SoxFan1 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 http://twitter.com/#!/pgammo/status/15222592562536448 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 (edited) 3 yrs/$13M? Please? Edited December 16, 2010 by JoeCoolMan24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsmaggs Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 (edited) Red Sox have been after him. Are we positive he didn't misread hear? EDIT: Saw Cowley tweet that Crain and Sox were brewing, so probably fact. Not sure how to react. He had a great year last year, but has been pretty inconsistent and throws a very straight fastball. Edited December 16, 2010 by maggsmaggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Color me wrong. Good work, Kenny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 This is what I get for stopping in the middle of studying to check Twitter. I have a final in 15 minutes, and I've only studied for about 20 minutes so far.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 (edited) Nope, rotoworld indicates that the White Sox are the team that signed the former Twin, but is just echoing Gammons. Nothing on whitesox.com or espn.com either. Edited December 16, 2010 by MuckFinnesota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Sign Balfour and call it a bullpen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pktmotion Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 [/offseason] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macsandz Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Dec 15, 2010 -> 07:53 PM) http://twitter.com/#!/pgammo/status/15222592562536448 Love this move. Love this off-season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Here's to hoping this is the last move of the offseason, unless it's dumping Teahen's entire contract on someone else. This looks like a team that could win the division. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted December 16, 2010 Author Share Posted December 16, 2010 The main question, other than how much the deal is worth, is what no-name will Minnesota bring up that does even better than Crain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggins Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Linebrink replacement. I think its an upgrade and will probably be for less money per annum. I hate these longterm deals for relievers but not much you can do in this market. Uncle Jerry is digging deep this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderBolt Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I dig it. I'm looking forward to hearing the terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Eh, it's really hard to get excited about the signing of a middle reliever especially when we gave him 3 years, these contracts have like a 90% failure rate. But hey, at least we're trying. Gotta love that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 On second thought, one more lefty would be nice, especially if they want to use Sale as a starter early on (which appears to be a real possibility). But seriously, Thornton, Santos, Crain, Pena, Infante, and then maybe Sale too...that's the makeup of a good bullpen. I think Brian Bruney has a chance to make it as the 7th reliever too. KW done good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pktmotion Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 QUOTE (daggins @ Dec 15, 2010 -> 08:11 PM) Linebrink replacement. I think its an upgrade and will probably be for less money per annum. I hate these longterm deals for relievers but not much you can do in this market. Uncle Jerry is digging deep this year. I think he's more Putz replacement with Santos/Infante/Carter/Nunez taking care of Linebrink's role. Nonetheless what an amazing offseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderman Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 QUOTE (Kalapse @ Dec 15, 2010 -> 08:14 PM) Eh, it's really hard to get excited about the signing of a middle reliever especially when we gave him 3 years, these contracts have like a 90% failure rate. But hey, at least we're trying. Gotta love that. This is how I feel as well. Hopefully, he works out, but don't be surprised if this goes bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 QUOTE (Kalapse @ Dec 15, 2010 -> 08:14 PM) Eh, it's really hard to get excited about the signing of a middle reliever especially when we gave him 3 years, these contracts have like a 90% failure rate. But hey, at least we're trying. Gotta love that. I'm not going to worry about it at this point...if we're going to put this team together this year, we may as well take a shot at putting it all together right now and worry about these other contracts down the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macsandz Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Sox lose a pick with this signing...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 This makes me feel a lot better going into the season. This is a 90 win team right now...at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jphat007 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Somebody give me some more confirmation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsmaggs Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 QUOTE (jphat007 @ Dec 15, 2010 -> 08:22 PM) Somebody give me some more confirmation It's Gammons. He is good as it gets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I think this move might be better as a subtraction for the Twins, versus an addition for the Sox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I guess if you're comparing Crain to Rauch or Guerrier, he's the highest risk, but also has the most upside. He was pretty bad (almost to Linebrink proportions in 08/09) though in the past, spotty/erratic is how I would describe it. I don't think any Twins fans are upset about losing any of those three, but Crain was definitely the best of the group last year. Some even thought he pitched well enough to be a closer for one of the bottom 5-10 teams in MLB coming into this offseason. Let's hope for once we get a former Twin who can make his former team regret their decision to let him go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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