White Sox sign Linebrink (1 Viewer)

[jagbag]

Reported on ESPN radio AM1000 in Chicago.

ETA

Sorry, Actually 19 mil.

 

[Green94]

 

[MrPhoenix]

I feel real sorry to be a White Sox fan this time of year.

 

[Widbil83]

It's not all that bad. I'm just glad Kenny is trying to make the team better and spending money and not sitting on his ###. Rowand will come back soon.

 

[Balco]

I feel real sorry to be a White Sox fan this time of year.

Not because of the Linebrink signing. The Garland/Cabrera deal was very questionable, but Linebrink was a nice signing. 31 years old, 4 year deal.

 

[wilked]

4 years for a reliever?? For Linenbrink??

Bad signing

 

[Balco]

4 years for a reliever?? For Linenbrink??Bad signing

Curious as to why you think this. I felt Linebrink was one of the best relievers on the market, including closers. Looks like a fair deal to me.

 

[wilked]

4 years for a reliever?? For Linenbrink??Bad signing

Curious as to why you think this. I felt Linebrink was one of the best relievers on the market, including closers. Looks like a fair deal to me.

His numbers are not trending well...he is becoming very prone to HRs, and seems to have lost the ability to strike anyone out (check his K/9 last year). He is not the type of guy I want to lock up 4 years with. Then again, at least he is better then JC Romero

 

[Doctor Detroit]

4 years for a reliever?? For Linenbrink??Bad signing

Curious as to why you think this. I felt Linebrink was one of the best relievers on the market, including closers. Looks like a fair deal to me.

His numbers are not trending well...he is becoming very prone to HRs, and seems to have lost the ability to strike anyone out (check his K/9 last year). He is not the type of guy I want to lock up 4 years with. Then again, at least he is better then JC Romero

He could return to form but paying that for a set-up guy in a plus HR park that couldn't keep the ball in at Petco, isn't that great of a deal.

 

[Knightro]

Last 3 years:

ERA: 1.84, 3.57, 3.71

WHIP: 1.07, 1.22, 1.32

BABIP: .270, .300, .270

LOB%: 85%, 75%, 79%

K/9: 8.6, 8.1, 6.4

BB/9: 2.8, 2.6, 3.2

K/BB: 3.0, 3.1, 2.0

expected ERA: 3.16, 3.20, 4.26

HR/9: 0.8, 1.1, 1.5

all in all, a terrible signing for that ballpark

 

[MrPhoenix]

4 years for a reliever?? For Linenbrink??Bad signing

Curious as to why you think this. I felt Linebrink was one of the best relievers on the market, including closers. Looks like a fair deal to me.

His numbers are not trending well...he is becoming very prone to HRs, and seems to have lost the ability to strike anyone out (check his K/9 last year). He is not the type of guy I want to lock up 4 years with. Then again, at least he is better then JC Romero

He could return to form but paying that for a set-up guy in a plus HR park that couldn't keep the ball in at Petco, isn't that great of a deal.

Unless he magically learns how to reduce his taterballs at age 31, it's just not a good signing for the years the Sox are giving him. If it was a, say, 2 year $10 mil deal, then they could at least kick him out the door at age 33 or deal him at the deadline. Now, however, they're on the hook until at least his last year of his contract.

 

[shadyridr]

Wasnt he a class A Free Agent? Which means CHI had to give up their 1st round pick to sign him.

 

[jagbag]

Wasnt he a class A Free Agent? Which means CHI had to give up their 1st round pick to sign him.

 

[The Sniper]

As a Brewer fan, I thank you Kenny Williams. 1st round draft picks are gold in the hands of Jack Z!!!

 

[the moops]

Wasnt he a class A Free Agent? Which means CHI had to give up their 1st round pick to sign him.

Linenbrink is an A, but Chicago doesn't have to give up its first round pick. It pays to suck sometimes. Teams who have picks 1-15 don't have to give up their first rounder.So Chicago loses its second round pick, and Milwaukee also gets a sandwich pick.

 

[jagbag]

Wasnt he a class A Free Agent? Which means CHI had to give up their 1st round pick to sign him.

:X

Linenbrink is an A, but Chicago doesn't have to give up its first round pick. It pays to suck sometimes. Teams who have picks 1-15 don't have to give up their first rounder.So Chicago loses its second round pick, and Milwaukee also gets a sandwich pick.

Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Statorama]

This would have been a good signing in 2004. In 2007, not so much.