The Ginger Kid Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Scouting Report: Tigers: Manager Jim Leyland said after Verlander's Friday start that he is now at his best he's seen him during his three-year career with the Tigers, and it's hard to argue otherwise. The 26-year-old won AL pitcher of the month honors for May, and started off his June with eight innings of shutout ball against the Angels. That game marked the fourth time this year he has thrown seven or more innings of shutout ball. Verlander now has a 1.12 ERA in his last eight starts, and has officially turned the corner after a subpar 2008 and a slow start to 2009. White Sox: Danks labored through 5 2/3 innings in his last start on Friday against the Indians, a 6-0 loss. He struck out four, walked two and allowed six hits, but three of those hits were home runs, including back-to-back dingers in the sixth inning, which knocked him from the game. Against the Tigers, Danks is 2-1 in six career starts with a 4.00 ERA. He has struck out 32 batters in those starts while walking seven. Despite all the turmoil, this has been a very good series. It's going to be tough to salvage a series win going against Verlander and Jackson, but it's begins with a solid start from Danks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Podsednik lf Ramirez ss Dye rf Thome dh Konerko 1b Pierzynski c Beckham 3b Getz 2b Anderson cf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Any word on Quentin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Wow, Wise isn't facing Verlander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justBLAZE Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Today is the day Quentin should be available. Hawk and Stoney kept on saying last week how he should be ready to go, until that article in the Trib. Bummer. Frank Thomas and Robin Ventura in the house, for Old Home Night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Fields out again - message being sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanOfCorn Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 02:50 PM) Fields out again - message being sent. Or he is TRULY out. As in...town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSox05 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 John Danks is way to good to be sporting a era in the 5's. Lets bring that s*** down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Fields is done with the Sox. It's just a matter of time before he's traded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan3530 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Are these next two games about as must-win as they come for games in June?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanOfCorn Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Sox will win the next two games. I call it the Greinke Effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogan873 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 QUOTE (soxfan3530 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 02:58 PM) Are these next two games about as must-win as they come for games in June?? I would say so, at least for early June...especially against a division rival. Winning both is a series win, albeit barely. Losing one is a series loss, and that would hurt more than a series win would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyho7476 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 QUOTE (tommy @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 02:33 PM) Frank Thomas and Robin Ventura in the house, for Old Home Night I'll be in attendance tonight...which is a bad sign this year. What is Old Home Night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justBLAZE Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 (edited) QUOTE (tonyho7476 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 03:07 PM) I'll be in attendance tonight...which is a bad sign this year. What is Old Home Night? White Sox promotional schedule says it is Blues Night. I was going by Scott Reifert's tweet. AS IN msg via www.twitter.com Edited June 10, 2009 by tommy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanOfCorn Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 QUOTE (tommy @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 03:12 PM) White Sox promotional schedule says it is Blues Night. I was going by Scott Reifert's twitt. Ummmm...I don't know whether to laugh or cringe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 (edited) QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 03:15 PM) Ummmm...I don't know whether to laugh or cringe. I hear he keeps it clean and trim. Edited June 10, 2009 by BigSqwert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 12:50 PM) Fields out again - message being sent. Fields is a terrible matchup against Verlander right now. Anyway, do we have anyone at AAA who can play backup infielder? I'm starting to wonder if Josh wouldn't be better off in Charlotte getting daily at bats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerAtIU Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 03:29 PM) Fields is a terrible matchup against Verlander right now. Anyway, do we have anyone at AAA who can play backup infielder? I'm starting to wonder if Josh wouldn't be better off in Charlotte getting daily at bats. What positions can darryl ward play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 03:29 PM) Fields is a terrible matchup against Verlander right now. Anyway, do we have anyone at AAA who can play backup infielder? I'm starting to wonder if Josh wouldn't be better off in Charlotte getting daily at bats. Nix is really the backup IF right now, and Wise is the backup OF. We need a backup 1B who can maybe also play other positions or PH, since Nix plays the other three IF positions well. Take a wild guess who I'd suggest. Either way though, I agree Fields needs AB's, I just think it won't be in this organization most likely. Not sure he's got much more to prove in AAA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 QUOTE (whitesoxmanager @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 04:42 PM) if you could start your team with 5 non pitchers who would they be? mine are: 1. ichiro suzuki 2. albert pujols 3. mark texieria 4. kevin youkilis 5. orlando hudson interested to see what you guys would do? This is an odd post for this thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeFabregas Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 (edited) Wait, what? Are you responding to the post you quoted? Did you...did you post in the wrong thread? Edit: responding to 2 posts up. Edited June 10, 2009 by JorgeFabregas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 QUOTE (whitesoxmanager @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 03:42 PM) if you could start your team with 5 non pitchers who would they be? mine are: 1. ichiro suzuki 2. albert pujols 3. mark texieria 4. kevin youkilis 5. orlando hudson interested to see what you guys would do? You seem to have an odd habit of posting in a thread with stuff completely unrelated to the topic at hand. I seem to recall the other day, you added posts to a game or baseball thread, with something about feminine hygiene. Are you lost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 01:37 PM) Either way though, I agree Fields needs AB's, I just think it won't be in this organization most likely. Not sure he's got much more to prove in AAA. I know why you guys are saying this, I just think it's so silly. Someone's going to pick up Fields off of us for nothing, teach him a better swing, and he'll spend the rest of his career putting up Troy Glaus in his non steroid year numbers over at 3b, and that someone will be very happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 03:50 PM) I know why you guys are saying this, I just think it's so silly. Someone's going to pick up Fields off of us for nothing, teach him a better swing, and he'll spend the rest of his career putting up Troy Glaus in his non steroid year numbers over at 3b, and that someone will be very happy with it. You are arguing with the wrong guy on this. I've said a zillion times, I think he was starting to figure it out, and should have been left to continue that, instead of promoting a guy way too early. And I think there is a good chance he does indeed get good somewhere else, which sucks. But, I think we've now gone too far down that road, and he just doesn't have a future here anymore, barring some injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 We deserve a win here with how one was stolen from us last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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