ChiSox reportedly sign Danks to 5 year, $65 million extension
by Adam J. Morris on Dec 21, 2011 6:56 PM CST
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PrintThe Chicago White Sox have reportedly signed lefthander John Danks to a 5 year, $65 million contract extension, which would take Danks through 2016.
This is a pretty team-friendly deal for the ChiSox, who were supposedly shopping Danks earlier in the offseason. Danks was probably looking at $9 million in arbitration this year, so this is tantamount to buying out four free agent seasons at $14 million per year. Danks will be 31 when this deal expires, so if he pitches well, he's still in line to get a big payday.
The question for Chicago is, what Danks are they going to get? After a rough rookie season in 2007, Danks broke out in 2008, posting a 3.32 ERA and a 138 ERA+, along with a 3.44 FIP and a 5.2 fWAR. He seemed poised to establish himself as one of the top young pitchers in the league.
Since then, however, he's gone backwards...his ERA+ has dropped every season, and in 2011, he logged a 97 ERA+ and a 4.33 ERA (although his FIP was a more respectable 3.82). His fWAR hasn't come close to his 2008 5.2 mark since then, either, instead checking in at 2.9, 4.3, and 3.2.
Danks has been relatively healthy -- he was on the disabled list last season for the first time in his career, due to a strained oblique -- and is good for 200 innings per year. If you project him to continue as a 3 WAR pitcher during the life of this contract, then this is a reasonable signing...there's not going to be much surplus value, but Chicago should get their money's worth from him.
If you think, though, that Danks can take another step forward and be the 5 WAR pitcher he was in 2008, however, then this contract will end up looking like a steal.
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There's another pitcher off the trade market. A's asking price for Gio just went up lol
by Professor Ch@os on Dec 21, 2011 7:04 PM CST reply actions
You are not really a Professor, are you?
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Hell to the fucking no. -Wash, 10/07/11
by Rodney on Dec 21, 2011 8:10 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Heh, I needed a laugh tonight
/justlostabunchofrevenue
//drowningmysorrows
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Hell to the fucking no. -Wash, 10/07/11
by Rodney on Dec 21, 2011 8:26 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Can we set up two threads
One for guessing the Yu contract, assuming he signs, and one for guessing the Prince Fielder contract? Those would be two good guessing and discussion threads.
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"It’s unusual that Sickels is higher on a low-A prospect than those of us who follow the Rangers’ system closely." -rooster on Jan 1, 2011 12:10 PM PST talking about the son of Judeska and Chesmond
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it" - Thomas Paine
That's one less name on the 2013 FA list
And while he’s obviously not been at the same level the last few years, you have to think he left some dollars on the table here. If he waits till next year and performs fairly well in 2013, he’d easily get 5 years, if not a couple of more, at AAV’s at least getting closer to $15M.
5/75 or 6/90
I wonder if it was similar to Weaver where they told him they’d trade him, and he said he’d give them a home-team discount to sign a deal. I remember he sounded happy to be in Chicago when we traded him there.
Danks would have to have completely reversed his downward trend...
To get any better deal than he got. I don’t think the Yankees or RSox would have given him more than Chi based on last years numbers, but would have payed out of the roof for 2008 Danks in a few years if he could put together a couple of great seasons.
by FlatulentMaximus on Dec 21, 2011 8:06 PM CST up reply actions
If he was a FA now, he could have probably made some more money
but I don’t think he left much more money on the table. Plus, its a smart move for him. He gets to hit FA again at 31 and barring an amazing 2012, he wouldn’t have been able to get that huge of a deal even considering his age. He’s likely better off getting this guaranteed money in case he stays at a good but not great level and going after another 5/65 type deal when he hits FA after its done.
Josey Wales: "And if you think intangibles really do exist, how in the F could you vote Ellsbury as the MVP?"
Adam J. Morris: "If it weren’t for my horse, I wouldn’t have spent that year in college."
Yep
Thats one reason why I wish we would go after Prince this winter because we know he is available. Theres no guarantee guys like Votto or Kemp or anyone else actually hits FA so when there is a guy there you cant pass it up waiting for another guy in a couple years.
