Chris Cotillo ‏@ChrisCotillo 3m3 minutes ago

Minor-league signings: JP Arencibia to Phillies, Hector Sanchez to White Sox.

Wasn't this guy on the Giants a few years ago?

Wasn't this guy on the Giants a few years ago?

 

yes

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sanchhe01.shtml

Switch-hitter, good AAA #'s, some MLB experience...there is your 3rd catcher.

Chris Cotillo ‏@ChrisCotillo 3m3 minutes ago

Minor-league signings: JP Arencibia to Phillies, Hector Sanchez to White Sox.

 

Not the signing I am waiting for.

Chris Cotillo ‏@ChrisCotillo 3m3 minutes ago

Minor-league signings: JP Arencibia to Phillies, Hector Sanchez to White Sox.

 

Nice depth piece. He will likely get some MLB time this season.

This tells me the White Sox do NOT see Kevan Smith or Rob Brantly as likely to be successful major leaguers, even as backups. If they thought both could likely do that well, they wouldn't have gotten Sanchez.

 

Two of the three will be in Charlotte, one will be gone.

 

This tells me the White Sox do NOT see Kevan Smith or Rob Brantly as likely to be successful major leaguers, even as backups. If they thought both could likely do that well, they wouldn't have gotten Sanchez.

 

Two of the three will be in Charlotte, one will be gone.

 

I'm guessing Smith is gone. He's older than all 3 and didn't do much in AAA last year in a hitter friendly park.

I guarantee we have at least three people complain about this signing proving that Rick Hahn isn't going for it.

Being a minor league signing, that's pretty top shelf. He was a legit contributor in SF when they won the world series.

 

But then again, Chris Widger didn't exactly set the league on fire after 2005/06.

This is actually a pretty good low-risk, high-reward signing.

 

This is much better than the high-risk, low yeild signing of LaRoche.

This is actually a pretty good low-risk, high-reward signing.

 

This is much better than the high-risk, low yeild signing of LaRoche.

These two things are 100% unrelated. A starting 1B/Dh versus a 3rd or 4th catcher to stash in Charlotte.

 

This is actually a pretty good low-risk, high-reward signing.

 

This is much better than the high-risk, low yeild signing of LaRoche.

There's no high reward here.

This is actually a pretty good low-risk, high-reward signing.

There's really no such thing as a low-risk, high-reward signing.

There's really no such thing as a low-risk, high-reward signing.

 

Esteban Loiaza, Scott Kazmir, Colin McHugh, Jose Quintana, Bobby Jenks, Sergio Santos, JD Martinez

Edited December 14, 201510 yr by caulfield12

Esteban Loiaza, Scott Kazmir, Colin McHugh, Jose Quintana, Bobby Jenks, Sergio Santos, JD Martinez

After the fact.

 

The whole concept of risk-reward is the picture BEFORE, not after. And there is no such thing as low-risk, high-reward before hand. It's a fantasy. Either you are high-risk and high-reward, or low-risk and low-reward.

 

No expectations from this signing. Sanchez serves a quality backup with MLB experience should something happen to Avila or Navarro. I like it.

This is actually a pretty good low-risk, high-reward signing.

 

This is much better than the high-risk, low yeild signing of LaRoche.

How exactly was LaRoche high-risk? $25 million over 2 years isn't really that much, and again, it's only 2 years. That inherently can't be that risky.

Edited December 14, 201510 yr by OmarComing25

After the fact.

 

The whole concept of risk-reward is the picture BEFORE, not after. And there is no such thing as low-risk, high-reward before hand. It's a fantasy. Either you are high-risk and high-reward, or low-risk and low-reward.

 

Not to nitpick here, but say at the time of Chris Sale's contract extension, would you consider it to be low risk, high reward? I personally would think so.

There's really no such thing as a low-risk, high-reward signing.

 

Oh yea? Jose Quintana would like to say hi.

 

Esteban Loiaza, Scott Kazmir, Colin McHugh, Jose Quintana, Bobby Jenks, Sergio Santos, JD Martinez

 

This.

Oh yea? Jose Quintana would like to say hi.

 

 

This.

 

But this.

 

After the fact.

 

The whole concept of risk-reward is the picture BEFORE, not after. And there is no such thing as low-risk, high-reward before hand. It's a fantasy. Either you are high-risk and high-reward, or low-risk and low-reward.

 

If low risk, high reward signings existed, GMs would be jumping at the opportunity to sign Hector Sanchez, or whomever else is classified as low risk, high reward.

 

If low risk, high reward signings existed, GMs would be jumping at the opportunity to sign Hector Sanchez, or whomever else is classified as low risk, high reward.

Exactly. If something looks low risk/high reward, then you're misinterpreting either the level of risk or reward. The relationship between risk and reward makes low risk/high reward impossible. Period.

 

Now if somebody possesses information that others lack, it's a different story. If Hahn knew that Hector Sanchez was an alien who stole Buster Posey's talent but the rest of the market didn't, this signing would be low risk/high reward.