January 11, 20233 yr 15 minutes ago, 2Deep said: 3 straight good minor league signings. These are good to have. I guess I am assuming this is a MiLB deal Edited January 11, 20233 yr by Squirmin' for Yermin
January 11, 20233 yr It is a minor league deal according to mlbtraderumors https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/01/white-sox-sign-hanser-alberto-infielder.html Could be worse as a bench piece, will be interesting to see how the overlap of him and Luery work.
January 11, 20233 yr 1 minute ago, TheFutureIsNear said: It is a minor league deal according to mlbtraderumors https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/01/white-sox-sign-hanser-alberto-infielder.html Could be worse as a bench piece, will be interesting to see how the overlap of him and Luery work. Unless they decide not to go with their rookies due to Spring Training failures, he is a backup who is at Charlotte through April until someone in the infield gets hurt. Leury is on a big league contract, he won't be cut to start the year for a guy who has had a similar career so far. If and when someone gets hurt, he is now the first replacement in the organization. It will be interesting to see how many of these guys opt out on May 1. They now have several guys who can do so, and if several of them do so before someone gets hurt in May or June they could be seriously scrambling to find warm bodies.
January 11, 20233 yr 2 minutes ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: The Chicago Royals I mean, he played 1 year there. So sure.
January 11, 20233 yr For the record, this gives the Sox some fall back space at 2B. -You can see if Sosa is ready -You can see if Romy is ready -You can see if 2022 was injury related to Leury, or if he really is toast. -If all of those other things fail, you have a safety net now. I wish we would do the same in RF. It is just smart organizational work.
January 11, 20233 yr This is a good signing. Surprised he signed a NRI. Makes you realize how FUCKING ASSININE the Leury contract is.
January 11, 20233 yr 10 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: For the record, this gives the Sox some fall back space at 2B. -You can see if Sosa is ready -You can see if Romy is ready -You can see if 2022 was injury related to Leury, or if he really is toast. -If all of those other things fail, you have a safety net now. I wish we would do the same in RF. It is just smart organizational work. exactly. I do think Marisnik and Hamilton do help the OF as MiLB signing similar to this. I do however want a legit #4 OF signing
January 11, 20233 yr 1 minute ago, hogan873 said: This is the guy that should be on the roster vs. Leury. sadly we are already paying Leury 5.5 million.
January 11, 20233 yr 4 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said: sadly we are already paying Leury 5.5 million. Not if we do a salary dump swap for an overpaid reliever in return.
January 11, 20233 yr 9 minutes ago, hogan873 said: This is the guy that should be on the roster vs. Leury. With 4 bench spots, there is room for both. I have a hard time justifying a bench spot to either Sheets or Burger when Colas is up. No flexibility with either unless you want Burger to get some DH/1B at bats every once in a while and play him at 3B against some tough lefties.
January 11, 20233 yr 5 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said: sadly we are already paying Leury 5.5 million. Right. This guy has career stats very similar to Leury and has been paid *breaks out calculator* about $8 million less than Leury over the past three years. And Leury is owed $11 million still.
January 12, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, JoeC said: Not if we do a salary dump swap for an overpaid reliever in return. We'll just trade our remaining international bonus money to get rid of his contract. ?
January 12, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, JoeC said: Not if we do a salary dump swap for an overpaid reliever in return. But what team would want the Leury side of that dump? Nobody has THAT much pitching Edited January 12, 20233 yr by Jerksticks
January 12, 20233 yr 4 minutes ago, HoosierSox said: We'll just trade our remaining international bonus money to get rid of his contract. ? Please don't suggest it they're already thinking it.
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