Paul Konerko Re-Signs with White Sox

[Princess Dye]

Side note: Man, Heyman is well connected.

[SnB]

PUMPED. especially at that price.

 

 

[bigruss]

in today's market a 5th place MVP candidate at a power position should make more than 12M per.

 

The third year could hurt obviously but we have no way of knowing. It could also hurt to have Kerry Wood on a multiyear deal. In a whole different way.

Besides 2010, what year in that 5 yr deal was Konerko a top 5 MVP cand.? He had a great year but got paid for that year and not the past 5 and def. Not for the next 3, as in he won't be worth what he will be paid.

 

Oh and bye Dayan.

[iamshack]

It's 12/12/6.5, then he gets a million a year for next 7 years.

That 6 million figure for 2013 is probably evidence that we didn't want to go that 3rd year and we're going to be paying Jake Peavy $4 million to buy out his contract.

 

Great, now we are derferring money too.

[jphat007]

Side note: Man, Heyman is well connected.

 

Nightengale broke it. He must have a really good source or two in the org.

[jphat007]

That 6 million figure for 2013 is probably evidence that we didn't want to go that 3rd year and we're going to be paying Jake Peavy $4 million to buy out his contract.

 

Great, now we are derferring money too.

 

Debbie Downer!

[Steve9347]

37.5M over 3 years per ESPN.

12.5 per? That's perfectly acceptable and the White Sox will finally retain one of theirs til the end.

[Capn12]

[HuskyCaucasian]

12.5 per? That's perfectly acceptable and the White Sox will finally retain one of theirs til the end.

I think I might like your Sig better than mine

[iamshack]

You don't think he earned the $12M a year? I do. Wasn't a bargain, but I think he paid it in full.

 

$12.5M/yr is a bit steep I agree, but given what other bats are going for, its not out of bounds at all. And 3 years is not the end of the world.

I don't like his inconsistency at all. Not for a 1b hitting in the middle of your lineup.

[hogan873]

This is good and unexpected news (the money anyway). Maybe the third year was the sticking point. The money per year is quite reasonable.

 

Now, can PK get to 500 HRs in the next three years?

[chetkincaid]

 

 

YES!!!!

[justBLAZE]

I don't like his inconsistency at all. Not for a 1b hitting in the middle of your lineup.

 

White Sox are paying Paulie 2M more than Cubs are paying Carlos Pena. You think Derrek Lee wouldn't cost us 10+ ?

[ThunderBolt]

Side note: Man, Heyman is well connected.

He's pretty much the middle man between Boras and the Tigers. That man has both ears to the ground.

[flavum]

Like the deal. Surprised it's that reasonable, and I'm optimistic they'll be able to add on without subtracting major league players.

[GoSox05]

This is good news. Now let's go get one of them relief pitchers.

[hogan873]

I now expect a trade or two to happen soon. I imagine KW has other plans he was waiting to kick-off once the PK deal was done.

[bigruss]

Debbie Downer!

Everybody is happy now but when the Sox start claiming they have 50 cents again especially after that spending surge than we all will be looking back and saying a 3 yr deal with Konerko was not a good idea and that a shorter one with an equivalent DLee wouldve been better, and we'll miss those draft picks.

 

Really not trying to rain on the parade, I just don't see this working out well nor do I think this was close to the best move for the Sox.

[Princess Dye]

Eh, your argument to assets may be valid, but there is also a defined limit to how much you can pay your entire roster. This is why losing Deng would have been more valuable than keeping him at that contract level.

 

Perhaps, but then you also have to convince free agents to come here. The Bulls were only able to pull that off in the year where there were like 15 great free agents. Horrible winters etc. The one we finally signed is a guy from Alaska.

 

Ben Wallace was a big name signing but there was no competition for him due to age.

 

For the Bulls I much prefer the approach of cornering guys into coming here via drafting them. Then keeping them if they're solid, looking to trade them perhaps for assets later (we technically got JR Smith for Tyson Chandler).

[bschmaranz]

White Sox are paying Paulie 2M more than Cubs are paying Carlos Pena. You think Derrek Lee wouldn't cost us 10+ ?

 

That's exactly how I'm looking at it. I was on the DLee bandwagon but that was because I was under the impression that Konerko was costing us 15 per. I'm happy with this and I like that they got creative in order to give him that 3rd year.

 

Good work Jerry, good work Kenny.

[Capn12]

30 doubles, 30 homers, .350 OBP, Definitive Team Captain...thats reason enough for the pricetag. I mean, Dunn and Konerko both for under $30 mill a year and people are still complaining?

[justBLAZE]

To do list: title change, sticky this biznach!

[Princess Dye]

Nightengale broke it. He must have a really good source or two in the org.

 

 

Yeah, but Heyman's tweets just had this knowledgeable confidence all along that this thing was in the bag.

[BigSqwert]

So Quentin is still the RF? Will he platoon out there with Teahen?

[bschmaranz]

This is good and unexpected news (the money anyway). Maybe the third year was the sticking point. The money per year is quite reasonable.

 

Now, can PK get to 500 HRs in the next three years?

 

Needs to average 45 HRs a year so I'd say no sir.