White Sox sign reliever Linebrink

 
The Chicago White Sox, eager to shore up their shaky bullpen, signed reliever Scott Linebrink on a four-year, $19 million contract Wednesday. [link]

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Linebrink Deal Doesn't Make Sense

So let me see if I have this straight. The White Sox will not offer starting pitchers more than 3 year deals, unless you are Mark Buehrle and get 4. They also thought Jon Garland was too expensive at $13 million this season, so they dealt him to the Angels. So the next logical step, obviously, is to offer a middle reliever a four-year contract worth $19 million. Whuh?
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Sox sign Linebrink, move on

White Sox general manager Ken Williams would like to tell you he has moved on after losing out on free-agent outfielder Torii Hunter.
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They don't mean a thing if they ain't got that sink

Although it seems like he's been on the team for months, the four-year, $19 million deal the 31-year-old setup man received last week was finalized today. He's now on the 40-man roster, so Kenny Williams finally spoke about the acquisition:...( read ...
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