Konerko

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Originally posted by hotsoxchick1

yeah jas they gave them the money when they were young and now look at where they are.......ray ray gone....frank on the way out... and foulke headed west.......we give the money but then we take it away or dump when the big pay offs are due..........lol......

 

Now Now now, they didn't shy away from Frank and his big pay. They kept paying him, but its hard to give someone a whole lot of money when he hasn't produced in the past 2 years and 3 of the previous 4.

 

If you have an out that will save the money, then go for it. Personally I hope they renegotiate it to the piont that if Thomas performs he gets all his money, if he doesn't he gets half of it. I think all contracts should have performane clauses that are big time, if you play big time you get big time money, if you don't you don't.

 

I wish MLB was like the NFL where you don't have guaranteed contracts.

 

As far as Ray being moved, he was about the only one moved, but he was something like the 2nd highest paid 2nd baseman in the majors, so don't tell me they were afraid to pay them.

 

They just figured it wasn't in their best interest to pay a 2nd baseman that much, when they have guys like Buerhle and PK that are more important to the team coming up. Plus, they had some prime time prospects down in the minors in Harris and Hummell and they weren't exactly winning with Ray their, of course it was far from his fault and I'd love to have Ray hitting 2nd and playing 2nd base with Jimenez playing short and leading off for the Sox, with Harris and Graffy backing up and Manos and his fat salary being paid by someone else like George Porgie.

 

Man after writing this post, I'd love to dump Manos and pick up Ray for like 3 mill a year over 2 yrs, which would allow time for our prospects like Edwin Yan to develop and if Hummel or Harris proves they can go, we can always move him.

 

Its not going to happen, but hey, I like the idea of having a veteran #2 hitter, since were going to have a very young and untested leadoff hitter. And we all know I hate the idea of having Manos at short.