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Is that all he said? Right now I have a lot of doubt in regards to the Angels. Their staff is pretty banged up and the rotation doesn't look good as of now. Appier blows in my mind.

Great article. I think we'll all know whats going on after he takes that second test. If it comes back clear and that he's got no damage, then this is just something that will go away with a bit of rest. If it isn't, then they'll have to fix it and I have no doubt Wright will be able to recover. The Sox are doing the (W)right thing in this.

playing both sides is typically what most countries do that act like they are neutral.

Hope your having a great 19th birthday Can't wait till the Dodgers/Sox games as well as the Angels/Sox games

It just swelled up, so I'm assuming it wasn't one particular thing. They thought he was just sore and it would get better. They need to give him an MRI again, now that the swelling is down, imo. On a sidenote, arm injuries can be really funny like that. Wright could of hurt it as far back as last year, thrown two games and then it swelled up. Usually you can go one or two times with a hurt arm if you've rested it long enough, so its really hard to track when it exactly happens, unless of course it just blows on one pitch, but even then its hard, cause it may not of really been that pitch that caused it.

Well, wasn't it Tipper Gore and Joseph Lieberman who were the big people involved with getting Family Guy off the air.

Sweeney is phenomenal. Royals don't have the "name" recognition but they are pretty solid.

Your numbers look pretty good, as well as semi conservative to me. I think Lee may have a few more rbi's, otherwise I don't have much disagreement. I'd also say Jimenez has a few less since he's at the top of the lineup.

isn't he a rp or a closer? Yes. He did make a few starts with the Dodgers two years ago. He was also a closer/potential closer. Guy came kind of out of nowhere in the Dodgesr system and became a favorite of my dad, who went nuts when they traded him for Guellermo Mota (Another guy with an incredible arm, and I think we all have heard a bit about him)

Speaking of Herges, this guy is damn good. Remember watching him with the Dodgers quite a bit and he could light it up on the radar, throw plenty of innings, but the Dodgers overworked him and he was hurt last year. He was healthy all spring and the Pirates were nuts to make this move, especially for Denny Reyes, another Dodgers reject.

i heard you giving JB some love the other day...only why do you think we should switch him from pitcher to CF??? whats really sad is despite both these guys doing absolutely nothing since leavng the sox , kenny williams still came out of both deals as the loser...you gotta be talented to that I'm telling you Baggs, we got Majewski. Thats in regards to the JB deal, and the Ritchie deal won't be as horrilble as thought. It sucked losing Kip and Fogg, but out of them I really believe Kip is the only one that may develop into a #2 pitcher, with Fogg pretty much a #5.

There's exceptions to every rule. But, overall, and more importantly recently, the Sox have been terrible while playing out west. Yep, every time i watch them over the past 3 or 4 years it has been ugly. I think it all started when the White Flag trade was made, cause that happened when the Sox were in Anaheim. I remember I was so pissed that day that I decided I would never root for the Sox again. That lasted till about the 6th inning, when I said, I just can't do it, I'll always love them.

His changeup looked more then good when I saw it this spring, it looked fantastic. Now I'm sure it will have its ups and downs, but once fully perfected and confident, this may move Bartolo from a 1B ace to a 1A ace, meaning he's in a very very elite group. I sure hope we have this guy for a while, cause I am going to like watching him pitch (I think).

Especially in regards to Rauch because we haven't seen him at the major league level. I will also say Wright won't be sucessful unless 100% so he needs to sit down, get healthy and then come back. Most likely, surgery, my take at least and I'm not a doctor.

First off, welcome aboard Soxfan. Secondly, I love the idea of adding another pitcher. I guess I'm one of the only ones. I like Herges, but he's only a reliever in my mind, especially after all his arm troubles. Herges would be a great pick up, if the Sox weren't so deep in this area. To me Reynolds or Finley would be perfect fits, especially if one of our 4th or 5th guys struggles. Loazia doesn't have impressive career numbers and you don't know what Stewart will do. Finley will be around longer then Reynolds (as in available longer; thats my guess). Reynolds would be a sweet pickup. Sign him cheap, give him incentives and see what he can do. If Wright is down a long time, then we could be in some deep trouble with only 3 effective starters cause we truly don't know how Stewart, Loiaza or Rauch will pan out.

I'd take Bako or Miller as long as the Sox weren't giving up a top prospect. Give them Dellaero, we get a catcher.

Its nice to see someone in the media who has a lot of confidence in the Sox. I just hope all the players got confidence in themselves, cause this is going to be a very good team.

I second that. To all those that have joined recently, welcome aboard. Its great to have more Sox fans here

SN Report: Sox Place Wright on 15-Day DL By Mario Scalise March 28, 2003 SoxNet.net

How about we give him a fifty cent cd?

