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White Sox may discard six key players
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09:52 AM ET 08.11 | Under first-year manager Robin Ventura and his new-look coaching staff, the team has played a clean brand of baseball on the field and has been refreshingly distraction-free off the field. Enjoy it while you can. In the always-changing roster landscape driven by free agency, it says here the team as constituted will be no more after this season, whether it ends with a second ticker-tape parade in eight years or no postseason at all. Jake Peavy has a club option for a whopping $22 million. A.J. Pierzynski and Francisco Liriano will be big-money free agents. And Gavin Floyd, Kevin Youkilis and Brett Myers have pricey club options of $9.5 million or more. Youkilis, Myers and Liriano are big-ticket veterans who were acquired at bargain-basement rates in trades that vaulted general manager Ken Williams into Executive of the Year consideration. They were added with a 2012 postseason run in mind and nothing beyond that.
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Great.
.ChiSoxFan.
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I don't see that as all bad. There's a lot of money tied up in aging players there.
williewilliejuan
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Pierzynski has 22 HR, more than any other catcher this year.
.ChiSoxFan.
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If they go deep into the playoffs and possibly win an AL pennant, dissembling the team looks bad.
.ChiSoxFan.
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Statistically, he's having the best season of his career.
williewilliejuan
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Yes.
.ChiSoxFan.
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Worry about Next Year, After Da Season!!!
Not4Nutten
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Well, if GMs did that, they wouldn't be good at their jobs.
.ChiSoxFan.
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In his 15th year at nearly 36 years old. Nothing strange about that at all, particularly for catchers....
williewilliejuan
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I'd say he's playing for his last contract, not cheating.
.ChiSoxFan.
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The only one that should stay out of the six is A.J., three are rentals, one is a average player, and the pitcher is owned to much next season.
toad
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If he is an average catcher/player how come he gets paid so much ? Was he better and is fading >
Eagles in 2020
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yeah, and Pierzynski only if they sign him to a contract reasonable for a 36 year old catcher. They might get Liriano to sign for a reasonable price--I don't think the bidding will be too high for him. But they need to finish this season first, they still have a chance to make the playioffs.
Traded to Seattle
Salem , OR
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I never said he was cheating, but it's interesting that you brought that up. What do you know?
williewilliejuan
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I thought that's what you were implying.
.ChiSoxFan.
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The slimmest of chances.
.ChiSoxFan.
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I probably was. Mostly, I was just stirring the pot.
I actually think he drinks the bone marrow of homeless orphans.
williewilliejuan
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