Great
More bullshit trade rumors/rosterbation I do not have to read.
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Hell to the fucking no. -Wash, 10/07/11
by Rodney on Dec 21, 2011 8:08 PM CST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
solid pitcher
good deal for the chisox.
it is really nice right now that among the 6 main candidates for our rotation, only Lewis isn’t under control for a long time…well and yu Darvish I suppose until he signs his contract.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Dec 21, 2011 8:22 PM CST via Android app reply actions
Perez or Ramirez
which ever moves forward the most this year gets to be the person who replaces Feldman in the pen in 2013 and then Harrison from the roto in 2014
Jeez, it’s blissfully awesome to have rotation depth and quality
Alien robot or not
There’s no sneaking one by you …
Kidding, but yes, you’re right, I’d rather see them hold on to their pitching depth and talent and let that just suffocate the rest of the AL.
Ogando in the pen this year, learning his splitter, will make that group amazingly formidable, and it’ll keep us from making a deal for someone like Bailey.
The only real reason to deal from our strength of young arms is if by some chance some position player like Stanton would be the target.
Welp. Welp.
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what type of deal does colbyashi get next year in free agency?
"God dammit TAG I swear to God if you keep this "It was a close play" shit up all night I will send you cookies made from my own shit" -River Fenix 8/26/2011
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by I am Neftali Feliz on Dec 21, 2011 8:46 PM CST reply actions
Very dependent on his 2012.
But whatever it is… it probably won’t be here.
"I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else." by Earl Weaver
Do you offer him arb?
Let’s say that he goes 15-8, pitches 200 innings, SO’s 190 and only gives up 23 HRs with an ERA and/or FIP right around 3.7 … do the Rangers risk him saying yes to a 1-year, $12M deal?
How many is he walking for his FIP to be that bad with that K/9 and HR/9?
Oh and hell to the yes. That’s a great season.
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"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011.
I was shooting for something in his upper range
But not something just plain silly that he won’t hit, no matter what … so let’s say he walks 40 … but then maybe gives up a few more HR’s …. that’s probably something like 60-75% percentile for him next year, given some health.
no
would he settle for just a one year deal?
by RangerMad on Dec 21, 2011 9:23 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
absolutely
If he acepts you get a year at a reasonable price you can either trade him or use him. or it allows you to trade one of Perez/Ramirez since they will be excess
one year of colby
doesn’t mean a player with six years of control is excess
by RangerMad on Dec 21, 2011 9:51 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
One of them already is excess
Fast forward a year and its even more excess
If Harrison and Holland have another injury free year in 2012 then going into 2013 you should have 4 starters with little to no injury worries. Add in Colby on a 1 year deal who isn’t a guy you expect to miss time. Why keep 2 top prospects in AAA when you could trade one to upgrade another area of your team?
no such thing as too much pitching
especially in Dec
by RangerMad on Dec 21, 2011 9:58 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
I disagree
Im fine having a stud prospect in the minors waiting in the wings for a year, maybe a year and a half.
But given how our system is set up there is no reason why we should keep a guy down in the minors waiting when we could trade them and upgrade another portion of our team and replace that prospect with another one.
This is one of the problems with having a rotation all with years of team control as well as top prospects in the upper minors. Too many starters for not enough spots. I’d rather sign veterans as insurance to wait in the minors and trade the prospects than make them wait and possibly hurt their value by having them stagnate
stagnate?
I’ve heard that somewhere before. :-)
so you miss the John “way back” Wasdin era?
by RangerMad on Dec 21, 2011 10:06 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
As the 6th or 7th starter
no problem with it
If Neil Ramirez is still in AAA in 2013 something is wrong. Either he has started sucking and is no longer a top prospect or he is doing very well and we haven’t flipped him to help another area of our team.
bullpen?
nice cheap RP with options
by RangerMad on Dec 21, 2011 10:12 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
I don't think they are going to
break in MP and NR in the roto in the same year. These are nice problems to have.
by RangerMad on Dec 21, 2011 10:16 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
You might not believe it
but its a very good option for a lot of young pitchers to take, especially when you don’t want them adjusting to ML hitting in the rotation because you’re trying to win a WS.
