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QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 6, 2007 -> 11:33 AM) Erick Aybar. But then how would we get him if Crede is staying? And Aybar probably isn't ready-enough to be a good leadoff hitter.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Apr 6, 2007 -> 11:28 AM) God, I still wish the Sox can resign Crede, move Fields to LF, have Anderson in CF and Sweeney in RF in a number of years. That'd be best case. Then we'd need to find a bonifide leadoff hitter at either SS or 2B, since no one on the team would be a good leadoff hitter if that was the case. And please don't say Iguchi, he'd be a horrible leadoff hitter, IMO.

the title of this thread is messing up the home page... for me at least

The White Sox indeed see Sweeney as their future no. 3 hitter. If he develops his power, he can become a 25-30 homer guy, plus he has decent speed which is good for the 3-hole, and is a good average guy as well.

If we could get Baldelli, for the right price, I'd be all over that. BUT, it would also depend on his health, and if he is finally healed. Also, I doubt the Devil Rays would accept a fair offer, their GM is a mad man, and always asks for way too much for his players... See Danys Baez and Aubrey Huff. But I did see Erick Aybar mentioned here, and I have been a big supporter for trading for him. He has great speed, great range, and has a canon arm. Plus, he can hit and is a switch hitter. And right now there is a bit of a logjam for them... They have Kendrick at 2B, that's set. And it looks like they are planning on Brandon Wood to be their 3B. Now that leaves Cabrera and Aybar. Their decision will be, do we trade Aybar and keep Cabrera and sign him to an extension, or do we trade Cabrera after this year, and plug in Aybar?

QUOTE(ChiSoxFan @ Apr 6, 2007 -> 11:01 AM) Checking the Whitesox.com page, they have the matchup as Danks/Ponson. Well, I think that is because their still the scheduled pitcher, but that will change soon. QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Apr 6, 2007 -> 11:02 AM) REmember that time you beat a bear to death with your looseleaf notebook? I never got a looseleaf notebook to battle the bears I came across...

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Apr 6, 2007 -> 11:00 AM) So, you're advocating playing one game at 1 PM, another probably around 5 or 6 PM, getting done with the game around 9 PM, leaving town like 3 AM, getting into Oakland like 5 AM their time, and playing a game just 12 hours later after playing two games the night before? Sucking it up or not, that's pretty brutal, especially on an already heavily worked bullpen. It's not that they get paid dirt, they get millions. Earn your money, and suck it up. I know I would if I was getting played a couple million to play baseball.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Apr 6, 2007 -> 10:55 AM) Teams aren't really big on doubleheaders before playing in California the next day. Well too bad, suck it up. Back in the day Teams always had double headers on the weekends.

They should have a double header on Sunday. And I am really bummed, I was looking forward to seeing Danks pitch tommorow.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Apr 6, 2007 -> 10:48 AM) per whitesox.com It should at least be a game time decision. The forecasts aren't always 100%.

This is a sign as to what is comming... It will be White Sox vs. Red Sox for the AL Pennant! Nike knows all.

I miss Hawk and Whimpy... they were great.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 06:32 PM) I thought -- at least for AAA -- they were offering a minorleague TV? I thought I remember them having that at the end of last season. Apparently not...? They do have that. But they only stream a couple games a night.

Sweeney is said to be the future 3 hitter for the White Sox, and is better then Rogowski... he should be batting higher up.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 08:17 PM) According to Ozzie after the game you're correct...but I can't figure out why Floyd didn't start today if there wasn't some chance of him getting a callup. Maybe Phillips is still the ace of the Knights ball club?

QUOTE(zenryan @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 07:57 PM) anyone remember when Homer Simpson won the softball game by getting plunked? me and my dad were just talking about that!

Wait... whats going on? I thought Mark is still scheduled to pitch his next start... Am I missing something here?

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 05:14 PM) Exactly. I'm worried about our bullpen, than Buehrle, considering the six straight games upcoming. If Danks doesn't pitch atleast five innings, we may be in trouble. You can't reasonably throw Masset out. Any reliever going two innings can't be used the following game. Just imagine if someone pulls a Contreras within the next several days, and we're without an off-day to regroup. /shudders My fault, Balta. You're right. I'm definitely losing some sort of grasp with reality, here. Guess that's what 2 hours of sleep will do to you. When I quoted your initial post, in which Floyd was specifically mentioned as the opening day starter, I somehow interpreted it as Haeger starting opening day. I suppose the issue here is when Haeger will start, whether they'll hold him back, or if they'll go with the logical choice (atleast considering normal rest) and go with Floyd. hey flash, kinda OT... but you really should add Massett to that McCarthy/Danks watch, IMO.

