BurlyMan56 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Just heard that Crede was extended for a year? confirm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eickevinmorris Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 White Sox third baseman Joe Crede agreed Thursday to a one-year, $5.1 million contract that allowed him to earn an additional $300,000 in performance bonuses. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-08...1,1333942.story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox-r-us Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Yes, 1 yr 5.1M http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...cs_tab01_layout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 hmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metz Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 doesnt mean we still cant trade him ... heh ... :ugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 This is Joe Crede signing a contract to avoid arbitration. Not Joe Crede signing a contract extension. Please for God's sake someone make that clear in the thread title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderman Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 This doesn't change anything - the White Sox still have 2 3B, and one, most likely Joe Crede, won't be here by the start of the season. He was going to have to sign a deal for next season at some point.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daa84 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) yawn.....thats about what he woulda gotten in arb. anyways....i guess we avoid the mess of an arb hearing....i hope he has a good spring so we can get something more than a michael dubee type player for him\ on a side note...maybe i just hate change, but i dislike the new chicagosports.com Edited January 18, 2008 by daa84 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 So that's Crede and Uribe making a combined $9.6M this season. That's not a very good use of resources is it. Ideally, they'd both be off the 25 man roster before the first game of the season in April, but my guess is 1 (probably Uribe) will be on the bench to start the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurlyMan56 Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 mods, please change the title, i heard it was an extension. sorry about the uninformed title Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(BurlyMan56 @ Jan 17, 2008 -> 06:54 PM) mods, please change the title, i heard it was an extension. sorry about the uninformed title Technically it is an extension. But it's not the kind of extension that would send this place into a frenzy - a multi year one. His contract was extended 1 year, which everyone expected as a means of avoiding arbitration. A multi year extension for Crede would mean that we have 2 3rd basemen locked up for the long term, which would mean that we'd be trading Fields immediately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 So that's a $160,000 raise from last year with an opportunity to make an additional 300K sounds about right to me. This is a perfect example of how things work during a good player's arbitration eligible seasons, no matter how s***ty you play you'll almost never be forced to take a paycut in the 2nd or 3rd year of arb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderman Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jan 17, 2008 -> 08:47 PM) So that's Crede and Uribe making a combined $9.6M this season. That's not a very good use of resources is it. Ideally, they'd both be off the 25 man roster before the first game of the season in April, but my guess is 1 (probably Uribe) will be on the bench to start the season. Agreed, and the Uribe situation continues to baffle and irritate me. Nobody wants the guy because he's not very good....except the White Sox at the time, who have to regret that decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jan 17, 2008 -> 06:47 PM) So that's Crede and Uribe making a combined $9.6M this season. That's not a very good use of resources is it. Ideally, they'd both be off the 25 man roster before the first game of the season in April, but my guess is 1 (probably Uribe) will be on the bench to start the season. Looking on the bright side, we can actually have the expectation that the team will have $10 million in salary to spend on FA's next offseason. And you could easily up that number considerably if you were able to move Contreras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearSox Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 17, 2008 -> 09:37 PM) Looking on the bright side, we can actually have the expectation that the team will have $10 million in salary to spend on FA's next offseason. And you could easily up that number considerably if you were able to move Contreras. and perhaps one of Dye, Konerko, or Thome... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearSox Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Hey, if we could free up close to 30 million after 08, we could have a shot at signing Sabathia, or to a lesser (but risker) extent Sheets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitewashed in '05 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(BearSox @ Jan 17, 2008 -> 09:58 PM) Hey, if we could free up close to 30 million after 08, we could have a shot at signing Sabathia, or to a lesser (but risker) extent Sheets. I'd rather go after Bedard. Isn't he going to be an FA soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(Whitewashed in '05 @ Jan 17, 2008 -> 08:03 PM) I'd rather go after Bedard. Isn't he going to be an FA soon? At least for now...that Santana dude is. Bedard is a FA after 09. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearSox Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(Whitewashed in '05 @ Jan 17, 2008 -> 10:03 PM) I'd rather go after Bedard. Isn't he going to be an FA soon? I would think he has at least 2 more years of arbitration left... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearSox Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 17, 2008 -> 10:06 PM) At least for now...that Santana dude is. Bedard is a FA after 09. I didn't mention Santana since odds are he will be traded and his new team would sign him before he opens the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(BearSox @ Jan 17, 2008 -> 08:09 PM) I didn't mention Santana since odds are he will be traded and his new team would sign him before he opens the market. NOt if no one meets the Twins' price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 17, 2008 -> 10:10 PM) NOt if no one meets the Twins' price. I believe it's just short of a foregone conclusion that he'll be traded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Oh, you bet your ass KW is going after one of those premier starters. Hes probably already budgeting for it. The question is, will we get one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeynach Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Yeah right, I love the sox are gonna sign a big name FA pitcher talk. The sox had a hard time giving their own workhorse 4 years and they refuse to give anything but 3 to every one else. What premier FA pitcher is looking for 3 years, try 5 Minumum. The sox take themselves out of the market before they even get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderman Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jan 17, 2008 -> 10:46 PM) Oh, you bet your ass KW is going after one of those premier starters. Hes probably already budgeting for it. The question is, will we get one? No way unless Kenny decides to offer at least 5 years, if not more, which some other teams would because free agency makes teams stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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