SoxFan562004 Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 (I've been studying for finals for a week straight, so this may come off as a tirade since I'm probably blowing off steam!!) I guess I was wrong earlier about the Angels offer, I guess I'm use to Owner Jerry and his ways and would never think an owner would make a bold move (I assume the Angels owner is doing this to take him off the market before the Yankees get serious, and so they can sign him before sox offer him arbitration) I just don't see the sox re-signing him at this point, there's 3 scenarios I can possibly forsee him coming back (Not including that the rumored offer is false) 1. We dump pay roll and up the offer, but I don't see it being as high as the Angels' offer though 2. It's really true that Colon is a quiet guy who's comfortable with the Sox and willing to take a little less to stay here, but Sox would have to increase the 3 and 30 offer, either by years or $ for this to occur 3. He takes arbitration from Sox, gets about 12m for 04 and attempts free agency again next year (I actually think this is the most likely out of the 3, but probably not going to happen) It's just ridiculous how Reinsdorf runs this team (I won't even blame KW) He says he'll increase payroll if attendance goes up, well it's gone up for the last 3 years and he is still turning this offseason into a joke for Sox fans. And I'm sure this money offered to Colon from the Sox will vanish again and KW will cry poor (as JR's mouthpiece). That's what's driving me nuts about this offseason, they cry poor than offer 8 digits to Colon twice without explaining how they will be able to do it financially. The only hope I have is that the AL central is bad, and the team that won it last year is shipping all-star calliber players faster than the Sox aren't spending money. I sincerely hope KW is not putting all his energy into Colon and has some back up plan. I would personally like to see the Sox get Ponson, I think he's a good pitcher who can eat innings, and will probably cost about what Escobar cost (6-7m a year) Oh yeah, I'm a huge Dodgers fan also (Spent summers in So Cal growing up starting in mid 80's) and I would like the Konerko for Perez move, BUT, Perez is not a front line starter, he is a very solid 3-4 type pitcher (his numbers are skewed from pitching at Dodgers Stadium) So, Colon will probably be an Angel by Saturday and we will have to hear the same KW sound bites, OH JOY!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 Saw Gammons on Sportscenter tonite and I think he said that Colon will sign with da Angels on that 4 year deal that they offered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Rector Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 It's just ridiculous how Reinsdorf runs this team (I won't even blame KW) He says he'll increase payroll if attendance goes up, well it's gone up for the last 3 years and he is still turning this offseason into a joke for Sox fans. Get your facts straight. The payroll for 2004 is going up from 2003's 51 Mil. to 58 Mil. That's a 14% increase folks even though inflation in 2003 was only about 2% making that rate of increase about 7 times the rate of inflation. Not exactly a modest rise. In other words, the rise in attendance is directly translating into an increase in payroll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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