Well, he had as good if not better stuff and maturity than Kerry Wood and Mark Prior. Just say you've never seen him pitch healthy and avoid embarassment. Besides, I never said he was a "HOF player", just that he had "HOF ceiling". Too bad his arm fell off. You only mentioned a FEW pitchers from different organizations. I mentioned no less than 12-15 quality prospects from just one. Not such an aberration. (Look at Cubs: Kerry Wood is still relatively healthy and Zambrano, Cruz, Prior are looking great. And we had BETTER, deeper for sure, pitching system) Quit yer extrapolatin' in other words. Embarassment???? What are you talking about. I saw him pitch in 2000, but even then that was after one surgery, from him screwing up his arm with the GIANTS. You talk as if all our top 10 prospects are going to become stars. They are called prospects, not stars when you talk about them because most of them will fail, and some will come out of nowhere and make it. I understand a lot of them put up good numbers in AA, AAA, etc, but that doesn't guarantee anything. You also need to make do with many things. Also, look at Wood, healthy??? Look at the injuries he had, now he's healthy, one season over 200 innings though in his entire career. You need to realize not everyone is a hall of famer until they prove it. If everyone that had HOF potential lived up to it, then the hall of fame would be useless and everyteam would have 9 hall of famers on it.

Dellaero gave up pitching. He's either going to make the majors as a shorstop or nothing.

Oh ya with Kris Honel. I think there are some reasons to worry, but I wouldn't worry too much. I think the big reason people are afraid are because of his so called velocity drop, but I think scouts overhyped the fastball from the get go. He's pretty much always thrown 90-91. Its his secondary pitches that are phenomenal, but his heater has good movement too. Then talking about Stumm, that guy is talented, but the arm couldn't handle the stress. He will be pitching again this year eventually. Also, since you mentioned the Cubs, they lost Christensen, Will Ohman, Scott Chiasson, and a few other prospects with arm injuries that they were counting on. Steve Smyth too.

Brando, as far as the prospects, your really overhyping them I think, something White Sox fans are very used to now a days because of the high amount of prospects that have been overhyped over the years. Only the Yankees hype more prospects. Now back to Barcelo, there is no way that the Sox screwed this guy up. If I recall he had arm surgery back when he was in the Giants organization, then came to the Sox and pitched great, but then needed another surgery. The reason was, he never changed his mechanics and some guys just put too much pressure on their arms. Remember that guy with the Devil Rays that broke his arm pitching like twice, same type of thing. Barcelo was amazing, but HOF? I don't think so. The Sox didn't know if he'd ever be able to start and when they acquired him he was mainly considered closer material, but they had some hope that eventually he could make it to the rotation. Someone can check me on that, cause I didn't know as much about baseball at that age. Lets talk Malone. First off, Malone came out of nowhere two years ago. Before that he had always struggled with control and him struggling with it this past season wasn't any shocker. Injuries were the big reason, but he's still a very "raw" pitcher and he's extremely young. Look around the majors and most pitchers don't become "studs" until they are much older, with quite a few year development process. Some shoot up and just stick from the get go, but thats rare. To be honest the Sox don't have the prospects like Wood or Prior those guys were extremely special guys. Malone, don't give up on this kid. The Sox aren't rushing guys anymore, so he won't be seen this year (Not likely, maybe in September), but he'll reach AAA this year and could fight for a job next year, but may end up having more like a year and a half in AAA, which is a good thing. 2 years in AAA can be very good for a young pitcher. In regards to Rauch, once again, I think you look way too much into his injury. Before the injury the guy was good, but overhyped, at least I think he was. Take away his height and he's not quite as special. The guy doesn't have an amazing fastball, but he does throw a very good curve and slider, unfortunately he isn't throwing the slider right now as he's not 100%, imo. I'm not at all the games, so I'm not positive on that, but its what I've heard. Rauch also has a change up that he's working on and his fastball is solid. He's not someone to forget about, but arm injuries take time to get back. This guy was a nobody when the Sox picked him and look what he's turned into. Now talking about Sirotka, the guy was alright, but we didn't screw him up. Him pitching in Japan in the summer did him in, and he wasn't an ace. He was solid, but gave up too many baserunners per inning to ever be a true #1. He was more like a good #2. In regards to the whole coaching thing, I go with Brando. When your in AAA making crap for money and you have a shot at the majors, you listen to your coach, thats what they are there for, to help you. You can say your things, but you can't just refuse. They are going to do all they can to make it to the show and they have to make a good impression on the coaches so they can earn some money as well as fullfill their dream.

I think once his time is up they will decide whether to give him surgery or not and will base it on how Loiaza and Stewart are pitching.