Bob Sacamano Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 QUOTE (shysocks @ Feb 25, 2016 -> 02:57 PM) Can the Cubs make Fowler a qualifying offer if he is bought out after 2016, or would the buyout make that against the rules? Yeah they can make him a QO. Same situation with Gordon this offseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarComing25 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 25, 2016 -> 02:29 PM) Just to note - by using the phrase "replacement level" you're indicating a stat that partially disagrees with your statement. Fangraphs clocked him at 2.7 WAR, which was exactly what he also put up in 2012 and 2013. B-R put him as worse than that I will also note - something I think is Fangraphs giving more of the credit for the terrible season to the defense and B-R saying the whole white sox pitching staff was weak last year (including Sale, FWIW). QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 25, 2016 -> 02:40 PM) The trick is...I kinda buy that, but at the same time there's information here. If Fangraphs is hanging too much on the defense, then that also means the other pitchers weren't as strong as fangraphs put them either. So, if you're going to say it's all on Samardzija and he's a below-replacement player, as is said there, then Sale was a 3.3 WAR pitcher by the same standard, no where near an ace level season. I think reality remains somewhere in-between. Yes, he got rocked in August, but at the same time, if a guy is pitching for a team with a terrible offense, if he gives up 5 runs or 9 runs you lose either way. At the same time, he also got the team a fair number of wins in June and September and definitely helped keep them in the "we're still in this!!" mode that Hahn was in at the end of July last year. I prefer Fangraphs WAR for pitchers over R/9 WAR in general, but the fact is Samardzija gave up all those runs. Fangraphs says he was probably somewhat unlucky, but that doesn't matter for 2015, he gave up the runs regardless. It means he'll probably be better in 2016, but that point is irrelevant when you're comparing to last year's production. His replacement doesn't have to produce an fWAR better than 2.7 to be an improvement over Samardzija last year. A pitcher could have the unluckiest season in the history of baseball, but that doesn't erase all the runs he gave up. Along the same lines, Greinke is likely to see some major regression in 2016, but that doesn't erase the results of what happened last year. So Samardzija maybe didn't fully "deserve" his 4.96 ERA last year, but when judging potential improvement over last season, the end result is all that matters, not the path the player took to get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetkincaid Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Feb 25, 2016 -> 01:27 PM) We could all forget about this if we can get Josh Reddick from the A's. He would be a great get. Imagine if somehow we could have signed Fowler AND traded for Reddick. I know Fowler indirectly made Reddick trade-able, but still... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shysocks Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 25, 2016 -> 03:01 PM) Yeah they can make him a QO. Same situation with Gordon this offseason. Thanks. So then the lost pick is replenished and isn't that big a deal. Not sure why the O's reportedly drew such a line in the sand against the one year opt-out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I don't know why the reactions I've read so far are so negative. Really not anything to be upset about here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 QUOTE (Knackattack @ Feb 25, 2016 -> 02:43 PM) I would imagine that if they trade a quality player like Coghlan for Aaron freakin Brooks they must have tried many other places and not found much interest. Or they took the first deal they had. We have no idea if they even talked to the Sox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Jon Heyman @JonHeyman 20m20 minutes ago Request of O's for 1-yr opt-out came late. Hard to imagine fowler believed O's would do that considering no opt-out policy. Sure seems like the Orioles are trying to save face by saying there was no agreement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 25, 2016 -> 02:55 PM) Correct. But then you either have him for 1 year giving up the draft pick, or disaster happens and you are on the hook for 3. If there was no draft pick tied to him, he would have no problem getting an opt out after 1 year. Agreed. I'm not saying the opt out would have been a good idea. It's just the notion that he only wanted to play for the Cubs and nowhere else is a fairytale. He's still betting on himself to score a big payday in the future, which is why took the Cubs one year deal instead of the Orioles offer. It's similar to the guaranteed money Heyward "passed up". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 25, 2016 -> 01:37 PM) Agreed. I'm not saying the opt out would have been a good idea. It's just the notion that he only wanted to play for the Cubs and nowhere else is a fairytale. He's still betting on himself to score a big payday in the future, which is why took the Cubs one year deal instead of the Orioles offer. It's similar to the guaranteed money Heyward "passed up". Wouldn't the Sox have had the shot to get the pick back in the following year (presuming they would be comfortable enough to make him a qualifying offer...albeit that means you are willing to give him a hefty pay raise over what you paid him in 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 25, 2016 -> 09:37 PM) Agreed. I'm not saying the opt out would have been a good idea. It's just the notion that he only wanted to play for the Cubs and nowhere else is a fairytale. He's still betting on himself to score a big payday in the future, which is why took the Cubs one year deal instead of the Orioles offer. It's similar to the guaranteed money Heyward "passed up". excellent thought process and i can't help but to agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 25, 2016 -> 09:50 PM) Wouldn't the Sox have had the shot to get the pick back in the following year (presuming they would be comfortable enough to make him a qualifying offer...albeit that means you are willing to give him a hefty pay raise over what you paid him in 16. i am with you on the strategy of this kind of scenario, a 2 or 3 yrs with options after every yr. like this, it will fix a major hole in the OF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 25, 2016 -> 03:50 PM) Wouldn't the Sox have had the shot to get the pick back in the following year (presuming they would be comfortable enough to make him a qualifying offer...albeit that means you are willing to give him a hefty pay raise over what you paid him in 16. They would have to be willing to offer him a chance at $16 million + for 2017. