Butter Parque Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 White Sox Sign Omar Visquel to a 2 year, 8,000,000 contract. White Sox sign Troy Percival to a 3 year, 16,000,000- 18,000,000 contract White Sox sign Brad Radke to a 4 year, 28,000,000- 30,000,000 contract White Sox sign Henry Blanco to a 2 year, 1,800,000 contract White Sox sign David Dellucci to 3 year, 3,000,000 contract I'm not going to try and predict trades because that's impossible to do. I would sign Visquel as a bridge-gap until we could find a young, good SS. I really don't want Percival, but it seems like he would be the best fit for the White Sox. I want Hoffman or a closer by trade. Brad Radke, I think would be the best addition in the offseason for us. he's so reliable and we don't need him to be an ace, just a #3 starter. I would definitely like to add Henry Blanco as a 3rd Catcher (You know kow Ozzie likes 3) Blanco would give us a great arm and a fine defensive catcher. I hate Ben Davis and see nothing in him that would warrant a starting job. I could see Blanco catching 80 games or more for us. David Dellucci is a grinder. He plays some nice defense and is a smart baserunner. He wouldn't start but could come in if Everett or Gload fails out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santo=dorf Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 NO WAY ON PERCIVAL!!!! IMO, I don't think relievers should be signed to large contracts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Parque Posted October 30, 2004 Author Share Posted October 30, 2004 Hey, I don't want him either but his salary will only go down a little from last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santo=dorf Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Hey, I don't want him either but his salary will only go down a little from last season. So why do you suggest signing him? What makes you think the Sox will sign him at that price, or even sign him at all? And I don't think there's a chance in hell that Reinsdorf give out another long term deal to a starting pitcher AND a long term deal to a reliever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Parque Posted October 30, 2004 Author Share Posted October 30, 2004 I'm not suggesting these players, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were signed to this team. You have to read my other posts on this relievers topic. There are a lot of risky things when it comes to the SP in the FA market. Would you give a long term deal to an enigma like Odalis Perez? Would you give a long-term deal to a guy who has just recently found success in Carl Pavano? Would you give a long-term contract to a guy who is in the twilight of his career in Pedro Martinez? Would you give a long-term contract to guy who never gets a ground-ball in Eric Milton? Would you give a long-term contract to a shaky Russ Ortiz to pitch at the Cell? Tjere are a lot of unsure things in the FA market, you could go on with jaret Wrigh, Derek Lowe; the lis goes on and on, but the most sure thing, in my opinion is Radke. He is 32, which is kind of old, but his #'s are very consistent. if you going to give a long-term deal to someone, "Mr. Reliabe" is the guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Blanco's terrible, and to spend damn near $2 mill on him would be awful. I'd rather use Hankins then sign Blanco. No way would I sign Percival to a long term contract. Maybe 2 years at the very most. No way do you sign Delluci to a long term deal either. Probably a one year deal at the very most, and I don't even see the need to sign him with how many OFers we have, even if a lot of them are bad. Minnesota will almost undoubtedly resign Radke, and if they don't, the Sox need to sign him ASAP. Make those b****es pay for not resigning him. I also see Odalis Perez as a viable option to sign too. The Sox should look at either Radke or Perez if they cannot get an absolute stud(like Unit or Pavano) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Parque Posted October 31, 2004 Author Share Posted October 31, 2004 Blanco's terrible, and to spend damn near $2 mill on him would be awful. I'd rather use Hankins then sign Blanco. Hey, we're not counting on our catcher to be a big offensive threat with ben Davis and Jamie Burke. We're not getting Varitek and we're not getting Kendall, so who do you want? At least Blanco is one of the best defensive catchers in baseball. His CERA was very good and he has a laser for an arm(better then Olivo's) which completely shuts down the running game. You might only want to sign him to a 1 year deal, but I have him down at about 900,000 a year, which isn't bad for a guy with his defensive value. On Dellucci, It doen't matter to me whether or not he gets a 1, 2, or 3 year deal from this team. he's a good ballplayer who could have some significant value off of our bench. He's great defensively, can run the bases, and gives 100%. If Lee gets traded, then who's in your outfiled? Rowand, Everett, ? Your missing a spot now so he could be important. Next year, your going to see a team built around defense and speed, no one is looking for more power hitters, then your putting yourself in the same situation as last season, and the year before that. You live by the homer, and die by the homer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Hey, we're not counting on our catcher to be a big offensive threat with ben Davis and Jamie Burke. We're not getting Varitek and we're not getting