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White Sox Considering Jenks, Cabrera Extensions
Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times says the White Sox "began preliminary talks last month on a contract extension" for closer Bobby Jenks. GM Kenny Williams also hopes to extend new shortstop Orlando Cabrera before the season begins.
Jenks, 27 in March, has a 3.26 career ERA with 87 saves in 174 innings. Last year he traded some missed bats for improved command, while also maintaining a strong groundball rate. By my count he is eligible for arbitration after the '08 season and free agency after 2011.
Cabrera, 33, hit .301/.345/.397 for the Angels in '07. Bill James' panel of ten experts ranked his defense 11th among shortstops. He makes $9MM in '08, though the Angels are paying $1.5MM of it.
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I hope KW can get cabrera signed by spring training. he would look nice at a 3/25 deal sounds fair. We do have alexei waiting in the wings, so I hope we can find another position for him, if this was to get done. Jenks has a bit more time, but I would not wait to long to get something done!
Posted by: PIERZYNSKI 4 PREZ | January 26, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Extending Jenks is a must. Maybe Cabrera, if you can get him at a good price, but dont overpay for him. Something like 3 years 24 Million, if not just let it play out like what happend with Dye and Buehrle and maybe extend him mid-season.
Posted by: WHITESOX | January 26, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Kind of disappointed with James on his defensive evaluation of Cabrera, especially considering he won has won 2 Gold Gloves
Posted by: AA | January 28, 2008 at 09:34 PM