White Sox sign Steve Chisek - 1 year/$6.75M

[Matt Breen]

Another reliever off the board. Chisek gets 1 year/$6M with an option for a $6.75M salary in 2021. The option can be bought out for $750,000.

 

Word is that Chisek wanted to play in Boston (he is from the area), but the Red Sox have not been in a spending mood of late.

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/01/white-sox-to-sign-steve-cishek.html

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

This makes an already suspect Cubs' pen even worse. Which is fine by me.

[Soupbone]

If the Hader trade happens our bullpen will be more than suspect.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

If the Hader trade happens our bullpen will be more than suspect.

 

That has nothing to do with the White Sox signing the Cubs' best reliever, though.

[Soupbone]

Trying to think of the right terminology. Yucky suspect. Deeply suspect. Beyond suspect. Something like that.

[Soupbone]

You are right. I get off subject too easily these days. Sorry.

[stalton]

Man are the White Sox making moves this offseason. I can easily see the Southsiders with the better record than their counterparts.

[TJseven7]

I hate this. I'd have paid that. He was a guy I really wanted. It's a touch higher than I wanted but it's right at the edge. I'd have bit the bullet on that one.

 

Our pen is already Knebel not coming back to dominance away from being very suspect. Consider me in the minority if you wish but I don't care about the Cubs. I care about the Brewers. If the Brewers take care of the Brewers they'll take care of the Cubs.

 

A sub 3 ERA SU man would have been real nice. We missed Jeffress being that guy QUITE A BIT last year.

[monty57]

With his throwing style, he's quite a bit worse against lefties than righties. I wonder if he's going to be someone who's hurt by the "three batter minimum" rule.

[TJseven7]

70 appearances in 2019. 52 1 ip for more. He also faced a very standard 60/40 split R to L in 2019. Career neither side is over 700 ops and the LHB have a considerably higher babip. (avg .030 higher, babip .055 higher) Guys been south of 3 ERA 4 years in a row and 7 of 9.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

I hate this. I'd have paid that. He was a guy I really wanted. It's a touch higher than I wanted but it's right at the edge. I'd have bit the bullet on that one.

 

Our pen is already Knebel not coming back to dominance away from being very suspect. Consider me in the minority if you wish but I don't care about the Cubs. I care about the Brewers. If the Brewers take care of the Brewers they'll take care of the Cubs.

 

A sub 3 ERA SU man would have been real nice. We missed Jeffress being that guy QUITE A BIT last year.

 

THis is about the Brewers by proxy. The Cubs will not be able to replace Chisek with a reliever as effective. It hurts the Cubs' chances of winning the division, which in turn helps the Brewers chances.

 

You are correct that signing a guy like Chisek would likely have helped the Brewers bullpen substantially. But it didn't happen, so the next best thing is the team's chief rival losing him to an AL team.

[TJseven7]

THis is about the Brewers by proxy. The Cubs will not be able to replace Chisek with a reliever as effective. It hurts the Cubs' chances of winning the division, which in turn helps the Brewers chances.

 

You are correct that signing a guy like Chisek would likely have helped the Brewers bullpen substantially. But it didn't happen, so the next best thing is the team's chief rival losing him to an AL team.

 

They couldn't afford Claudio. They were never getting him back. I really can't stand any fan base that gets rival focused. It's aiming low. Brewers can be better than the Cubs and still lose the division or win the division with no chance of contending for the WS. Neither of those outcomes have a silver lining to me. You win or you lose. At least we were better than the Cubs is the type of thing you lean on when your team is hopeless.

 

There was a year GB lost to Chicago twice like that. 2007 GB was 13-3 and the Bears were 7-9. There's no saving grace in that. 7-9 is garbage no matter how you do it.

[superfly]

I hate this. I'd have paid that. He was a guy I really wanted. It's a touch higher than I wanted but it's right at the edge. I'd have bit the bullet on that one.

 

Our pen is already Knebel not coming back to dominance away from being very suspect. Consider me in the minority if you wish but I don't care about the Cubs. I care about the Brewers. If the Brewers take care of the Brewers they'll take care of the Cubs.

 

A sub 3 ERA SU man would have been real nice. We missed Jeffress being that guy QUITE A BIT last year.

 

THis is about the Brewers by proxy. The Cubs will not be able to replace Chisek with a reliever as effective. It hurts the Cubs' chances of winning the division, which in turn helps the Brewers chances.

 

You are correct that signing a guy like Chisek would likely have helped the Brewers bullpen substantially. But it didn't happen, so the next best thing is the team's chief rival losing him to an AL team.

 

I could care less what the Cubs are doing or not doing either. The cardinals are a much more consistent threat year in and year out for ages.

[brewmann04]

David going to wait till Brewers on Deck to pull the last rabbit out of the hat.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

I hate this. I'd have paid that. He was a guy I really wanted. It's a touch higher than I wanted but it's right at the edge. I'd have bit the bullet on that one.

 

Our pen is already Knebel not coming back to dominance away from being very suspect. Consider me in the minority if you wish but I don't care about the Cubs. I care about the Brewers. If the Brewers take care of the Brewers they'll take care of the Cubs.

 

A sub 3 ERA SU man would have been real nice. We missed Jeffress being that guy QUITE A BIT last year.

 

THis is about the Brewers by proxy. The Cubs will not be able to replace Chisek with a reliever as effective. It hurts the Cubs' chances of winning the division, which in turn helps the Brewers chances.

 

You are correct that signing a guy like Chisek would likely have helped the Brewers bullpen substantially. But it didn't happen, so the next best thing is the team's chief rival losing him to an AL team.

 

I could care less what the Cubs are doing or not doing either. The cardinals are a much more consistent threat year in and year out for ages.

 

To each their own. I'm happy that a good reliever is no longer a Cub.

[3and2Fastball]

White Sox fans certainly aren’t going to be able to say that the team didn’t do anything in the offseason

[brewcrewdue80]

So for the White Sox does this take them more out of a Hader Trade or put them more likely to make a trade for Hader? They have seriously upgraded that you could say they are a piece or two away from serious aspirations. But then again maybe Chisek is all the RP that the Sox think they need til a trade deadline need.