Josey Wales: "And if you think intangibles really do exist, how in the F could you vote Ellsbury as the MVP?"
Adam J. Morris: "If it weren’t for my horse, I wouldn’t have spent that year in college."
this makes about as much
sense as Newberg’s “engagement” fugue
we might be getting a white Christmas here in DFW
by RangerMad on Dec 21, 2011 10:02 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
no compensation unless you offer him a $12M contract
the arb system changed with the new CBA and to get a compensation pick, you have to offer the player at least a 1/12 contract.
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Haven't seen this article posted yet...
“This was inevitable,” Keppel says. “He’s been asking me about pitchers, like if his stuff is comparable to (Roy) Halladay’s. When we were watching the World Series, he was asking about Texas because he knew they were interested.”…
“He wants the challenge,” Keppel says. “The way he has been dominating Japan, he needs something else.”
Teammate Bobby Keppel on Darvish
"...Ron Washington is the Les Miles of MLB." - AJM
He wanted to come to Texas. He is going to love us A's much A's we love him already.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
The more I read about this guy, the more I am convinced that he's going to be a really good pitcher here.
This guy is nothing like Daisuke
by Professor Ch@os on Dec 21, 2011 9:25 PM CST up reply actions
Goldstein did compare Darvish's ability to manipulate a baseball
to Halladay. I’m pretty sure he’s the one who said Darvish may be one of the best pitchers in the world at varying his pitches. He is great at adding cut, sink, and run to his pitches. He doesn’t have defined pitches, just variations of pitches with similarities.
"...Ron Washington is the Les Miles of MLB." - AJM
You wouldn't happen to have a link to that article, would you?
by Professor Ch@os on Dec 21, 2011 9:31 PM CST up reply actions
Of course with Goldstein's connections to JD and the Rangers...
it wouldn’t surprise me if his scouting report is very, very similar to the Rangers’. I pretty sure he hasn’t seen Darvish in person, so some of his info might be coming from the Rangers’ FO.
"...Ron Washington is the Les Miles of MLB." - AJM
They had a guy on MLB network last night talking about the Japanese game.
Very interesting stuff.
Like how the ace pitcher always wears 11 or 18 and the next ace or the next big guy wears whichever the ace doesn’t.
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"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011.
I saw that, good info.
Did you listen to the Up and In podcast with Keppel on it last week?
"I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else." by Earl Weaver
No, but I need to.
The whole thing last night about how the pitchers play chicken basically was also very interesting.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011.
What did Keppel say last week?
How long was he on?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011.
Not a ton... probably nothing that new from all the other info.
Talked about how good he is and how strong his hands are to let him do whatever he wants with a ball.
How ultra competitive he is (which I love… that’s the difference between a lot of guys with talent… that drive to succeed)
Only about 5 minutes on Darvish but still interesting.
"I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else." by Earl Weaver
We should have
Nolan, Greg Maddux, Mike Maddux, and Pedro instruct him during spring training. Just tell Darvish to learn everything he can.
"...Ron Washington is the Les Miles of MLB." - AJM
Well, anything that is likely to end up as a fair contract
is great for something getting 4 FA years. Nice deal.
He was 2013, but I bet some of the 2012 pitchers will have deals go down in the next month. Glad to likely have such a young locked up rotation rather than banking on getting Greinke or something. Though I suppose things could still end up with the Rangers going after one of them.
That would be nuts
I can’t see it. Big contracts on pitchers are so rarely worth it.
We gave one to a 25 year old. That’s as good a bet as you can make.
I say we stick with the youth, and sign/extend some hitters.
Greinke just turned 28
that’s not exactly old.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Dec 21, 2011 11:29 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Well, things ending up where the Rangers go after a SP
I would assume involve some injuries and disappointing performances.
I expect the rotation to be internal for a long time.