For the Barons, it is Jesus Delgado vs. Adam Russell

This is the roster according to knights.com... http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...ue&sid=t494 I don't see Spivey on that list, but I am pretty sure he was assigned to AAA. If he was, that means there would be 28 guys on the roster. You can have more then 25 on a minor league roster, right? Actually, I don't know, could someone clearify that for me? Now, if the info Balta gave us is correct, and Nunez will start, that means Malone will likely be in the pen, which right now seems like the best possibility for him, with the log jam at starting pitching prospects, but the constant needs of good lefties out of the pen, either for trade or the team. I'd say right now the lineup, rotation, bullpen will look something like this... Rotation (thanks to Balta): Floyd, Phillips, Haeger, Broadway, Nunez Bullpen: Logan (cl), Malone, Fields, Pollock, Lubisich, Reynoso, Bukvich, Wassermann, Babula, Prinz (2-3 of these guys might need to go however, to make room for the roster) Lineup: 1. Owens, LF 2. Terrero, RF (Should be CF, IMO) 3. Fields, 3B 4. Sweeney, CF (should be RF, IMO) 5. Rogowski, 1B 6. Young (DH) 7. A. Gonzalez, SS 8. W. Gonzalez, C 9. Pedro Lopez, 2B Bench: Perez, Kelly, Smith, Spivey (?) Some guys I think we could see being promoted to AAA are (in no particular order): Adam Russell, Oneli Perez, Jack Egbert, Dewon Day, Gio Gonzalez, Donny Lucy, Chris Getz, Robert Valido

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 04:40 PM) I was watching some of the Giants/Padres game last night, and they were saying that a bunch of scouts around the league have been complaining about the radar guns this season and how none of them seem to be agreeing. I wonder if there's a new model of gun or something that's being introduced. Maybe the radar guns become out-of-synch after being put on the shelfs for about 3-4 months...

Flash is the one with the McCarthy-Danks watch in his sig, right? Well, he should throw Masset into there as well, because he was aquired in the same trade.

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 04:33 PM) No one is up to their normal speeds yet. Give it another week or two. Well, I hope we see it soon enough, because I didn't see much of it in spring training. I was looking at the gameday speeds, and I think they were much more accurate then the game's radar gun. It really didn't look to me that Masset was only topping out at 91, Thornton at 94, MacDougal at 90, and Jenks at 93. According to gameday, Masset topped out at 94, Thornton at 97, MacDougal at 96, and Jenks at 97, and those are much more accurate, IMO. Thornton and MacDougal were at about their normal speeds according to gameday, but Masset and Jenks will hopefully be throwing 2-4 mph faster come next week or so.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 03:03 PM) Sowers definitely isn't bad. We certainly aren't making him pay, but Sowers is a good pitcher. I am calling it now... Sowers will not do anything in the majors unless he has a secret out pitch no one knows about. His best hope is to be a 2nd lefty out of the pen. He relies on his funky release to throw hitters off balance, but that isn't gonna last. And having "heart" doesn't really help pitchers, having stuff does, and he has no stuff. I bet the majority of posters on soxtalk could probably make solid contact off of him. QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 03:03 PM) WTF are you smoking Ed? MMAC's fastball tops off at 90 mph? Do your f***ing research idiot. Umm... what are you talking about? Kinda bringing this up out of no-where, but MacDaddy has always pitched between 94-96, and today I think he was around there as well. I am fairly certain that the radar gun for the tv was off by 3-4 mph consistantly.

Besides the fact that this team made a very unimpressive pitcher look like cy young, it was an overall good game. The big 3 have to pull their heads out of their you know whats though. If this is gonna be a productive offense, they need to come through and not be a collective 5-20, or what-ever it was this series. Having someone like Masset in the pen is also huge. Mac looked very good again. Bobby looked good as well, but I hope the radar gun is wrong, nd he throwing faster then 93-94 mph. Thornton needs to stop thinking so much though. He gets ahead 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, but then he nibbles around the plate, thinking about making the perfect pitch. But, instead of thinking, he needs to just rear back, and pitch. See the glove, throw it to the glove. Lets hope Vazquez becomes a stud this season... I really want to call him Cy Vazquez.