Throw in a claim Getz

Elias Díaz is turning 34 in November, is owed the remainder of his $6 million dollar salary for this year, and he’s a free agent after this season.  He makes zero sense for the Sox to claim, although the Rockies would surely appreciate it.  Some contender will grab him.  

Joey Bart was the 27 year old catcher the Sox should have acquired when the Giants DFA him back on March 31st.  He is now at an .858 OPS.

Edited August 15, 20241 yr by WhiteSox2023

5 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Elias Díaz is turning 34 in November, is owed the remainder of his $6 million dollar salary for this year, and he’s a free agent after this season.  He makes zero sense for the Sox to claim, although the Rockies would surely appreciate it.  Some contender will grab him.  

Joey Bart was the 27 year old catcher the Sox should have acquired when the Giants DFA him back on March 31st.  He is now at an .858 OPS.

But do the pitchers like him?

Way better backup than Chuckie Robinson, but he'd probably start here and I'd rather to continue to see what Lee can do. Not sure why the Rockies are putting a 1.1 bWAR catcher not making a lot on outright waivers - do they have someone he's blocking?

1 minute ago, almagest said:

Way better backup than Chuckie Robinson, but he'd probably start here and I'd rather to continue to see what Lee can do. Not sure why the Rockies are putting a 1.1 bWAR catcher not making a lot on outright waivers - do they have someone he's blocking?

He's a free agent at the end of the year so just dumping his remaining salary. Teams did this last year too. 

He'll go to a contender. Makes no sense for the Sox.

11 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Elias Díaz is turning 34 in November, is owed the remainder of his $6 million dollar salary for this year, and he’s a free agent after this season.  He makes zero sense for the Sox to claim, although the Rockies would surely appreciate it.  Some contender will grab him.  

Joey Bart was the 27 year old catcher the Sox should have acquired when the Giants DFA him back on March 31st.  He is now at an .858 OPS.

He makes sense to claim bc Chuckles Robinson isn't good. He's owed about 1M for the remainder of the season, so might be too rich for JR after giving Pedro the axe.

3 hours ago, almagest said:

Way better backup than Chuckie Robinson, but he'd probably start here and I'd rather to continue to see what Lee can do. Not sure why the Rockies are putting a 1.1 bWAR catcher not making a lot on outright waivers - do they have someone he's blocking?

Maybe they feel Drew Romo is ready. 

7 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said:

He makes sense to claim bc Chuckles Robinson isn't good. He's owed about 1M for the remainder of the season, so might be too rich for JR after giving Pedro the axe.

That's the huge and probably only factor why the Sox won't. Chuckie Robinson is owed whatever the pro-rated minimum amount is.

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3 hours ago, Sleepy Harold said:

He makes sense to claim bc Chuckles Robinson isn't good. He's owed about 1M for the remainder of the season, so might be too rich for JR after giving Pedro the axe.

To what end/purpose?  To maybe win one more game this season?

2 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

To what end/purpose?  To maybe win one more game this season?

A veteran catcher that's better than your current 29 y.o. backup and relatively cheap. Could possibly help out Korey and/or Quero (if they decide to call him up). I'd say there's not really any downside to putting a claim in, especially since the Sox have right of first refusal.

2 hours ago, Sleepy Harold said:

A veteran catcher that's better than your current 29 y.o. backup and relatively cheap. Could possibly help out Korey and/or Quero (if they decide to call him up). I'd say there's not really any downside to putting a claim in, especially since the Sox have right of first refusal.

Please don’t call up Quero this year and we already know Jerry won’t add the salary.

On 8/15/2024 at 10:13 AM, almagest said:

Way better backup than Chuckie Robinson, but he'd probably start here and I'd rather to continue to see what Lee can do. Not sure why the Rockies are putting a 1.1 bWAR catcher not making a lot on outright waivers - do they have someone he's blocking?

Seems like just yesterday we had to DFA Duke Ellis because we HAD to protect Chuckie.

2 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

Seems like just yesterday we had to DFA Duke Ellis because we HAD to protect Chuckie.

He’s been terrible since he left and is already 26, so seems like an alright move.

I suppose it makes a bit more sense now

Diaz is now a minimum wage employee... right up Jerry's alley.