caulfield12 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/i...-need-a-big-bat The bench of Saladino/Sands/Sanchez seems extremely thin for the moment...Sands is the obvious one who eventually needs to be replaced, as Saladino has to back-up the entire infield and is fine as a PRer as well as a defensive sub. Avila will replace Sanchez. Then the "big bat" comment for the 1,000,000 time...and the usual suspects in CarGo, Bruce, Kemp, etc. How long can Rollins, Avi, Navarro and Jackson last as nearly everyday players? Then the other obvious issue, poor Mr. Danks. Schoenfield notes that Turner/Johnson probably won't be much better. Didn't realize the 1906 White Sox "Hitless Wonders" put up a .230 BA and only 6 or 7 homers the entire SEASON. Just wow...talk about "dead ball" era. The 2000 or 2006 offense could beat those numbers in one game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beautox Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 28, 2016 -> 01:46 AM) http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/i...-need-a-big-bat The bench of Saladino/Sands/Sanchez seems extremely thin for the moment...Sands is the obvious one who eventually needs to be replaced, as Saladino has to back-up the entire infield and is fine as a PRer as well as a defensive sub. Avila will replace Sanchez. Then the "big bat" comment for the 1,000,000 time...and the usual suspects in CarGo, Bruce, Kemp, etc. How long can Rollins, Avi, Navarro and Jackson last as nearly everyday players? Then the other obvious issue, poor Mr. Danks. Schoenfield notes that Turner/Johnson probably won't be much better. Didn't realize the 1906 White Sox "Hitless Wonders" put up a .230 BA and only 6 or 7 homers the entire SEASON. Just wow...talk about "dead ball" era. The 2000 or 2006 offense could beat those numbers in one game. I think the bench will be fine when it sorts it self out later the only thing I would like to see is a hitter that destroys RH pitching to potentially pair with rollins at DH if Avi doesn't deliver but honestly the sox have till early june to figure that out. Saladino/Sanchez back up catcher + 4th outfielder is fine. over the last 7 the offense sans Abreu has been turning it around. I don't think Rollins will continue to be an everyday player but if Anderson is healthy and turning it around at AAA he should be up near the deadline. I see no reason to believe Rollins can't be a productive member of this club against LHP .625/.700/1.250 vs RHP .208/.246/.283; If Robin utilizes him appropriately as a spot starter off the bench and as a pinch runner its a nice complimentary piece to have on this team. If Jackson just delivers on his career norms even with some lost range in CF we're looking at a 2.5-3 win player. A 5th starter would be nice if they continue to not trust Danks but the luxury with this start is that they can audition what they have down in AAA and there is a remote possiblity we see Fulmer in the not too distant future in the rotation if he continues to step up at AA. I would prefer the sox not give up much if anything on the farm and sign Hernandez and possibly moving Melky to DH, but with the start we've had they can take time to figure out the direction they would prefer to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 Knowing Hahn's propensity for risk aversion, he's going to go for the proven veteran (KW/Ventura preference too), like a Markakis/Bruce/Kemp/CarGo, depending on the financial analysis working out. Yadiel Hernandez would be a nice piece to add, but from everything you read, his upside is somewhere between Leonys Martin and Rusney Castillo. From watching what Stephen Drew and Kendrys Morales went through in 2014, it just seems nearly impossible for him to be impacting the major league roster before August or September, and that's with him signing relatively soon. Remembering back to 2012, the first player we had a shot at was Orlando Hudson, who was dumped by his team at the time. It feels like we're going to look for a similar bounceback candidate where we have little to no financial investment, like an Allen Craig, Pablo Sandoval or Josh Hamilton situation. Carl Crawford would be another example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 Knowing Hahn's propensity for risk aversion, he's going to go for the proven veteran (KW/Ventura preference too), like a Markakis/Bruce/Kemp/CarGo, depending on the financial analysis working out. Yadiel Hernandez would be a nice piece to add, but from everything you read, his upside is somewhere between Leonys Martin and Rusney Castillo. From watching what Stephen Drew and Kendrys Morales went through in 2014, it just seems nearly impossible for him to be impacting the major league roster before August or September, and that's with him signing relatively soon. Remembering back to 2012, the first player we had a shot at was Orlando Hudson, who was dumped by his team at the time. It feels like we're going to look for a similar bounceback candidate where we have little to no financial investment, like an Allen Craig, Pablo Sandoval or Josh Hamilton situation. Carl Crawford would be another example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 The White Sox gave up a lot of that depth to get guys like Todd Frazier here. I am OK with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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