Just heard that Crede was extended for a year? confirm?

White Sox third baseman Joe Crede agreed Thursday to a one-year, $5.1 million contract that allowed him to earn an additional $300,000 in performance bonuses.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-08...1,1333942.story

 

 

Yes, 1 yr 5.1M

 

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...cs_tab01_layout

hmmm.

doesnt mean we still cant trade him ... heh ... :ugh:

This is Joe Crede signing a contract to avoid arbitration. Not Joe Crede signing a contract extension. Please for God's sake someone make that clear in the thread title.

This doesn't change anything - the White Sox still have 2 3B, and one, most likely Joe Crede, won't be here by the start of the season. He was going to have to sign a deal for next season at some point....

yawn.....thats about what he woulda gotten in arb. anyways....i guess we avoid the mess of an arb hearing....i hope he has a good spring so we can get something more than a michael dubee type player for him\

 

on a side note...maybe i just hate change, but i dislike the new chicagosports.com

Edited January 18, 200818 yr by daa84

So that's Crede and Uribe making a combined $9.6M this season.

 

That's not a very good use of resources is it.

 

Ideally, they'd both be off the 25 man roster before the first game of the season in April, but my guess is 1 (probably Uribe) will be on the bench to start the season.

mods, please change the title, i heard it was an extension. sorry about the uninformed title

mods, please change the title, i heard it was an extension. sorry about the uninformed title

Technically it is an extension. But it's not the kind of extension that would send this place into a frenzy - a multi year one. His contract was extended 1 year, which everyone expected as a means of avoiding arbitration. A multi year extension for Crede would mean that we have 2 3rd basemen locked up for the long term, which would mean that we'd be trading Fields immediately.

So that's a $160,000 raise from last year with an opportunity to make an additional 300K sounds about right to me. This is a perfect example of how things work during a good player's arbitration eligible seasons, no matter how s***ty you play you'll almost never be forced to take a paycut in the 2nd or 3rd year of arb.

So that's Crede and Uribe making a combined $9.6M this season.

 

That's not a very good use of resources is it.

 

Ideally, they'd both be off the 25 man roster before the first game of the season in April, but my guess is 1 (probably Uribe) will be on the bench to start the season.

 

Agreed, and the Uribe situation continues to baffle and irritate me. Nobody wants the guy because he's not very good....except the White Sox at the time, who have to regret that decision.

So that's Crede and Uribe making a combined $9.6M this season.

 

That's not a very good use of resources is it.

 

Ideally, they'd both be off the 25 man roster before the first game of the season in April, but my guess is 1 (probably Uribe) will be on the bench to start the season.

Looking on the bright side, we can actually have the expectation that the team will have $10 million in salary to spend on FA's next offseason. And you could easily up that number considerably if you were able to move Contreras.

Looking on the bright side, we can actually have the expectation that the team will have $10 million in salary to spend on FA's next offseason. And you could easily up that number considerably if you were able to move Contreras.

and perhaps one of Dye, Konerko, or Thome...

Hey, if we could free up close to 30 million after 08, we could have a shot at signing Sabathia, or to a lesser (but risker) extent Sheets.

Hey, if we could free up close to 30 million after 08, we could have a shot at signing Sabathia, or to a lesser (but risker) extent Sheets.

I'd rather go after Bedard. Isn't he going to be an FA soon?

I'd rather go after Bedard. Isn't he going to be an FA soon?

At least for now...that Santana dude is.

 

Bedard is a FA after 09.

I'd rather go after Bedard. Isn't he going to be an FA soon?

I would think he has at least 2 more years of arbitration left...

At least for now...that Santana dude is.

 

Bedard is a FA after 09.

 

I didn't mention Santana since odds are he will be traded and his new team would sign him before he opens the market.

I didn't mention Santana since odds are he will be traded and his new team would sign him before he opens the market.

NOt if no one meets the Twins' price.

NOt if no one meets the Twins' price.

 

I believe it's just short of a foregone conclusion that he'll be traded.

Oh, you bet your ass KW is going after one of those premier starters. Hes probably already budgeting for it. The question is, will we get one?

Yeah right, I love the sox are gonna sign a big name FA pitcher talk. The sox had a hard time giving their own workhorse 4 years and they refuse to give anything but 3 to every one else. What premier FA pitcher is looking for 3 years, try 5 Minumum. The sox take themselves out of the market before they even get there.

Oh, you bet your ass KW is going after one of those premier starters. Hes probably already budgeting for it. The question is, will we get one?

 

No way unless Kenny decides to offer at least 5 years, if not more, which some other teams would because free agency makes teams stupid.