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Kevin Chambers
I just want Danks to sign an extension.
JimBaily
I would like to see the same thing but wouldn’t bet on it. Danks is going to play the FA market and has always made it very clear that he will not sign a long term contact with the Sox. Smart money says he has one year left in Chicago if he’s not traded before then.
Beauford
Danks would sign a long-term contract with the Sox but only at his or his agent’s price. His agent (Jeff Berry) is also Buehrle’s agent who played hard ball with the Sox until he got Buehrle $14M per year for 4 years. I thought at the time this was excessive since Josh Beckett signed for $10M per year for 3 years a year earlier. I assume Berry will once again take a hard line stance with the Sox.
I agree that the Sox would be wise to trade Danks before he hits free agency after the 2012 season. The trade package (which would likely include a young starting pitcher) would be greater than two draft choices (assuming draft choice compensation for free agents is not terminated by the renegotiation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement after this season).
East Coast Bias
Weaver is about to get PAID! He has the same amount of wins as the Mets. (lol, sorry guys)
phoenix2042
you know how MLB Gameday is new this year and has this thing called “nasty factor” on pitches? well the NF (as they call it) is stupid, but I did see something cool yesterday. Jered Weaver threw a curveball that was given a perfect 100 NF, which I have never seen before. Highest I had seen was in the 70s or 80s. Now obviously NF is stupid and takes into account basically only location (not speed, movement, pitch type, pitch result, anything), but still it was pretty cool lol. And basically MLB Gameday thinks that Jered Weaver is a boss.
bjsguess
It’s funny how little respect Weaver gets. I’m not totally sold yet but he has been stupid good for all of 2010 and now amazing in 2011. Seems like something just clicked to take him from a solid starter to the top tier of elite pitchers.
Matt Manzella
Also hoping for an extension of Danks. Buehrle and Edwin Jackson are free agents at the end of the year and Peavy’s a huge question mark healthwise so retaining Danks would be huge.
martinfv2
Made a minor correction, Dontrelle Willis’ $4.35MM is the first-time starter record, not Weaver’s $4.265MM.
Kyle Buttermore
I can see Danks making $26 million next year.
Ferrariman
huh?!?
Lunchbox45
…..IF he takes his 13 Million dollar per year and bets it all on red?
Kyle Buttermore
You read my mind Lunchbox.
P. Hertz
I’m hoping for something like a 17 year 340 million dollar contract so that it totally destroys the White Sox.