throw that kinda money at him. 

I'm glad we are out on this one. What a massive overpay for Donaldson. 

I hope I am wrong but I just do not think anyone who has any kind of name wants to come to our whitesox, I wait day after day for something positive to happen, gosh i hope I am wrong.

3 minutes ago, fathom said:

Sox want a long-term premium 3rd baseman. Signing Donaldson to a 1 year deal would have been a waste of money for the Sox.

Like whom, give me some names

3 minutes ago, glangon said:

I'm glad we are out on this one. What a massive overpay for Donaldson. 

It's a one year deal. Seems pretty reasonable to me.

5 minutes ago, Whitesox27 said:

No it wouldn't have. You'd have to be a fool to rather have Yolmer play 3rd base than Donaldson, even if it was only for a year.

I didn’t know the Sox were going for it all in 2019?  I swear that 1 tweet by Morosi has made people forget about just how far this team was from actually contending last year and just how many holes they have.

4 minutes ago, fathom said:

I didn’t know the Sox were going for it all in 2019?  I swear that 1 tweet by Morosi has made people forget about just how far this team was from actually contending last year and just how many holes they have.

Where did I say that? All I'm saying is that Donaldson would have made the lineup significantly better next year and the Sox would have had a somewhat interesting trade deadline piece if they were out of the race by midseason. 

14 minutes ago, fathom said:

Sox want a long-term premium 3rd baseman. Signing Donaldson to a 1 year deal would have been a waste of money for the Sox.

I think we NEED a long-term premium third baseman. Maybe Burger is the real deal.

1 minute ago, Whitesox27 said:

Where did I say that? All I'm saying is that Donaldson would have made the lineup significantly better next year and the Sox would have had a somewhat interesting trade deadline piece if they were out of the race by midseason. 

A lot of money to pay for a “possible” trade chip with massive health issues of late.  

2 minutes ago, Whitesox27 said:

Where did I say that? All I'm saying is that Donaldson would have made the lineup significantly better next year and the Sox would have had a somewhat interesting trade deadline piece if they were out of the race by midseason. 

That's interesting in this day and age of flipping players, you keep Donaldson til June and see if you are contending for the title in our pathetic division. If not, flip city. Although I personally am not a fan of flipping/tanking, you get the drift.

23 mil to play for a contender. What would it have cost to play for us? 25? 28?

It is really naive to assume that JR spending TWENTY FIVE MILLION dollars on a one year player in 2019 wouldn’t affect his appetite to spend money on long term pieces in the future.

Budget money doesn’t just appear and disappear magically each year. Yes, it would have made sense for us if the price was reasonable, but a contender was always going to be motivated to outspend a rebuilder to get JD on a one year deal. 

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21 minutes ago, fathom said:

Sox want a long-term premium 3rd baseman. Signing Donaldson to a 1 year deal would have been a waste of money for the Sox.

Kyle seager

Should’ve known people would be upset by this... there isn’t much reason for us to spend 23 million or more for one year of a 1B/DH unless we really do land one of Machado/Harper

Unless Bryce Harper was our first signing, there was no really good reason to go after Donaldson.  Why so we could win 78 instead of 73 games next year?  Meh.  Pass.