Keyser Soze wrote:
Kosuke Fukudome salary history:
2008 31 Chicago Cubs $7,000,000
2009 32 Chicago Cubs $12,500,000
2010 33 Chicago Cubs $14,000,000
2011 34 Chicago Cubs $14,500,000
2012 35 Chicago White Sox $500,000
Once again "THE DWARF" only tells part of the story
Fukudome signed a $500,000 one year contract with a team option of either an additional $500,000 buyout or a 2013 deal of $3,500,000. He had NO offers anywhere and still has a home here so he may have given the Sox a home town discount
While this is still a good deal for a 4th outfielder (my guess is he will get mope playing time by seasons end then Alejandro de Aza. This was the only money that Kenny Williams spent on free agents this entire off season and they were the last team to spend any money on free agents. Combine that with the consensus WORST farm system in baseball, the loss of Buerhle, Quenten, Santos and Jason Frasor with NOTHING of immediate help coming in return PLUS the FACE of the franchise is now in Miami and he was replaced with a part time high school assistant coach and that kind of sums up the Southsiders "HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL"
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Frank Coztansa wrote:
I don't waste my time with the Cubs.