December 19, 2025Dec 19 19 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: If Keller and Weaver are both worth $22 million...it's not like Keller even had a solid background performance-wise until more recently. Ofc, same exact amount that Adrian Houser got after being basically dead in the water prior to 2025. I think Fairbanks is trying to get legit closer money. Regardless of what Fairbanks ends up signing for, it won’t be with the Sox.
December 20, 2025Dec 20 "ESPN’s Jeff Passan wrote on Thursday that Fairbanks was trending towards either a multi-year deal or a one-year contract worth more than $11MM. While it’d seem counterintuitive for teams to pay more than the declined option price, that occasionally happens. Option calls are due within the first five days of the offseason. Teams may have preferred to maintain payroll flexibility until they had a better read on the market." mlbtr.com "In an appearance on Foul Territory this week, Izaac Azout of Fish On First suggested that Miami has shown a willingness to offer a one-year deal in “the mid-teens” range and floated the possibility that Miami could make a $13-14MM proposal." Edited December 20, 2025Dec 20 by caulfield12
December 24, 2025Dec 24 14 minutes ago, SoxAce said: 1 year, 13 million. It's the same damned exercise we see happen over and over again. Dude exceeded what MLB could have gotten him for a month ago, because demand.
December 24, 2025Dec 24 11 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: He beat the option value Yeah weird that the Rays couldn’t move him
December 24, 2025Dec 24 Another example of a "poor" team spending money and a reliever at that. I don't think the public finances are accurate.
December 24, 2025Dec 24 Apparently Fairbanks wanted to pitch somewhere warm because of his Raynaud's syndrome. He would have struggled in April/May in Chicago if that's the case.
December 24, 2025Dec 24 1 hour ago, chw42 said: Apparently Fairbanks wanted to pitch somewhere warm because of his Raynaud's syndrome. He would have struggled in April/May in Chicago if that's the case. That makes sense. I worked with a guy who had Raynaud's. He worked in a commercial cooler (eventually left) and it was debilitating for him. Dude wore heated gloves and it still didn't help. I remember he would go to the restroom for 5 minutes just to run his hands under warm water.
December 24, 2025Dec 24 1 hour ago, chw42 said: Apparently Fairbanks wanted to pitch somewhere warm because of his Raynaud's syndrome. He would have struggled in April/May in Chicago if that's the case. So, the White Sox probably had him for 2/$10M based on the exciting culture they're building, but he had to turn them down due to his illness. That's cool.
December 24, 2025Dec 24 23 minutes ago, WestEddy said: So, the White Sox probably had him for 2/$10M based on the exciting culture they're building, but he had to turn them down due to his illness. That's cool. Dream on lol. He was willing to give an $8 million per year discount? Not even Carlos Rodriguez could pull that off...and they were pretty close apparently.
December 25, 2025Dec 25 Actually, up to $14.5 million for Fairbanks' 2026 if you include the Rays' buyout and $500,000 additionally in the likely event the Marlins are eliminated and trade him at the deadline. Edited December 25, 2025Dec 25 by caulfield12
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