White Sox Sign Peavy For 2-Year, $29m

[TheImmortalGoud]

Rotoworld

White Sox signed RHP Jake Peavy to a two-year, $29 million contract with an option for 2015.

The $15 million option for 2015 kicks in if Peavy reaches certain thresholds the next two seasons. Peavy seemed poised to hit it big on the open market, but he is clearly comfortable in Chicago and it's not like this new contract will leave him unsatisfied monetarily. The 31-year-old right-hander posted a stellar 3.37 ERA and 194/49 K/BB ratio in 219 innings (32 starts) this season for the White Sox. He seems to be past the shoulder problems that plagued him in 2010 and 2011, and should hold considerable fantasy value in 2013.

[Rudi]

Maybe it's just me...but that seems like quite a bit for a 32 year old pitcher with a history of injury problems. He did have a very good year, but that's still a lot of money tied up for someone who may not produce nearly as much as he did this year.

[Guest]

Maybe it's just me...but that seems like quite a bit for a 32 year old pitcher with a history of injury problems. He did have a very good year, but that's still a lot of money tied up for someone who may not produce nearly as much as he did this year.

On the open market, Peavy would have gotten much more than that. The White Sox have a pitching advantage and needed to keep that, because they don't have much support coming from the minors right now. It was a price they had to pay, and would have been more if it didn't happen now.