Black Sox Blog

The White Sox gave John Danks the biggest contract they’ve ever given to a pitcher with a five year, $65 million extension.  He’s still only 26 and he’s put together some nice seasons for the White Sox.  Last year’s disastrous first couple of months (he started 0-8) really tested his mettle and he bounced back nicely after that.  Also, with Mark Buehrle moving on, Danks was the next most logical choice to build the White Sox rotation around.

It’s funny how things work out.  Way back in 2006, I was really high on Brandon McCarthy and then they traded him to the Rangers for Danks (and Nick Masset).  At the time I was bummed but that deal has worked out nicely because Danks has had some quality season where as McCarthy had pretty much flamed out until a resurgence this year.