Bob Sacamano Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/02/white-sox-mike-clevinger-agree-to-minor-league-contract.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Dear Chris Getz, 2 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox59 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 lol can't wait for the reactions on this one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 (edited) I just don’t get it…he’s never exactly been an innings eater so that’s not a reason or argument. Edited February 21 by Bob Sacamano Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 To add onto this: This isn't a move Getz has to make because he has no budget, cause there's no upside with Clevinger. He sucks, he's been injured while here, and that's not even counting the accompanying baggage. At this point, it's just charity for Clevinger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 ... I'm fucking done with this team. f*** that piece of s%*# of a human being and the White Sox organization. I don't give a damn how many innings he eats. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 SSHM and Balta threatened to quit the board over this lol before..although have since seen the former name in the SoxMachine threads on Fegan Margalus Nelson articles. Same poster that always provided graphs facts background like Jay Cuda I guess. You go through all the trouble of casting out the so called bad apples from the 2022-23 25 man roster and THEN you disrespect your clubhouse and female fanbase by deliberately counting more controversy? This is dumb in so many ways they're impossible to count. What the heck is Venable thinking about all this? Surely he was notified? Too early for April Fool's right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 February 20th, 2025 at 11:03pm CST • By Anthony Franco The White Sox are in agreement with Mike Clevinger on a minor league deal, reports Robert Murray of FanSided. The ACES client receives a non-roster invite to Spring Training. More to come. The day the White Sox died...11:03 p.m. on a Thursday night. Not a Hahn Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSpalehoseCWS Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 On 2/21/2025 at 5:07 AM, Bob Sacamano said: I just don’t get it…he’s never exactly been an innings eater so that’s not a reason or argument. Expand Doesn't he have a personal relationship with one of the minority shareholders? I feel like I've seen that connection before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBooneLoganEra Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 I'm just here for the overreactions 🤣 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Moooton Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 On 2/21/2025 at 5:22 AM, CWSpalehoseCWS said: Doesn't he have a personal relationship with one of the minority shareholders? I feel like I've seen that connection before. Expand I think/hope this is why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy U Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Sox already have to find innings to ramp up 16 guys to starters in Spring. I have no idea why they would do this. Oh well, add it to the 99% of reality that I get no say in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Jose Quintana has supposedly been rejected by the Mets and now the Pirates (signed Andrew Heaney instead)...wouldn't THAT be a much better story, ending his career with the White Sox, one that began 13 LONG years ago? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoUEvenShift Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Damn our game threads will go from 10 posts to 5 posts when he starts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 On 2/21/2025 at 5:53 AM, DoUEvenShift said: Damn our game threads will go from 10 posts to 5 posts when he starts. Expand Cue up the "no way he even makes the team as an NRI," brigade, he's just rotation insurance...nothing here to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoUEvenShift Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoUEvenShift Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 I heard Trevor Bauer is still throwing 95mph on tik tok reels, we should check him out too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalChiSox Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Yeah I'd much rather give Q a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) They've already paid this guy $15 million between 2023 and 2024...and he's recorded 2.2 and -0.1 fWAR's. 2.1 isn't a terrible payoff for a FA contract based on that amount, but the public relations and clubhouse chemistry hits alone aren't worth that level of performance. And then you want to reintroduce him to your clubhouse of lots of young players just breaking into the big leagues for the very first time??? WHY????? How does he represent White Sox culture that Venable and Getz are so desperately trying to inculcate??? 2020 0.7 $1.5 million CLE/SD (traded for Austin Hedges, Josh Naylor, Cal Quantrill and prospects Joey Cantillo, Gabriel Arias and Owen Miller, not one of Preller's best moves.) 2021 0.0 $5 million SD (injured, out for whole season) 2022 0.4 $7 million SD 2023 2.2 $8 million CHW 2024 -0.1 $4 million buyout, another $3 million contract ($7 million total) CHW Average=0.64 fWAR (3.2 fWAR total) over those last five years for $28.5 million ... the Padres couldn't move on fast enough, but the White Sox were so quick to INCREASE his salary after a 0.4 fWAR campaign in 2022. The guy has made $30,670,000 in his career already...do we need to contribute even more to his family? Finally, the entire baseball world must be laughing at the White Sox, yet again...why do we continually make ourselves a national laughingstock? Edited February 21 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcq Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Part of the MLB new quality of equality issue. Clev plans to wear Sox gear to Coopersville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Moooton Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 I think he has dirt on a minority owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Moooton Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Also, god bless Canada. Nazi’s lose again. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) Investing significant money in a pitcher (Sunshine) who’s had a history of injuries likely isn’t what the Padres front office wants to do. And the bottom line is he pitched just 2.2 innings, allowing seven earned runs in his two postseason games this season. Of course we all know he wasn’t able to get a single out in Philadelphia after the offense gave him the luxury of a four-run lead before he even took the mound. While he didn’t perform in the postseason, I did feel for him when he said the day of Game 4 was one of the worst days of his life. He wanted to help this team win so bad so it sucked to see him struggle (as it does to see any Padre struggle). I would be fine if he returned on a team-friendly deal but money could probably be better spent elsewhere this winter. This was Clevinger coming out of 2022... https://www.gaslampball.com/2022/10/28/23425641/2022-padres-player-review-mike-clevinger Edited February 21 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Investing significant money in a pitcher (Sunshine) who’s had a history of injuries likely isn’t what the Padres front office wants to do. And the bottom line is he pitched just 2.2 innings, allowing seven earned runs in his two postseason games this season. Of course we all know he wasn’t able to get a single out in Philadelphia after the offense gave him the luxury of a four-run lead before he even took the mound. While he didn’t perform in the postseason, I did feel for him when he said the day of Game 4 was one of the worst days of his life. He wanted to help this team win so bad so it sucked to see him struggle (as it does to see any Padre struggle). I would be fine if he returned on a team-friendly deal but money could probably be better spent elsewhere this winter. This was Clevinger coming out of 2022... https://www.gaslampball.com/2022/10/28/23425641/2022-padres-player-review-mike-clevinger
maxjusttyped Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 The Sox operate as if their goal is to alienate as many fans as possible. maybe it actually is. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 On 2/21/2025 at 8:44 AM, maxjusttyped said: The Sox operate as if their goal is to alienate as many fans as possible. maybe it actually is. Expand Pretty darned close to the plot of Major League...including a rickety plane compared to the rest of MLB. We don't even get a bikini cutout and crusty manager Lou Brown. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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