I hate coming on here just to be negative but really hard to get excited about this signing. Can't be worse than what they trotted out last year though so there's that. The Gallo deal looks much better & low risk but whatever

I hate this organization so much.

Is this a good signing?

Color me shocked, we spent money!

it's fine. he's fine, the guarantee is fine. it's just fine.

Just now, Capn12 said:

Color me shocked, we spent money!

Also yes, I am happy to be wrong here.

Never been a big benetendi guy, but he's certainly an mlb quality regular. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just now, Green Line said:

Is this a good signing?

the baseball signing equivalent to "Mid"

Nice. Finally getting their priorities straight when we've needed a LH starting OF for a while. Starting pitching LH OF, better defense  without Eloy, Sheets or Vaughn in the OF.

4 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said:

I thought the Sox were not signing anyone?  No matter what the Sox did, you'd complain.  

I'm shocked they did this. 

I'm happy to be wrong about them spending money, but it's still a wimpy move. 

 

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1 minute ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Never been a big benetendi guy, but he's certainly an mlb quality regular. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spend all money on depth. Draft for depth. Develop for depth. Never have depth. 

Better late than never. He's a solid regular. We could use more of those.

This is akin to taking the 6 to the prom, instead of swinging for a 10 and missing.

 

But hey, it is a real OFer in LF finally. And if it means Liam has to go, I'm.......ok with it. I kind of like the idea of Reynaldo closing.

2 minutes ago, Kalapse said:

it's fine. he's fine, the guarantee is fine. it's just fine.

Fine is probably the perfect word here.  

3 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Never been a big benetendi guy, but he's certainly an mlb quality regular. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just said this to my buddies: not an exciting add but a solid regular. Better than what we had.

We haven’t had a real 2 hole hitter since Iguchi

3 minutes ago, Kalapse said:

it's fine. he's fine, the guarantee is fine. it's just fine.

The guarantee isn’t fine though for a team that cries poor. You just gave the largest contract in team history to a guy who is meh. A deal like that on just about any other team who is willing to spend money would seem okay, I’m just skeptical because of who the owner is 

1 minute ago, Capn12 said:

This is akin to taking the 6 to the prom, instead of swinging for a 10 and missing.

 

But hey, it is a real OFer in LF finally. And if it means Liam has to go, I'm.......ok with it. I kind of like the idea of Reynaldo closing.

Looking at his batted ball profile, there's some worrying signs. Whatever. He's probably a 2 WAR player. That's better than what we were working with previously.

Yankees, Astros and Padres all wanted him. I take that as a good sign.

Solid move.

LH bat, high OBP and good D. Should be 2.5 to 3 WAR player so 15m AAV is fine for that. Did very well vs ALC. Maybe the power might come back in our park.

They prolly had to add that 5th year to secure him, but at least they are actually addressing multiple needs for once, and it's better to slightly overpay (in the form of years) than to do nothing at all.

You have to give FO their due when they do something good and I'm happy to give them credit for this.

Good job RH, KW and PG. 

Now I'm bracing to see which player is going to be moved to balance the payroll.

I'll bet Hendriks to TOR. 

wowza, he may see a power boost playing half his games at the rate.

His OBP woulda been good for 2nd on the squad last year, solid add for a reasonable deal. 

I get why people are upset that the Sox didn't go for upside, but I like the move.  I said at the outset they needed to sign 1 of Conforto, Bellinger, Gallo, and Benintendi.  Of those 4, I probably like Benintendi the best because the Sox have enough guys coming of disastrous seasons/injuries without adding one more.  They desperately needed to add talent rather than make a trade because their overall talent pool is so thin.  $15 mil is not a ton in a world where top players are getting $40.  Is this the huge splash that makes them a WS favorite? No.  But it's better than having Eloy out there and Sheets at DH or counting on Mark Payton.

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Yankees, Astros and Padres all wanted him. I take that as a good sign.

The difference is I’m sure they want him as depth, the Sox want him as a centerpiece. 

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Yankees, Astros and Padres all wanted him. I take that as a good sign.

He’s be a great 20th best player on the team