March 20, 201511 yr Rick Hahn just announced on @CSNChicago that the White Sox have reached a 5-year contract extension with Adam Eaton. https://twitter.com/ChuckGarfien/status/579016506379472896
March 20, 201511 yr Author Hahn announces that @AdamSpankyEaton has agreed to an extension with the #WhiteSox! Five years, plus two club options. #CongratsSpanky https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/579016535475417088
March 20, 201511 yr Author White Sox and Adam Eaton have agreed to a five-year, $23.5 million contract extension, with club options for 2020 and 2021. https://twitter.com/ChiTribKane/status/579016900316827648
March 20, 201511 yr Sounds good to me. Would have liked to see him play a full season healthy before doing it but I am confident it will workout.
March 20, 201511 yr Adam Eaton will receive $850,000 in '15, $2.75 mil. in '16, $4 mil. in '17, $6 mil. in '18 and $8.4 mil. in '19.
March 20, 201511 yr QUOTE (Knuckles @ Mar 20, 2015 -> 02:32 PM) $23.5M Damn. I'll take it. Looks like we definitely got a discount for taking his health risk.
March 20, 201511 yr QUOTE (Knuckles @ Mar 20, 2015 -> 03:32 PM) $23.5M This will be a flat out steal if Spanky can stay healthy.
March 20, 201511 yr Author Adam Eaton's deal includes club options for 2020 ($9.5 mil) and 2021 ($10.5 mil). Eaton has a $1.5 mil buyout if either option is declined. https://twitter.com/CSNHayes/status/579017160145567744
March 20, 201511 yr QUOTE (Soxfest @ Mar 20, 2015 -> 02:34 PM) Fair deal Steal, if reasonably healthy. RH is the contract master once again.
March 20, 201511 yr QUOTE (shipps @ Mar 20, 2015 -> 03:32 PM) Sounds good to me. Would have liked to see him play a full season healthy before doing it but I am confident it will workout. Agreed. It seems a bit premature, but that seems to be the way MLB works nowadays, no complaints.
March 20, 201511 yr QUOTE (Knuckles @ Mar 20, 2015 -> 03:32 PM) Adam Eaton will receive $850,000 in '15, $2.75 mil. in '16, $4 mil. in '17, $6 mil. in '18 and $8.4 mil. in '19. A little more early on, a little less later, and two awesome option prices.
March 20, 201511 yr QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 20, 2015 -> 03:39 PM) Agreed. It seems a bit premature, but that seems to be the way MLB works nowadays, no complaints. The longer you wait, the higher those end years go, and the less likely they are to resign.
March 20, 201511 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 20, 2015 -> 02:40 PM) The longer you wait, the higher those end years go, and the less likely they are to resign. Exactly. If he put up the season we all want to see in 2015 (140+ games @ .350+ OBP), he'd be at 4 years of service and we'd be talking about something in the $50-60m range.
March 20, 201511 yr Great news, and a nice way to end an already excellent offseason. Edit: Unless Samardzija would like to get an extension out of the way as well... Edited March 20, 201511 yr by Swingandalongonetoleft
March 20, 201511 yr Dan Hayes @CSNHayes 9m9 minutes ago Adam Eaton's deal could pay him $43.5 million through 2021 and he's guaranteed $25 million. #WhiteSox Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 8m8 minutes ago Love Adam Eaton's five-year, $23.5M extension with two club options for White Sox. Him, Abreu, Sale, Quintana all super club-friendly deals. Chris Cotillo @ChrisCotillo 5m5 minutes ago Eaton was scheduled to become a free agent after the 2018 season, so this extension gives #WhiteSox three more years of control.
March 20, 201511 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 20, 2015 -> 03:40 PM) The longer you wait, the higher those end years go, and the less likely they are to resign. I know, it's just the concern that you are paying him for only 125 games a season. It would be nice to see a full season out of him before you commit, but sometimes you have to take the chance.
March 20, 201511 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 20, 2015 -> 03:40 PM) The longer you wait, the higher those end years go, and the less likely they are to resign. Or the opposite happens and the end years go down. Everyone would have wanted Beckham go sign this type of deal after his first season with the team, he definitely wasn't worth it in any season after that. It is a risk/reward thing, given his history of injuries the risk is a bit higher which holds down some of the investment in the pre-free agency years. On the other side it does provide cost certainty when planning for future payroll. It is a fair deal at this point, Eaton gets more money upfront and probably loses a little at the end of arbitration IF he stays healthy.
March 20, 201511 yr To quote spanky, " well, that escalated quickly". Did not expect this but I'm happy about no doubt.
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