Vasquez Signs Extension

[love_that_reefer]

White Sox agreed to terms with RHP Javier Vazquez on a three-year, $34.5 million contract extension through 2010.
Vazquez's $12.5 million salary for 2007 remains unchanged. He'll make $11.5 million in each of the following three seasons. It's a lot of money for someone whom the White Sox seemed quite frustrated with for much of last season. He ended up going 11-12 with a 4.84 ERA in his first year with the club.

I think the Sox were better off going in another direction after this season and going after someone a lot better. Ken Williams has done a lot of things right over the past couple of seasons but this wasn't one of them.

[rockin500]

i cant see how this helps the white sox since he was pretty bad last year (and terrible after the 5th)

[brewersfan19]

Yeah.. I am a little confused in this signing as well. The White Sox have been trying to run him out of town for a year. What is Kenny Williams thinking? Please enlighten us Sox fans!

[Dam8610]

I just hope this doesn't cost the Sox Buehrle. If it doesn't, then it's not a bad deal. It's pretty close to current market value.

[browntown653]

This is way too much money for a guy who was a mediocre #5 starter.

[brewersfan19]

ya' think!!! does Lilly, Menche, and Marquis ring a bell? Overpaid talents that just make me jealous. haha!

[brewersfan19]

I see that Vazquez is in Cooper's doghouse already!!