October 30, 200817 yr QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 30, 2008 -> 12:16 AM) Would any of you be irate if Nix opened the season as our starting 2B? I'd be a little irate if someone came out tomorrow and said "It's between Nix and Getz and nothing else will be done". If someone offers every other option out there $15 million a season, fine, that's not the worst position in the world. I just don't want us to voluntarily box ourselves in to those 2 by not looking in to anything else. And based on Kenny's history, he won't. Nix is negotiating leverage...now if he's talking about a trade for a 2b, or talking about signing a 2b, he's not in the desperate mode like he was last year with CF.
October 30, 200817 yr QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 30, 2008 -> 07:05 AM) The only thing that would make me irate is if KW came out and said he was going to be the starter next year. If he earns it, fine. The thing is, there are many people who think every minor leaguer KW signs now is the next Carlos Quentin. Nix was a minor leaguer who was released by the Rockies. If baseball teams who pay scouts thought he was half as good as some people on this board do without ever seeing him play, someone would have traded for him. Most likely, he plays in Charlotte this year. Not true, people like the move because its the very first of the off-season for us and its obvious Nix does have some talent. So we added a player who if nothing else was touted as a defensive wiz for nothing but 400k.
October 30, 200817 yr Is the $400K guaranteed or just if he makes the MLB roster? Or is it a split contract where he would be paid Charlotte wages if he doesn't make the team out of ST?
October 30, 200817 yr Nix was added to the 40-man roster. Who in the Sox system is up for being added in a few weeks? Like last year when Russell, Egbert and Harrell were added or they would have become fair game in the Rule 5 draft...who is in that category this year? Brandon Allen one of them? Edited October 30, 200817 yr by flavum
October 30, 200817 yr B&B are supposedly going to talk about Nix in a couple minutes if anyone is interested.
October 30, 200817 yr They don't seem to care about this move. Not that it matters. Meanwhile, they mentioned that Uribe filed for free agency?
October 30, 200817 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 30, 2008 -> 11:28 AM) Is the $400K guaranteed or just if he makes the MLB roster? Or is it a split contract where he would be paid Charlotte wages if he doesn't make the team out of ST? "Nix will make $400,000 if on the White Sox's major league roster. " denver post
October 30, 200817 yr Does anyone know what the consensus player comp on Nix was? I'm hearing some Marcus Giles comparisons, but i'd like to think there's a more similiar player out there.
October 30, 200817 yr QUOTE (G&T @ Oct 30, 2008 -> 02:37 PM) Meanwhile, they mentioned that Uribe filed for free agency? Pretty much a formality
October 31, 200817 yr http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,4417740.story Not really any "new" news in this article. Speculation about Uribe going to SF as a starter, Fields starting at 3B, Nix and Getz competing for the 2B spot...theorizes about Hall coming back or Cole Armstrong. Talks a little about the Sox probably cutting ties now with Joe Crede after a decade. Quotes from KW about Fields and trying to operate "more under the radar" this Winter Meetings. Edited October 31, 200817 yr by caulfield12
October 31, 200817 yr Some Score listener emailed into B&B about the 2nd base competition, stating that: If they Nix Nix, they Getz Getz. If they Getz Getz, they Nix Nix.
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