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 (edited) QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 25, 2016 -> 02:18 PM) Why? He wanted to play for the Cubs That's nice. Like I said, I don't really give a crap what the reason is. If you want to look at every free agent outfielder individually you can come up with a fine excuse on why said player didn't sign with the Sox but when you miss out on every single one there's a problem somewhere with how you're operating. Edited February 25, 2016 by Rowand44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarComing25 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 25, 2016 -> 04:07 PM) They would have to be willing to offer him a chance at $16 million + for 2017. Yeah the QO could be $18 million next year. There's a good chance Fowler accepts that QO next offseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Feb 25, 2016 -> 04:40 PM) Yeah the QO could be $18 million next year. There's a good chance Fowler accepts that QO next offseason. After the way this season went, he would unless he went crazy this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarComing25 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 fathom pointed this out before but Coghlan actually had a higher fWAR than Fowler last year. They're the same age too, and though projections aren't high on Coghlan for 2016, he also had a pretty good year in 2014, so it's not like last year was his only good year. That's why I'm in the camp over being more upset at losing out on him than Fowler, especially at that soft cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 (edited) The Cubs have zero reason to help the Sox unless we seriously overpaid as 1) could make them look bad if he outperformed Fowler 2) the Cubs want to create a quasi-monopoly competing with us on media rights in 2019 3) any success we have is highly unlikely to force "spillover" customers to the Cubs since they're already maximizing ticket revenues Who's willing to trade Adams for Coghlan? Edited February 25, 2016 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 At this time, I doubt Cubs care very much about the Sox. They have all the fans they need and they care way more about the Cards, Pirates etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 (edited) But they still don't necessarily want to help us to earn a wild card, either. I would imagine Hahn just wasn't willing to part with the player Hoyer asked for...and/or they targeted Brooks a long time before he ended up with the A's last year, kind of like the Nestor Molina/Santos deal. Edited February 25, 2016 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 25, 2016 -> 06:26 PM) But they still don't necessarily want to help us to earn a wild card, either. I would imagine Hahn just wasn't willing to part with the player Hoyer asked for...and/or they targeted Brooks a long time before he ended up with the A's last year, kind of like the Nestor Molina/Santos deal. Or maybe the White sox are just that content with their outfield. At this point that hypothesis is currently consistent with the available evidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 25, 2016 -> 05:40 PM) Or maybe the White sox are just that content with their outfield. At this point that hypothesis is currently consistent with the available evidence. And/or waiting for a deal that brings the the likes of Carl Crawford (since we're collecting these types now), Ethier or Austin Jackson yet only adds $7 million or less to the payroll, capping it at around $130 before Opening Day. (Obviously Crawford would be less...ala Josh Hamilton.) At any rate, if going with Avi and LaRoche does blow up, do you think JR blames Ventura, Hahn/KW or his own payroll limitations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 https://mobile.twitter.com/excelsm/status/702994353841684481 Wow, Fowler's agent publicly calls out the Orioles. I don't know what to believe anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 25, 2016 -> 11:50 PM) https://mobile.twitter.com/excelsm/status/702994353841684481 Wow, Fowler's agent publicly calls out the Orioles. I don't know what to believe anymore. So who did Adam Jones talk to? The whole situation seems like a bad college football recruitment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 25, 2016 -> 04:38 PM) That's nice. Like I said, I don't really give a crap what the reason is. If you want to look at every free agent outfielder individually you can come up with a fine excuse on why said player didn't sign with the Sox but when you miss out on every single one there's a problem somewhere with how you're operating. You can feel however you want. You are being irrational though and people shouldn't take you seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 25, 2016 -> 06:50 PM) At any rate, if going with Avi and LaRoche does blow up, do you think JR blames Ventura, Hahn/KW or his own payroll limitations? I think with Robin not having been extended this year they have a real nice scapegoat situation set up. They may not call it that publicly but then they'll still be able to save their jobs for a year by telling the person making the decisions that 2017 will totally be their year! And replacing the manager doesn't even cost them anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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