5 Ks?
Weak.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011.
CG's on The Show are usually low-K
Takes too damn many pitches to K a mess of dudes.
I wonder
Do I love you - or the thought of you?
I have had a few high K CGs with some of my Road to the Show players.
But essentially all I play on that game is Road to the Show with pitchers. Although some of the time the game will go crazy and a whole team just starts fouling off everything, and then you have no choice but to start throwing up stuff they can put into play and hope you get no bullshit defensive screw-ups behind you.
I still need to get a no hitter in the Majors all of my no hitters have been in AA. And that’s just not impressive. …stupid bloop single in the ninth.
Yeah, I don't play RTTS that much
Don’t have the patience for it. Only time I usually play RTTS is on a lark when I’m tweaking rosters in-between seasons.
Only no-hitter I’ve ever thrown was on MLB 06 with Kevin Millwood against the Angels… I haven’t come close on the ‘08 or ’10 versions, though. I think it’s pretty much literally impossible on ’08, where they seem to be trying to keep you to a hit/baserunner-per-inning allowed quota.
I wonder
Do I love you - or the thought of you?
I think the best I've done on '08 or '10 is a three-hitter.
I wonder
Do I love you - or the thought of you?
I love just trying different combinations of pitches/handedness and working them up to the majors.
I’ve got six RTTS pitchers currently and one left fielder. I have a hard time with position players because I can’t judge pitches for shit when I’m batting. I had a second basemen finally get to the majors, and was so happy to have a position player make the majors, and then I accidentally saved over him with another character. I was upset with myself.
I’ve thrown two no-hitters in AA. One of which was the pitcher I consider my worst pitcher. I intentionally only put a few points into his fastball velocity so he throws in the 86-90 range, and once he got out of AA, I couldn’t ever throw the ball up in the zone because everyone always jumps on them so I just stopped using him.
With my very first pitcher in his first year in the majors I had a no hitter with two outs to go in the ninth against the Red Sox and then gave up a fucking bloop single. I’ve never come that close again in the majors.
From a site in NY
Every Yu down in YuVille liked Darvish a lot,
But Nolan the Grinch, who lived just north of YuVille, drinks a lot.
The Grinch Loved Darvish — the whole Darvish season.
Oh, please don’t ask why, no one quite knows the reason.
It could be, perhaps, that his belt is too tight.
It could be his screwball wasn’t screwed on just right.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that his bid for CJ was two sizes too small.Darvish is considered a good pitcher in Japan
But in America, will he still be the man?
We’ve seen it time and time again
Teams overpay players simply because they can
Yu doesn’t speak English, the language of our baseball land
Do you think his teammates will be able to understand?And what happened with the Rangers …? Well…in Yu-ville they say
That the Grinch’s small wallet and gut grew three sizes that day!
And then the true meaning of Darvish came through,
And the Grinch found the strength of ten Grinches… plus two.Paying a lot of money for rights to negotiate doesn’t make sense at all
If Darvish doesn’t pitch well, will Nolan the Grinch take the fall?
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
Here is the link
http://www.matsuifan.com/content/grinch-who-stole-darvish-out-yuville
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
he'll pitch better then Igawa
by RangerMad on Dec 21, 2011 9:38 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
they're just salty that Igawa was such a failure
JD is a ninja assassin, plain and simple.
by Megatr0n on Dec 21, 2011 9:44 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
Good grief, that screwed up the meter something fierce.
C’mon, people, if you’re going to do it, do it right.
Garoon: Banned on LSB. Available Only Via Supplement.
amen
JD is a ninja assassin, plain and simple.
by Megatr0n on Dec 21, 2011 10:37 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
Besides, this is more likely what happened:
Every Blue Jay in T’ronto liked Darvish a lot…
But The Ninja, who worked down in Texas, was hot!
The Ninja LOVED Darvish! The whole Darvish bundle!
Now, please, don’t ask why, lest I strike at your grundle.
It could be that Dutch Oven just ain’t all that bright.
It could be that the hip of old Lew is not right.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May well be Blue Glove Lefty is no ace at all.
