Sox sign Adam Eaton 1 year, $7m plus option

[GermanSoxFan]

Hate it, hate it, hate it.

 

Joc would have been a good value signing. Eaton is a tool, he has declined severly and is not able to stay healthy. His offensive production has always been meh for a corner OF and now his defense has vanished.

[Sockin]

Fully expecting Schwarber now.

[soxfan49]

7 minutes ago, elrockinMT said:

I am good with this deal for Eaton. Speed , good defense and gets on base 

Good defense huh?

[ron883]

2 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

????

What a complete joke. Bargain hunting as always.

Not only is Eaton an asshole whose teammates can't stand him, but he's also bad.

Yay!

It's even worse than you thought with the potential Joc signing!

[mqr]

Yeah, I got nothing on this one

[Donny Lucy's Avocado Farm]

this is such a White Sox move.

But hey, if they have to DFA him midseason, its only 3m more than Mazara woulda made.

[thxfrthmmrs]

17 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

I guess this brings the Adam Eaton trade back to absolutely full circle then, doesn't it.

Wait until we trade Cease and bring back Q.

[wegner]

I'm OK with this move if we are able to get 3 more pitchers at the trade deadline for him.

[SoCalChiSox]

1 minute ago, Sockin said:

Fully expecting Schwarber now.

Yeah we still need a legit power LH hitter.

[Look at Ray Ray Run]

19 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

I like him better than Joc to tell you the truth. If you read our Chuck's article on him, Howie Kendrick paints a different picture of Adam Eaton the teammate than is usually posted here.

But until 2020 he was at least a .360 OBP guy who can give you a little pop, and can hold his own in RF, although not elite like he was.

If you aren't willing to  shop at Nieman Marcus, this is a good TJ Maxx deal.

But unless there is some elite bullpen arm or something else I am missing coming, not netting one of Springer or Bauer, is a failure IMO.

That's great, Adam Eaton went on Chicago radio and said the White Sox lost their team leader when Drake LaRoche was kicked out of the clubhouse. A grown man was calling a child the clubhouse leader. When he was called out on this following the incident, it resulted in a fist fight.

Todd Frazier is one of the most liked guys around the game; he considers Eaton to be the biggest asshole in baseball. I'll trust Frazier on this one.

Eaton was also bad last year, can never stay healthy, and has no pop in right field. He's also a declining defender.

[daggins]

You'd be forgiven for having some optimism after the Lynn trade, but it looks like the Sox outfield acquisition strategy remains "The worst of all worlds".

[ChiSox59]

9 minutes ago, fathom said:

At least LF and CF are dependable guys in terms of health 

Yeah, we definitely need another guy who can play OF for stretches.  Give me Marwin Gonzalez.  

[Dick Allen]

Adam Eaton and Lance Lynn cost only $2 million more in total for a year than Alonso and Jay. 

[Look at Ray Ray Run]

1 minute ago, Yearnin' for Yermin said:

It's even worse than you thought with the potential Joc signing!

Man, I'd give anything for Joc now.

So now that they're not spending on a pitcher or an outfielder, the White Sox are going into an all-in year with a payroll that'll be in the bottom half of the league. "Change the game!"

[he gone.]

reaction:

Thought it was strange Garfein starting pushing this narrative over the past few days. Maybe people change and mature? Who knows. As a person I think he's a dick and my guess is he still isn't the nicest person. But I don't care much about that - maybe is the type of guy who fits in well with TLR (whose personality i also don't like). 

In terms of baseball? I think it's a safe 1 year deal - so why not? Very White Sox move again though. Low cost, low risk, re-tread, etc. It's not the type of move that makes me excited ... clearly we aren't going for it all in an aggressive way. Settling for a nice rotation piece, settling for an okay/replacement level RF, etc. I'd assume the next type of moves we'd make are bringing back a Colome, maybe adding a Hand, etc. It's all a bunch of boring, calculated moves which are fine. Was kind of hoping we'd seize the moment & be more aggressive. Not like trade Kopech/Vaughn aggressive, but maybe make a serious run at Springer/Bauer aggressive. This is a fine move, but doesn't move the needle. It's putting additional pressure on the in-house guys to do their job and take hte next step (Moncada/Eloy/Robert/Madrigal/Vaughn). 

 

Not bad, C grade move. Was hoping with the current environment of Covid, payrolls being cut + timing of us on the up & up we'd seize that and make a move for a guy like Bryant or someone like that to really push some chips into the middle. Oh well. 

[bmags]

Soxtalk on 33 year old Michael Brantley who hit .300 / .364 / .476 last year:

"Just scares me, you know? Declining hitter, he's basically Adam dunn or LaRoche"

Soxtalk on 32 year old Adam Eaton who hit .226/.285/.384

"Love it. Great defense. Great bat. Good walks. What's not to love?"

[Chicago White Sox]

9 minutes ago, bmags said:

2019 Adam Eaton - 107 wRC+

2019 Joc Pederson - 127 wRC+

2020 Adam Eaton - 77 wRC+

2020 Joc Pederson - 88 wRC+

Adam Eaton - 32 years old

Joc Pederson - 28 years old

 

 

Fuck

[Jack Parkman]

2 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said:

Worse than who?  Certainly not worse than anyone else we've been throwing out there.  The only guy you could point to (besides Springer) that you can make an argument is a better fit is Joc.  And that is no slam dunk.  Joc is coming off a .190/.285/.395 season good for -0.1 fWAR.  Eaton wasn't any better in 2020, but its not like Joc was some home run signing.  The rest of the options suck balls at defense.  

He was also worse than Mazara in 2020. Eaton is coming off a .226/.285/.669 triple slash with a -0.5 fWAR, right? At least Mazara was above water at 0.2. 

[fathom]

Can’t wait for all of Benetti’s Adam Eaton and Adam Engle jokes

[Bob Sacamano]

Being a Sox fan is a sick joke. This is how we are re-paid for sitting through a rebuild (plus the years we sucked prior to rebuild)?

Edit: I would have been ok with this move if it was just announced that we signed Trevor Bauer.

Edited December 8, 2020 by manbearpuig

[Green Line]

Gross.  Clubhouse cancer!

[Squirmin' for Yermin]

1 minute ago, bmags said:

Soxtalk on 33 year old Michael Brantley who hit .300 / .364 / .476 last year:

"Just scares me, you know? Declining hitter, he's basically Adam dunn or LaRoche"

Soxtalk on 32 year old Adam Eaton who hit .226/.285/.384

"Love it. Great defense. Great bat. Good walks. What's not to love?"

Who compared Brantley to Dunn???

 

also, Brantley can't field... and we signed a RF. Brantley is a DH.

[beautox]

15 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

Like Joc?

Exactly Joc has been struggling in all facets of the game sans power. 

[shakes]

I am so not aligned with this board right now. ?

I actually like this signing. He's a more well rounded player, and discounted because of last year, particularly when he can be rested a couple of times a week. He's at best their 7th best position player, so doesn't need to be a career outlier performance for him to contribute.

I think the clubhouse stuff may have gotten pointed heavily at him, when that was a real toxic mix. No doubt Eaton is a personality not for everyone but he seemed to get along just fine in Washington. That entire clubhouse mix was a disaster last time. 

[maloney.adam]

I’m really shocked by this move to say the least. I really thought that Joc was going to be the guy. Something must have changed overnight. I don’t know maybe I’ll warm up to it eventually but now not so much. 

Edited December 8, 2020 by maloney.adam