Would you trade a Manager for two minor leaguers, a draft pick, and a player to be named later?
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Sure, if it made my team better.
Ozzie wasn't going to be back next year. At least the Sox get something out of the deal. If only the Marlins would have taken the GM too.
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Can we give them Dunn, Rios, Peavey and also Kenny Williams?
In the last 200 years or so of Chicago baseball (two teams, 100 seasons) you have won 1 world series. And you wanna get rid of the GM responsible for that?
Not that I know much about White Sox baseball but is Williams that bad. And from what I do know, if Williams would go to Florida, would Ozzie go? I thought they didnt get along.
Not that I know much about White Sox baseball but is Williams that bad. And from what I do know, if Williams would go to Florida, would Ozzie go? I thought they didnt get along.
Okay don't give williams to florida as ozzie would not go so give williams to any other team you pick.
To the original question:
The answer is, "As opposed to what?"
If otherwise you're just going to fire him, and end up liable for paying him next year for nothing in return, then absolutely, get what you can for his contract, while you can.
I'm assuming Ozzie, since he lives near the Marlins' home area, would happily have accepted the deal. Win/win.
But now it appears it didn't happen and he's just being let go. So, they get nothing for him at all. They just have to hope he gets a job so they don't have to pick up his whole paycheck for next year. (Though those contracts often have liquidated amounts specified for buyouts.)
The answer is, "As opposed to what?"
If otherwise you're just going to fire him, and end up liable for paying him next year for nothing in return, then absolutely, get what you can for his contract, while you can.
I'm assuming Ozzie, since he lives near the Marlins' home area, would happily have accepted the deal. Win/win.
But now it appears it didn't happen and he's just being let go. So, they get nothing for him at all. They just have to hope he gets a job so they don't have to pick up his whole paycheck for next year. (Though those contracts often have liquidated amounts specified for buyouts.)
Midlo. They ended up getting a couple players and I think some $$ so it ended up as a trade and the Sox are off the hook for the final year.
Mizzou....Kenny Williams certainly played a part in the '05 WS win but he is a pompous @ss that has done little since. He got played in the Rios deal and the Dunn move will go down as a franchise crusher if Dunn doesn't get back into form next year.
Won't happen, but I wish Reinsdorf would just start with a clean slate and get rid of him.
Mizzou....Kenny Williams certainly played a part in the '05 WS win but he is a pompous @ss that has done little since. He got played in the Rios deal and the Dunn move will go down as a franchise crusher if Dunn doesn't get back into form next year.
Won't happen, but I wish Reinsdorf would just start with a clean slate and get rid of him.