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White Sox Sign RP Joe Kelly (2yrs with a club option; $17m)


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12 minutes ago, chw42 said:

What do we think he got? 2 years and 20 million? 2 years and 18 million? 

Has anyone gotten a price here? If he got $10 million and JH got $5.5 then they have less than $20 million under the tax line, $15 more realistically.

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3 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

Has anyone gotten a price here? If he got $10 million and JH got $5.5 then they have less than $20 million under the tax line, $15 more realistically.

It's more likely than not that they used the Kimbrel $ to sign these 2 guys. 

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Just now, 2Deep said:

I cant believe some of you bitching about too many good arms in bullpen.

This is a good signing.

Kimbrel is getting traded for another asset soon 

LaRussa just said  that Kimbrel will be on the White Sox Opening Day roster.

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Let me be one of the only ones on this thread to say that even with this signing, I think the Sox will not trade Kimbrel for now. 

Why not? 

1.  His value is too low.  Any trade would be mostly a salary dump, not netting the Sox much of anything in return.

2.  The Sox signed their 2B, so Kimbrel isn't going in a package for a new 2B.

3.  Kimbrel wouldn't net a better RF than what we already have.

4.  Kimbrel also wouldn't net starting pitcher depth of any quality.  

Conclusion?  Kimbrel has the biggest upside of anything you could swap him for, so to trade him might save money, but it would make the team worse. 

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Just now, mac9001 said:

It's probably a fair assessment. His value might be higher once a team is in desperate need of a proven closer and the Sox can wait for the right offer.

No way can the Sox risk him sucking to start the year again as a non-closer

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