witesoxfan Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Mark Buehrle signing a 4/$56 deal that essentially ensured he would stay in Chicago (due to his salary increasing by $1 mill a year along with an additional year at $15 mill attached) was pretty incredible hometown discount considering he probably could have gotten 6 years or more money in general on the free agent market. He's not nearly as good as Weaver is, but I would say he is a top 50 pitcher in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 That's great of Weaver and really speaks to his character but I'm surprised the players union allowed or it or at least didn't try and act like a detriment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 07:25 AM) That's great of Weaver and really speaks to his character but I'm surprised the players union allowed or it or at least didn't try and act like a detriment. I'm sure they are pissed, but really what can you do about it, that you don't come off looking even worse than you did before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 07:46 AM) I'm sure they are pissed, but really what can you do about it, that you don't come off looking even worse than you did before? and when the all-powerful Scott Boras is his agent, what can you really say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 04:41 AM) Mark Buehrle signing a 4/$56 deal that essentially ensured he would stay in Chicago (due to his salary increasing by $1 mill a year along with an additional year at $15 mill attached) was pretty incredible hometown discount considering he probably could have gotten 6 years or more money in general on the free agent market. He's not nearly as good as Weaver is, but I would say he is a top 50 pitcher in the game. I'd guess the difference with Buehrle is mainly the years. Weaver could have gotten more years and more money per year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 09:27 AM) I'd guess the difference with Buehrle is mainly the years. Weaver could have gotten more years and more money per year. Mark was looking at least at 5 years on the open market. Honestly he probably could have gotten something similar to what Weaver just did at the very top end. Weaver left way more on the table. There is an outside chance he could have left 50% of the total on the table. Could he have pushed it to say 7 years at $25 mil per season? Especially if CC opted out and looked to go somewhere else. Not likely, but possible, especially if the Yanks didn't win the WS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 09:30 AM) Mark was looking at least at 5 years on the open market. Honestly he probably could have gotten something similar to what Weaver just did at the very top end. Weaver left way more on the table. There is an outside chance he could have left 50% of the total on the table. Could he have pushed it to say 7 years at $25 mil per season? Especially if CC opted out and looked to go somewhere else. Not likely, but possible, especially if the Yanks didn't win the WS. That's roughly the number I had in mind. I can't say enough about how much I respect Weaver now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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