Didn't Cost an Arm & a Leg

The Chicago White Sox have signed middle reliever Mike MacDougal to a 3 year $6.45M deal. The hard throwing Righty came over from the KC Royals in exchange for two minor leaguers.


Sox GM Kenny Williams has an uncanny ability
to retain the players he wants, but only for the
money he wants to pay them. Maybe Cubbie GM
Jim Hendry would take a few lessons from Williams?

Lucky for Sox Fans, Ken Williams was able to get this deal done without having to commit any of the $10M saved by moving Freddy Garcia earlier in the week.

Too bad for MacDougal. If he had been on the Cubs' roster he may have gotten a 5 year $40M deal, seen little work, and been guaranteed to not work into October.