We always have folks wondering how much money the Sox have left, this is a sheet put together by Rex. So full credit to Rex for this.

 

I added in Hernandez and changed Davis' salary.

 

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Konerko $8,750,000 1B

Thomas $8,000,000 1B/DH

Marte $1,250,000 RP

Everett $4,000,000 OF/DH

Garcia $8,000,000 SP

Garland $3,400,000 SP

Buehrle $5,750,000 SP

Politte $900,000 RP

Takatsu $2,500,000 RP

Contreras $6,000,000 SP

Dye $4,000,000 OF

Hermanso $2,000,000 RP

Uribe $2,150,000 SS/2B

Perez $1,000,000 OF

Hernandez $3,500,000

AJ $2,250,000

 

$63,450,000

 

 

Rowand $1,000,000 OF

Davis $1,000,000 C

Vizcaino $1,500,000 RP

Podsednik $550,000 OF

Harris $500,000 2B

Gload $325,000 1B

Burke $350,000 C

Crede $500,000 3B

NC/JA/JG $350,000 RP

 

$69,525,000

Wow, I would imagine we have a few bucks to spend still. Good stuff. Nice work Rex too.

Actually Davis' and Spod's salaries aren't estimates so they could go up top.

Wow, I would imagine we have a few bucks to spend still. Good stuff. Nice work Rex too.

Yeah, anywhere from 3-8m, should get another quality player or two... Get to it KW... No Christmas goose until it's done!!!

Excellent work there Rex!! Sox could certainly make a solid run at Eck then....and possibly another catcher as well...lets hope so and this will be a damn good offseason.

Actually Davis' and Spod's salaries aren't estimates so they could go up top.

Yeah, I wasn't sure of why he had cetain players on top or bottom. What you said certainly makes sense.

Yeah, Eck, plus an upgrade somewhere, or money for the deadline.

I think we can expect another RP to round it out to 25. With El-Duque & a pen of mostly specialist (strong vs LH or RH but not both), it makes sense to carry a staff of 12.

 

What I didn't take into consideration earlier is that if Thomas is unable to play he'll start the season on the DL. That free's up yet another spot.

 

Waste of space spots:

Davis, Burke, T Perez

Maybe Burke, yes, but Davis and Timo???? Timo was CLUTCH last year, period. Davis stepped it up a s***loadwhen we acquired him. As far as Burke, he has shown glimpses but he's very, very inconsistent.

thanks, i've been wondering what those numbers would be

Davis stepped it up for 1 month then he became his uesless self again. Please. Enough.

The same with Perez. He's a terrible PH. All 3 are wastes of space.

 

I want a better than average C in the 7-9 spots. G Zaun fits that bill.

Dump Burke & add Zaun.

Nothing can be done about Perez & Davis because they are signed. Uggh.

Getting rid of one waste of space is better than nothing.

We get your point Jugg, you REALLY want Zaun and Cairo. OK, but it;s no reasonto say that Timo, Ben, and Jamie are garbage. Shame on you.

I like Zaun too, and Timo and Davis are garbage. If anything goes in KW's plus column then those two signings need to go in his minus column.

So full credit to Rex for this.

Hey! Qwerty and I helped out Rex with Politte's contract in a previous thread.

I'm still pretty confident that he gets $900,000 this year, and has an option for $1.2 million in 2006 otherwise there is a $100,000 buyout. No biggie. Should we also take in account Kevin Walker's $100,000?

Hey! Qwerty and I helped out Rex with Politte's contract in a previous thread.

 

I'm still pretty confident that he gets $900,000 this year, and has an option for $1.2 million in 2006 otherwise there is a $100,000 buyout.  No biggie.  Should we also take in account Kevin Walker's $100,000?

This is correct because i remember seeing it in like two papers that day too.

 

White Sox signed RHP Cliff Politte to a one-year, $1 million contract with an option for 2006.

The White Sox had indicated they'd pick up Politte's option, but this is better. No one else was going to pay Politte $1.3 million after a second straight disappointing season, so there was no reason for the White Sox to do so. Instead, he'll get $900,000 in 2005 and the White Sox will hold a $1.2 million option for 2006 with a $100,000 buyout. Politte had a 4.38 ERA in 54 relief appearances this year before undergoing an appendectomy on Sept. 1.

too lazy to read all the posts, but one thing i like about this is that there isn't one player making more than $10 million.

 

The money is spread out rather nicely, and every year it seems as though we'll have enough money freed in case we want to look at free agency.

We get your point Jugg, you REALLY want Zaun and Cairo. OK, but it;s no reasonto say that Timo, Ben, and Jamie are garbage. Shame on you.

