Sleepy Harold Posted August 15, 2024 Share Posted August 15, 2024 Throw in a claim Getz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted August 15, 2024 Share Posted August 15, 2024 (edited) Elias Díaz is turning 34 in November, is owed the remainder of his $6 million dollar salary for this year, and he’s a free agent after this season. He makes zero sense for the Sox to claim, although the Rockies would surely appreciate it. Some contender will grab him. Joey Bart was the 27 year old catcher the Sox should have acquired when the Giants DFA him back on March 31st. He is now at an .858 OPS. Edited August 15, 2024 by WhiteSox2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 15, 2024 Share Posted August 15, 2024 On 8/15/2024 at 7:16 AM, WhiteSox2023 said: Elias Díaz is turning 34 in November, is owed the remainder of his $6 million dollar salary for this year, and he’s a free agent after this season. He makes zero sense for the Sox to claim, although the Rockies would surely appreciate it. Some contender will grab him. Joey Bart was the 27 year old catcher the Sox should have acquired when the Giants DFA him back on March 31st. He is now at an .858 OPS. Expand But do the pitchers like him? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almagest Posted August 15, 2024 Share Posted August 15, 2024 Way better backup than Chuckie Robinson, but he'd probably start here and I'd rather to continue to see what Lee can do. Not sure why the Rockies are putting a 1.1 bWAR catcher not making a lot on outright waivers - do they have someone he's blocking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted August 15, 2024 Share Posted August 15, 2024 On 8/15/2024 at 3:13 PM, almagest said: Way better backup than Chuckie Robinson, but he'd probably start here and I'd rather to continue to see what Lee can do. Not sure why the Rockies are putting a 1.1 bWAR catcher not making a lot on outright waivers - do they have someone he's blocking? Expand He's a free agent at the end of the year so just dumping his remaining salary. Teams did this last year too. He'll go to a contender. Makes no sense for the Sox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Harold Posted August 15, 2024 Author Share Posted August 15, 2024 On 8/15/2024 at 7:16 AM, WhiteSox2023 said: Elias Díaz is turning 34 in November, is owed the remainder of his $6 million dollar salary for this year, and he’s a free agent after this season. He makes zero sense for the Sox to claim, although the Rockies would surely appreciate it. Some contender will grab him. Joey Bart was the 27 year old catcher the Sox should have acquired when the Giants DFA him back on March 31st. He is now at an .858 OPS. Expand He makes sense to claim bc Chuckles Robinson isn't good. He's owed about 1M for the remainder of the season, so might be too rich for JR after giving Pedro the axe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Harold Posted August 15, 2024 Author Share Posted August 15, 2024 On 8/15/2024 at 3:13 PM, almagest said: Way better backup than Chuckie Robinson, but he'd probably start here and I'd rather to continue to see what Lee can do. Not sure why the Rockies are putting a 1.1 bWAR catcher not making a lot on outright waivers - do they have someone he's blocking? Expand Maybe they feel Drew Romo is ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted August 15, 2024 Share Posted August 15, 2024 (edited) On 8/15/2024 at 6:38 PM, Sleepy Harold said: He makes sense to claim bc Chuckles Robinson isn't good. He's owed about 1M for the remainder of the season, so might be too rich for JR after giving Pedro the axe. Expand That's the huge and probably only factor why the Sox won't. Chuckie Robinson is owed whatever the pro-rated minimum amount is. Edited August 15, 2024 by Bob Sacamano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted August 15, 2024 Share Posted August 15, 2024 On 8/15/2024 at 6:38 PM, Sleepy Harold said: He makes sense to claim bc Chuckles Robinson isn't good. He's owed about 1M for the remainder of the season, so might be too rich for JR after giving Pedro the axe. Expand To what end/purpose? To maybe win one more game this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Harold Posted August 16, 2024 Author Share Posted August 16, 2024 On 8/15/2024 at 10:12 PM, WhiteSox2023 said: To what end/purpose? To maybe win one more game this season? Expand A veteran catcher that's better than your current 29 y.o. backup and relatively cheap. Could possibly help out Korey and/or Quero (if they decide to call him up). I'd say there's not really any downside to putting a claim in, especially since the Sox have right of first refusal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted August 16, 2024 Share Posted August 16, 2024 On 8/16/2024 at 12:36 AM, Sleepy Harold said: A veteran catcher that's better than your current 29 y.o. backup and relatively cheap. Could possibly help out Korey and/or Quero (if they decide to call him up). I'd say there's not really any downside to putting a claim in, especially since the Sox have right of first refusal. Expand Please don’t call up Quero this year and we already know Jerry won’t add the salary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 16, 2024 Share Posted August 16, 2024 On 8/15/2024 at 3:13 PM, almagest said: Way better backup than Chuckie Robinson, but he'd probably start here and I'd rather to continue to see what Lee can do. Not sure why the Rockies are putting a 1.1 bWAR catcher not making a lot on outright waivers - do they have someone he's blocking? Expand Seems like just yesterday we had to DFA Duke Ellis because we HAD to protect Chuckie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almagest Posted August 16, 2024 Share Posted August 16, 2024 On 8/16/2024 at 5:39 PM, southsider2k5 said: Seems like just yesterday we had to DFA Duke Ellis because we HAD to protect Chuckie. Expand He’s been terrible since he left and is already 26, so seems like an alright move. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Harold Posted August 16, 2024 Author Share Posted August 16, 2024 I suppose it makes a bit more sense now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 16, 2024 Share Posted August 16, 2024 Diaz is now a minimum wage employee... right up Jerry's alley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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