DirtySox Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Well that sucks, although there wasn’t really anything tying him to us. That being said, I hope this is for a ton of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 One more argument for moving to Portland, lol. Much closer to the Japanese market. Just don’t have the opposing teams staying at the DoubleTree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Side Fireworks Man Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Yeah, but we got Nova! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 What an advantage it has clearly been for these West Coast teams to have all the Japanese talent fall in to their laps because of their proximity to Japan. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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iamshack Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 24 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: One more argument for moving to Portland, lol. Much closer to the Japanese market. Just don’t have the opposing teams staying at the DoubleTree. I would have thought making them stay there would be a great advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 11 minutes ago, DirtySox said: Less than 20 hours would be new information, unless the January 2nd deadline was based on Tokyo time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chicago White Sox Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 1 minute ago, aeichhor said: Well that makes more sense...thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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frogsplash31 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 He seemed like a good fit for the Sox. Knowing Seattle, you should be able to trade for Kikuchi by June. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ChiSoxFanMike Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 How much money is he getting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSox Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 This is the kind of move the Sox need to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminor3rd Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Lame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iWiN4PreP Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 This must mean that we are using up all of our financial resources to sign Harper and Machado this off season. Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 4 hours ago, aeichhor said: I don't 100% understand what this means, but here you go..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 That ... sounds like he’s mistaken. You are giving the player the option to re ew his contract for 4 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) 11 minutes ago, bmags said: That ... sounds like he’s mistaken. You are giving the player the option to re ew his contract for 4 years? Sure, if his contract was seriously backloaded...it would have to be attractive enough to keep him off the free agent market at Year 4, right? Edited January 1, 2019 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarava Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I was going to express disappointment in the Sox letting yet another player sign elsewhere. But if he seriously got 7 guaranteed years - then enjoy him Seattle! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, Sarava said: I was going to express disappointment in the Sox letting yet another player sign elsewhere. But if he seriously got 7 guaranteed years - then enjoy him Seattle! Yeah exactly. It would have been fun and maybe it’s a 7 year 10 million contract (I doubt it) but not a length I’d want to commit to. Really bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 “MLB Network insider Jon Heyman says the unique deal is for an initial three years, plus a player option in 2022. But the option can potentially be replaced by an additional four-year guarantee that would convert the deal to seven years.” So it’s only guaranteed for three years...we need to find out more about how this player (but not team option) works. There should be protection built into the deal for both sides, or maybe incentives met are related to the player option automatically kicking in. Since they’re rebuilding, it would make sense for the M’s to want a player for more than three years, because they’re unlikely to be competitive from 2019-21. Weird deal...or revolutionary, time will tell, and who the hell knows with the Mariners? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capital G Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I dont even get this for the Ms. They are rebuilding yet they sign a 27 yr old with a history of arm issues. I guess they can make some bank off the Japanese market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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