Timo Perez, for $1 mill, is terrible. Alex Escobar or Joe Borchard, for the league minimum, could post atleast a .650 OPS...something Timo could NOT do last year.

 

I don't give a s*** if he is clutch. He hit .246, had an OBP of .285, has no power, no speed, no range in the OF...so he has a decent arm and is "clutch". You think that's really worth $1 mill?

 

Timo's garbage.

 

Davis is not quite garbage...but there are many, many better catchers out there then Davis.

 

Burke is not garbage...seems to me that he is a good backup catcher who handles pitchers well, has a good arm, and is solid with the bat(not .330 average solid, but .250-.270 .700 solid is definately possible)

Timo Perez, for $1 mill, is terrible.  Alex Escobar or Joe Borchard, for the league minimum, could post atleast a .650 OPS...something Timo could NOT do last year.

 

I don't give a s*** if he is clutch.  He hit .246, had an OBP of .285, has no power, no speed, no range in the OF...so he has a decent arm and is "clutch".  You think that's really worth $1 mill?

 

Timo's garbage.

 

Davis is not quite garbage...but there are many, many better catchers out there then Davis.

 

Burke is not garbage...seems to me that he is a good backup catcher who handles pitchers well, has a good arm, and is solid with the bat(not .330 average solid, but .250-.270 .700 solid is definately possible)

And to top it off, Timo is the laziest OFer I have seen since Claudell Washington slept in LF. And don't forget Sammy Sosa played here first...

Timo played the entire season with a quad injury. He isn't the fastest guy in the world, but is faster than he showed last season. He's also a pretty good outfielder, and has more range than he showed. He's a decent 4th outfielder, can fill in at all 3 spots, gets some big hits, and makes less than half the average salary and less than 1/8th of a pitcher who won 9 games last year. I don't think its a bad deal.

Hey! Qwerty and I helped out Rex with Politte's contract in a previous thread.

 

I'm still pretty confident that he gets $900,000 this year, and has an option for $1.2 million in 2006 otherwise there is a $100,000 buyout.  No biggie.  Should we also take in account Kevin Walker's $100,000?

Well, thanks to you and Q as well.

 

I corrected Cliff's salary.

 

As for counting Walker, we had over estimated Politte by 100,000. So that would cover Walker.

We always have folks wondering how much money the Sox have left, this is a sheet put together by Rex. So full credit to Rex for this.

 

I added in Hernandez and changed Davis' salary.

 

*pins*

 

 

  

  

Konerko	$8,750,000	1B

Thomas	$8,000,000	1B/DH

Marte	$1,250,000	RP

Everett	$4,000,000	OF/DH

Garcia	$8,000,000	SP

Garland	$3,400,000	SP

Buehrle	$5,750,000	SP

Politte	$900,000	RP

Takatsu	$2,500,000	RP

Contreras	$6,000,000	SP

Dye	$4,000,000	OF

Hermanso	$2,000,000	RP

Uribe	$2,150,000	SS/2B

Perez    $1,000,000        OF

Hernandez $3,500,000
 

	$61,200,000	
 
 

Rowand	$1,000,000	OF

Davis	$1,000,000	C

Vizcaino	$1,500,000	RP

Podsednik	$550,000          OF

Harris	$500,000          2B

Gload	$325,000          1B

Burke	$350,000           C

Crede	$500,000          3B

NC/JA/JG	$350,000          RP
 

	$67,275,000	
 

Composition	Starting Pitchers	5

            Relief Pitchers	6

            Catchers        2

            Infielders      6

            Outfielders     5

  

                   24

  

Needs	MI	

  

Whats Borchard's salary?

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I think Timo's injury [which wasn't talked about until after the season] really hurt his production. At first glance, he seems very avg. Ozzie and Kw, for some reason, have both talked up timo, even if they didn't have a lot of stats to back them up. Yet I'll give Timo the benefit of the doubt that he'll improve on his 2004.

 

I'm fine with Davis as a backup. Yet if the sox didn't sign Davis, that would have left the sox w/ a 34 yr old journeyman C who was hitting under .230 in AAA when he was called up last yr. Davis' $1 mill contract is low enough that the sox can still improve this position, either before the season or during

Timo also put up those s***ty numbers when he was an everyday player when Maggs went down. He won't be used in that role this season, so I don't see what the big deal is.

Timo also put up those s***ty numbers when he was an everyday player when Maggs went down.  He won't be used in that role this season, so I don't see what the big deal is.

He better not be used in that role. Perez and Borchard down right scared me last year.