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OT: White Sox, John Danks Agree To Extension
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:34 am
by ThaFlash
I thought the White Sox were rebuilding, wouldn't it be better to trade him?
Despite many rumors to the contrary, John Danks isn’t going anywhere. The White Sox have agreed to sign the left-hander to a five-year, $65MM contract extension. The news won't be announced before next week, since Danks has to take a physical for the move to become official.
Re: White Sox, John Danks Agree To Extension
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:56 am
by baulderdash77
Now is the perfect time to trade him. He's under team control for 6 years! If there were options built in I'm sure AA would be on the phone right now.
Re: White Sox, John Danks Agree To Extension
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:57 am
by SharoneWright
Dank you very much!
65!
Re: White Sox, John Danks Agree To Extension
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:17 am
by CPT
Been discussed a bit in the Jays offseason thread.
Very reasonable contract. I'd take him at that price.
Re: White Sox, John Danks Agree To Extension
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:27 am
by ThaFlash
CPT wrote:Been discussed a bit in the Jays offseason thread.
Very reasonable contract. I'd take him at that price.
Agreed. He is young too and is under team control for 6 years, and we all know AA likes players who are under team control for a while.
Re: White Sox, John Danks Agree To Extension
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:29 am
by ThaFlash
baulderdash77 wrote:Now is the perfect time to trade him. He's under team control for 6 years! If there were options built in I'm sure AA would be on the phone right now.
I would love to have Danks on the team. AA said he likes to trade with the White Sox too and the past two deals have been good so far.
Re: White Sox, John Danks Agree To Extension
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:55 am
by MikeM
Well he's under team control now because he signed a pretty big deal. Kinda defeats the purpose of "control".
Re: White Sox, John Danks Agree To Extension
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:09 am
by ThaFlash
MikeM wrote:Well he's under team control now because he signed a pretty big deal. Kinda defeats the purpose of "control".
that true i guess, but thats a pretty good price, don't you think?
Re: White Sox, John Danks Agree To Extension
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:19 pm
by LBJSeizedMyID
Still a relatively cheap bargain all things considering and doesn't mean too much if he didn't have a no-trade clause in there.
Re: White Sox, John Danks Agree To Extension
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:09 pm
by MikeM
ThaFlash wrote:MikeM wrote:Well he's under team control now because he signed a pretty big deal. Kinda defeats the purpose of "control".
that true i guess, but thats a pretty good price, don't you think?
Ya I think it's fair, but not really a huge bargain or anything. It's not like having Santos for peanuts like us.
Re: OT: White Sox, John Danks Agree To Extension
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:17 am
by ThaFlash
I still don't understand why the extended him if the Sox are rebuilding.
Re: OT: White Sox, John Danks Agree To Extension
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:21 am
by Homer Jay
ThaFlash wrote:I still don't understand why the extended him if the Sox are rebuilding.
They can't do a strip down to the metal rebuild in Chicago. They are going to do that on the fly... while trying to find ways to unload Rios, Dunn, Konerko, and Quentin to boot.
Re: OT: White Sox, John Danks Agree To Extension
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:32 am
by ThaFlash
Homer Jay wrote:ThaFlash wrote:I still don't understand why the extended him if the Sox are rebuilding.
They can't do a strip down to the metal rebuild in Chicago. They are going to do that on the fly... while trying to find ways to unload Rios, Dunn, Konerko, and Quentin to boot.
Thats true I guess, but they could have gotten some good young pieces for Danks.
Re: OT: White Sox, John Danks Agree To Extension
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:50 am
by LBJSeizedMyID
This doesn't "really" effect Danks situation. If anything this might make Danks more attractive knowing he's locked into a contract, especially if he gets back to form.
Re: OT: White Sox, John Danks Agree To Extension
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:46 am
by CapeCrusader
I agree he's still young and has a potential to be a very good pitcher. But I had this guy on my fantasy team last year and he was horrible. Hopefully he turns it around next year.