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ryan211
I’d say decline it. The position players right now are so bad that I doubt the White Sox will seriously contend in 2016. In 2017, though, the team will still have their core of Abreau, Sale, and Quintana under contract. So, they should save the 9MM by declining Ramirez’s 2015 option, and spend that money with an eye towards 2017 competition.
bradthebluefish
CWS should should pick up Rameriz’s option. He’s about 1.0 WAR and has been worth 2.0 WAR or more in years prior. I know Rameriz is getting older but who else would CWS put in there?
nrd1138
Every time I see Alexei he was making some silly error, either in the field, or on the base paths. His lack of concentration is just painful at times, and often costs the team far more than his occasional good play. He can go, or if he comes back do it at a very very small amount of cash, but do not pick up his option.
thecoffinnail
They should decline his option.. Perhaps they can replace him with Stephen Drew.. If they can get Drew for close to the $5 million the Yankees paid him for 2015 then they would at least be getting solid defense albeit with a dead bat.. That seems like a better option to me than a bad defensive SS with a dead bat at twice the cost..
Brixton
After a 0.9 WAR season in 2014 by Asdrubal Cabrera, he received 7.5M on a 1 year deal. From 2010-2015, Alexei averaged ~3.2 WAR over those 6 seasons.
Asdrubal averaged 2.6 WAR over the 6 seasons leading up to his FA.
The point of this is that Alexei can probably land 1/10M on the FA market because of his history and similar situations. The ChiSox should pick up his option. Even if they don’t want him, they could try to push him on a team like the Padres or hope he rebounds and flip him at the deadline for a piece of the next ChiSox contender. His upside is worth a 1/10M risk for a team that may or may not be competitive next year.
thecoffinnail
Your idea looks very good as well.. A sign and trade with another team would be a smart way to get rid of him.. However they choose to do it, doesn’t really matter, as long as he is wearing another team’s uniform next year.. Knowing the luck of the White Sox, though, he will have a career year next year for another team, posting 4-5 fwar.. That seems to always happen to the White Sox and the Padres..
nrd1138
It could happen easily because with him it is a question of being motivated and he was not, nor were many of his team mates. That will likely not change for 16 either, not with Robin still managing this club. I think 3+ years of mediocrity is a good indicator of the type of manager for the south side.
djtommyaces
Dismantle that $h*t team. New faces might sell more ticket for the first month of the season. After that ticket giveaway begins
ChiefIlliniwek
They already made this decision when they chose to not trade him at the deadline last year. He’s staying.
nrd1138
I think he was not traded because they could not get anything for him (at least without eating some of his salary which the Sox typically refuse to do with trading players). I can see the Sox not triggering the option, but I can also see them then resigning him for much less. He just is a hot and cold player and needs someone on his butt all day to get him to play well. I think it is clear that the manager the Sox have now will not do that.
nrd1138
I think that Alexei is one of the problems with this club. Mental errors galore in the field and on the base paths. Just inexcusable for a veteran player who should know better. Sure he makes the occasional great play but I do not think it justifies the sloppy play most of the rest of the time. Plus he seems to lose his bat for half a season. If they do bring him back I would not do it by paying his option, but by letting that expire and resigning him for far less. Could he do well on another team? Sure, if he has a manager that would motivate him to be good, but the South Side is missing that right now, and it will likely not change with Robin back at the helm next season, as that Parent firing should not fool anyone here. Their manager is as a big of an issue as the holes they having the lineup right now..
bearsfan49055
I completely agree with declining the option. As long as Ventura is manager the White Sox are at best a .500 team. As it always happens the Sox bring in free agents who had good years and the next year with the Sox they suck!!!!