Kendall, so who do you want? At least Blanco is one of the best defensive catchers in baseball. His CERA was very good and he has a laser for an arm(better then Olivo's) which completely shuts down the running game. You might only want to sign him to a 1 year deal, but I have him down at about 900,000 a year, which isn't bad for a guy with his defensive value. On Dellucci, It doen't matter to me whether or not he gets a 1, 2, or 3 year deal from this team. he's a good ballplayer who could have some significant value off of our bench. He's great defensively, can run the bases, and gives 100%. If Lee gets traded, then who's in your outfiled? Rowand, Everett, ? Your missing a spot now so he could be important. Next year, your going to see a team built around defense and speed, no one is looking for more power hitters, then your putting yourself in the same situation as last season, and the year before that. You live by the homer, and die by the homer. I don't want a catcher that's going to hit .210. That's Mark Johnson territory. His CERA(I assume that's catcher's ERA) was probably swayed a little by having the league's best pitcher on his staff, and I doubt he had a lot to do with Santana figuring out wtf was wrong. He also had Radke, who was pretty damn solid too, along with one of the league's best bullpens. You have to think about those kinds of things before you just note that he had one of the best CERA's. If I caught Pedro Martinez and only Pedro Martinez, I could have one of the better CERA's too. Doesn't mean a lot when you catch good pitchers. He does have a good arm...but his arm does not make up for what he lacks. Burke has a pretty solid arm too, and it is quite accurate as well. No need to bring on Blanco. Davis-Burke will do just fine for me. And, while Dellucci may be a solid player, we have no use for him. We have more OFers then we really need right now, so there is no use for Dellucci. Harris, Timo, Gload, Everett, and Burke can all play a little OF, and they can cover the OF from left to right. Also...I don't buy into this whole getting rid of the power hitters thing, and I don't think Oz or KW do either. What they do believe in is getting rid of the hit or miss guys...mainly Valentin, but I wouldn't be surprised if they are shopping Crede, Borchard, and even Konerko too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSGuy406 Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 If Henry Blanco gets a 1.8 million dollar contract from the White Sox, Kenny Williams and anyone associated with the move should be shot. You get the point... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Hey, we're not counting on our catcher to be a big offensive threat with ben Davis and Jamie Burke. We're not getting Varitek and we're not getting Kendall, so who do you want? I'll take a solid Gregg Zaun or Mike Redmond (never really had his chance in FLA) or even a Dan Wilson (veteran) over Blanco. Hell, I would take Davis himself over him. BTW, watch Davis surprise next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punch and Judy Garland Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 At least if we got Zaun he'd stop terrorizing us. Him and Catalanatto raked against us last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Godfather Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 One Guy nobody mentioned is Einar Diaz he plays solid defense and can hit best thing about him is he would be rather cheap 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Henry blanco's cera is 4.25 and he ranks 13th out of the 27 qualified. So don't use cera as an excuse to give him nearly 2 million dollars over two years. Only thing is really good at is throwing out potentional base stealers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 I really would like seeing Radke in a White Sox uni. But I don't know if I'd want to see Blanco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Tjere are a lot of unsure things in the FA market, you could go on with jaret Wrigh, Derek Lowe; the lis goes on and on, but the most sure thing, in my opinion is Radke. He is 32, which is kind of old, but his #'s are very consistent. if you going to give a long-term deal to someone, "Mr. Reliabe" is the guy. How can you say radke is consistent? He is far from consistent. This is every year from 1995, his rookie year. 5.32 3.87 4.46 4.30 3.75 4.45 3.94 4.72 4.49 3.48 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redandwhite Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 How can you say radke is consistent? He is far from consistent. This is every year from 1995, his rookie year. 5.32 3.87 4.46 4.30 3.75 4.45 3.94 4.72 4.49 3.48 the guy has won 15+ games for 10+ years. No statistic or anyother s*** prove your point. Radke has been consistent, period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 the guy has won 15+ games for 10+ years. No statistic or anyother s*** prove your point. Radke has been consistent, period. When did he do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSGuy406 Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 When did he do this? Yeah, considering he has only pitched in the majors for ten years, so the '+' couldn't apply, nor could the 'win 15+ games', because he's only won 15 or more games twice in his career. That was an odd statement to say the least, rednwhite... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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