Special K Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Per MLB Trade Rumors: "The Yankees declined their 2011 options for Kerry Wood, Lance Berkman and Nick Johnson and exercised their option on 2007 first rounder Andrew Brackman. It cost the Yankees $2MM to buy out Berkman's $15MM option and $250K to buy out Johnson's $5.5MM option." Any chance the Sox try to grab a Nick Johnson on the cheap? I think it's a move that might be a solid idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Not a chance. The Sox don't go after really injury prone players, especially at the kind of prices that Johnson will get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 27, 2010 -> 05:23 PM) Not a chance. The Sox don't go after really injury prone players, especially at the kind of prices that Johnson will get. Seriously, who is dumb enough to offer Nick Johnson anything more than the minimum this year? I'd have been that dumb last year to the tune of maybe $2-3 million, but that was before he lost yet another season. And anyway, the Sox don't go for injury prone players...like trading for Carlos Quentin or Jake Peavy or signing Andruw Jones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantl916 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 27, 2010 -> 02:23 PM) Not a chance. The Sox don't go after really injury prone players, especially at the kind of prices that Johnson will get. I completely disagree. I can see us going cheap and signing him to be a middle of the order lefty DH. A minimum deal with incentives. Is it a good move? No... Might KW do it if he cannot find better options? Definitely... I know he cant stay healthy for the life of him, but he kinda is exactly what this team needs: a high OBP lefty. anywho not that i like him but i disagree wholeheartedly that we won't look at him. we signed Dye coming off injury, traded for Quentin and Peavy, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 If...and this is a big if...we otherwise fill either the RF spot, and Quentin becomes the primary DH, I could totally see the Sox taking a gamble here to give themselves a LH option...who might be able to be pressed into service at 1b a few games a year even if that'd probably kill him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 QUOTE (Fantl916 @ Oct 27, 2010 -> 04:34 PM) I completely disagree. I can see us going cheap and signing him to be a middle of the order lefty DH. A minimum deal with incentives. Is it a good move? No... Might KW do it if he cannot find better options? Definitely... I know he cant stay healthy for the life of him, but he kinda is exactly what this team needs: a high OBP lefty. anywho not that i like him but i disagree wholeheartedly that we won't look at him. we signed Dye coming off injury, traded for Quentin and Peavy, etc. If he isn't healthy, like always, he isn't filling a spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 27, 2010 -> 05:49 PM) If he isn't healthy, like always, he isn't filling a spot. If he's signed for basically the league minimum plus incentives, and he winds up on the DL, then he's only filling a DL spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbrennan79 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Every single year there is a post about Nick Johnson. He is always on the DL! Why would we want to sign him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigruss Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 QUOTE (Go_Go_Sox79 @ Oct 27, 2010 -> 05:28 PM) Every single year there is a post about Nick Johnson. He is always on the DL! Why would we want to sign him? A league min. or minor league deal would be very low risk, high reward. He would be better than Kotsay when healthy, and cheaper. Maybe that limited role keeps him healthier, maybe not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 27, 2010 -> 04:50 PM) If he's signed for basically the league minimum plus incentives, and he winds up on the DL, then he's only filling a DL spot. There were all these same kind of posts last year about him not getting paid a lot, and it only took one team to give him $5.5 million. I get the feeling that some stat-driven GM will give him more than incentives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 I'm amazed at Nick Johnson's ability to...get on the DL so often. Pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitetrain8601 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I'd love him, but even I began to sour on him after he got injured yet again this year. This guy is the Michael Redd of baseball. Irrelevant because he's too often injured so most casual fans don't even remember or know him. I'd only sign him as a #7 hitter. He's not dependable at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 If he can be signed for super-cheap, and if TCQ is still around as maybe a DH, then I'd be all for signing him as the other side of the combo. Between those two and their potential, and injury history, I'd say that makes a good DH combo. Like Kotsay/Jones, except, not washed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottyDo Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Do. Not. Want. I'd seriously rather have Jones back (not by much or anything). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetkincaid Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Good Lord... The Nick Johnson stuff AGAIN? I got so sick of hearing about him and his "sexy OPS" last year. No no no PLEASE no!!!! He can't stay healthy. He can't play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjm676 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Sign him...and then immediately place on the DL. He'll be there eventually, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Just say no ... to Berkman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetkincaid Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 27, 2010 -> 10:07 PM) Just say no ... to Berkman! Agreed! No Berkman either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxfest Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Oct 27, 2010 -> 09:37 PM) Sign him...and then immediately place on the DL. He'll be there eventually, anyway. You are correct sir he is an egg shell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 QUOTE (Soxfest @ Oct 27, 2010 -> 10:49 PM) You are correct sir he is an egg shell! This would be no different then the Cubs bringing back Mark Prior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 (edited) KW made a play for Nick Johnson last offseason but the Yankees saved the day and stepped in to sign him. Another year, another injury. I'm sure KW would be interested if he were cheap, and White Sox doctors found him to be sufficiently recovered from his latest injury. The only place we know for sure where he'll be next season is the DL. Edited October 28, 2010 by Dick Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 27, 2010 -> 07:49 PM) If he can be signed for super-cheap, and if TCQ is still around as maybe a DH, then I'd be all for signing him as the other side of the combo. Between those two and their potential, and injury history, I'd say that makes a good DH combo. Like Kotsay/Jones, except, not washed up. This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 27, 2010 -> 11:07 PM) Just say no ... to Berkman! I wouldn't be surprised at all to see KW go after him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerksticks Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 28, 2010 -> 07:21 AM) I wouldn't be surprised at all to see KW go after him. I know. He'll bring balance to that lineup if it kills him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Oct 28, 2010 -> 11:53 AM) I know. He'll bring balance to that lineup if it kills him. You say that as though it's a bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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