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Linebrink to ChiSox 4 yr/19 million

Fman99 Nov 22 2007 09:25 PM

As per ESPN.com. This guy didn't even have a great 2006-2007, and he's going from the NL to the AL. He was pretty consistently good in 2003-2005 but that was a few years ago.

Frayed Knot Nov 23 2007 04:45 AM

Ahh, the fickle market for relief pitchers ... you can't predict it and you can't depend on it. Rumor has it that right after acquiring Perez & Robo Hernandez from Pittsburgh Omar was trying to flip Oliver to SD for Linebrink (or maybe Linebrink + something). If true I'm glad it didn't work.

smg58 Nov 23 2007 08:30 AM

I thought Linebrink was the most overrated of this year's group of FA relievers, so I don't mind seeing somebody else commit to him for four years. Riske has less of a rep and won't command more than Linebrink, but he's better. I'm definitely curious about Troy Percival's asking price.

Fman99 Nov 23 2007 10:07 AM

Frayed Knot wrote: Ahh, the fickle market for relief pitchers ... you can't predict it and you can't depend on it. Rumor has it that right after acquiring Perez & Robo Hernandez from Pittsburgh Omar was trying to flip Oliver to SD for Linebrink (or maybe Linebrink + something). If true I'm glad it didn't work. I remember that... it was right up against the 5 PM deadline and some of the major medias were reporting it as fact. Turns out that holding onto Ollie was the way to go.