But, whatever the reason – Dutch Oven or Lew,
He sat there ’ere posting, just longing for Yu.
Staying late at his desk, crafting sly Ninja schemes,
He focused on crushing the Blue Jays’ sweet dreams.
He was sure every blogger in T’ronto that day
Was busy now, typing that Yu’s on his way.
“And those twits are all tweeting!” he sniffed with a sneer.
“Tomorrow is posting! It’s practically here!”
Then he thought to himself that whatever the dangers,
“I MUST find a way to bring Yu to the Rangers!”
Garoon: Banned on LSB. Available Only Via Supplement.
by Snark on Dec 21, 2011 11:37 PM CST up reply actions 11 recs
Thanks.
I was very pleased to have worked “grundle” into it. That one was for you, Huntress, wherever you are.
(I owe you an email — sorry, I’m way behind.)
Garoon: Banned on LSB. Available Only Via Supplement.
Yes, "grundle" was a nice touch, as was "T'ronto."
No worries on the email — it’s that time of the year. I’m just popping in to take a break from final papers. I just finished a surprisingly good one on Smallville.
So...
Sources are telling national writers that the Jays didn’t bid close to the Rangers.
But a week ago sources had the industry convinced they bid close to $50M.
Writers are easily manipulated.
"I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else." by Earl Weaver
yeah
they likely bid somewhere around $50M
by RangerMad on Dec 21, 2011 9:41 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
That's my thinking also...
They are now trying to say they bid much less because they don’t want to let FAs know they have money to spend. It’s all about leverage.
"...Ron Washington is the Les Miles of MLB." - AJM
And this is why Fielder will be a Ranger.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
agents know that Toronto has money to spend
someone on the mlbnetwork was saying the parent company owns the stadium, cable and other stuff
by RangerMad on Dec 21, 2011 9:56 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
They just bought into MLSE.
Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. The Maple Leafs, Raptors, MLS team, and some other assets. They have money.
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--iorange555 8/23/2011
There's no doubt Rogers Communications has money...
but they’ve been unwilling to spend it on the Blue Jays in the past.
"...Ron Washington is the Les Miles of MLB." - AJM
Rogers owns the team,
the stadium, the cable network their games are broadcast on, and is the largest wireless carrier in Canada, IIRC. They may also own the largest cable system in Canada, as well. Sounds like a financial monster.
"I’m not in the meetings and not part of the discussions; it’s not my responsibility. . My responsibility is to go out and win tonight. My focus is to win tonight. The club has to look at more than just this year." -Michael Young
I know..
…the reply button is my friend.
"I’m not in the meetings and not part of the discussions; it’s not my responsibility. . My responsibility is to go out and win tonight. My focus is to win tonight. The club has to look at more than just this year." -Michael Young
Off Topic
But can someone tell me why this site is magnified by 50% for my home viewing pleasure?
I use Chrome.
by Whiskey in my Whiskey on Dec 21, 2011 10:24 PM CST reply actions
Do you have a old person living with you?
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
Boom sent your wife a picture of his johnson earlier and she was trying to see it.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011.
by Aqua on Dec 21, 2011 10:31 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Hey now.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
hold down the ctrl key and press + or -
I’m not sure if that will do the trick but it might
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Dec 21, 2011 11:33 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Or hold down
CTRL and press 0 (which should reset you to the default font size).
And you wanted HDVD as our top 4 at this point... heh.
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Shouldn't this say "Adam and I" somewhere
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"You guys are talking about living forever like it’s a real thing, but I bust out a man shoving his head into a vagina, and it’s srs time?"
--iorange555 8/23/2011
by Josh Lile on Dec 22, 2011 8:07 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
No.. I never thought much of Diamond or Volquez.
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Random thought
We’ve seen it brought up that Koji/Yoshi will make Texas more appealing for Darvish, but I bet the reverse is true too. I’m not sure how much of Koji’s morale issue was faulty google translations, but I bet he looks forward to playing with Darvish quite a bit.
Anyone checked his blog and see if hes commented?
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