CWSGuy406

Best pitch of the night right there. An absolute hanger. Talk about a cookie.

Double play. This game might be over.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 27, 2005 -> 11:28 PM) Do you really think Ozzie will make a change? He already said he was going to sit him, but he didn't. Everett doesn't have a f***ing prayer at the plate....YET HE KEEPS PLAYING! Everett goes 0-fer tonight, he won't play tomorrow. Just a guess.

Ditto, Tony. I'm telling ya, give me a Ross Gload/Brian Anderson platoon. They certainly couldn't do any worse, and if you play Anderson in the OF, you're getting a ton more range out in RF (Dye DHing, of course).

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 27, 2005 -> 05:57 PM) I don't think we're saying we need him...I think we're saying that when he's playing well he's useful. We have 2 possibly decent backup options in B.A. and Borchard right now. But I don't think that either one of them is as useful as a Carl Everett when Everett is playing well. Only problem...of course, is that Everett isn't playing well at all. Borchard over Gload? Hello? :banghead

QUOTE(JimH @ Sep 27, 2005 -> 02:42 AM) Please tell the class what you would've done differently, and how it would've worked out better Carnac. Silly Jim, if SF1 was managing, we'd be at least 150-6 right now. At least.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Sep 27, 2005 -> 01:12 AM) Uh. No. He K's a bunch and he's a rookie. Not saying AJ would come through but there would have to be a better option. I don't like AJ vs. this funky motion. Pablo maybe? Pablo or Brian... Well, prove me wrong, AJ.

Brian An-der-son.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Sep 27, 2005 -> 01:07 AM) True. Just pissed off. 2 real bad breaks. There. There's our break.

I'm going to say this... Stay away from Furcal. He's going to get at least ten million this offseason. This free agent class is deprived, to say the least. It's pretty much him, Brian Giles, and Paul Konerko (offensively speaking) -- there's others that I'm sure I'm missing, but those seem to be the three biggest names. And, if Orlando Cabrera was able to net a four year, $32 million contract last offseason, I'm pretty sure that Furcal will be able to get a little to a lot more than that. He's pretty much a league average hitter -- 95 OPS+ over his career, only once posting a better than average OPS+ -- 109 in 2003, and without doing the math, he's having a little bit of a worse season than 2003 -- so, I think he'll finish at around 105 this year (bleh). And, he's entering his prime years, so I think he's good to put up some 105 seasons in a row. But I don't know... for a team so offensively deprived, is he worth that? I think you're much better off improving your corner IF spots. Make a strong push for either Chad Tracy or Adam Dunn. Dunn would cost more, but he's worth it -- IMO. Same goes for Tracy, who might just finish with a .900+ OPS this year (he's two points off). I know Arizona has Quentin and Jackson, but maybe they'd have interest in the hometown kid in Brian Anderson? Certainly, there's lots of ways this team can go in the offseason.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Sep 26, 2005 -> 02:07 AM) Ok, that's fair. He's been awful as of late you're going to get no argument out of me there. However, I think he's earned a spot in the lineup as he has been productive most of the season. He should never bat 3rd again though. His .734 OPS ranks higher than only Podsednik and Uribe. And tied with Pierzynski. I'm sorry, but your designated hitter -- key word being hitter -- shouldn't rank in the bottom third of your lineup in OPS. That's pathetic. And, I know that you can't just hand the spot over to someone else, but when Carl starts to b**** about being moved down -- then we have problems. FWIW, I certainly believe that a platoon of Gload/Anderson could easily give us a .750 OPS. If Carl doesn't start hitting in Detroit, maybe it's time to see what these guys can do...?

Platoon.... Gload/Anderson/Everett. There's pitchers this year where you can just sort of tell that Everett won't hit well... like Liriano today. I'm not saying Anderson would do a better job, but you put Anderson out in RF, and DH Dye -- and you improve for that day. It might not mean much in that particular day, buy you're a better defensive team with Anderson out in RF. Carl, for whatever reason, has been an on-month/off-month player this year. Good (using it loosely) in April, pathetic in May, spectacular in June, awful in July, good in August, pathetic in September. I'm not going to take anything from that, and say that he's bound to redeem himself in October -- that's just dumb. But he needs to get going, ASAP, because I honestly believe that Anderson and Gload could do a much better job than Carl is currently doing...

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 09:54 PM) Borchard is still to young to say beyond a shadow of a doubt that he's no good. He's had repeated good years at AAA. He just hasn't yet firgured things out at the big league level. Good years? Uhh, I don't even think he slugged .500 at Charlotte. That's terrible if power is your strong suit. And, he hit like .260. And, his K/BB ratio sucks.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 09:48 PM) I think I went w/Timo because it's the more realistic choice. Of course, I would have liked to see the trio of Gload/Borchard/Anderson get some ABs in the last few weeks. I would like to see Anderson get a start vs Robertson in Detroit. It should be Gload/Anderson platoon. Borchard isn't good, neither is Timo.

Come on, Buehrle, we need six quick outs. Gotta get this game in...

KC WINSSSS!!!

Martinez pops out!!!!

Thank you, Zack Greinke. That's one helluva start right there...

QUOTE(Felix @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 06:44 PM) @ CWSGuy406 So is A-Rod not in his prime? Or how about Vlad, since he'll be 30 next year too? Or how about Ortiz, who'll be 30 next year? Just because someone isn't in their prime, doesn't mean they aren't good. But typically, with baseball players, the best years of a hitters' career is in his late-20s.

QUOTE(Felix @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 12:24 PM) Konerko is, what, 29? Bill Mueller is 34. Konerko is in his prime. Mueller is leaving his prime. And again, I said I would pay Konerko that if LAAAAA offered $15/5, not right away. I would originally offer Paulie something like $12/4 Your 9th hitter is a second leadoff hitter. He's not your worst hitter. Pods has a higher OBP and is far more consistant than Furcal. Konerko will be 30 next year. Being 30 is not in your prime. Prime years = 26-29. Sorry, I'm not comfortable giving a four year contract to a guy who probably won't ever do better than his career best 123 OPS+. He's good, don't get me wrong, but I think you can get more production if you spread that $12 million bucks that you would've spent on PK on a thirdbaseman and another firstbaseman. For example, say, trade for Chady Tracy at first (he was rated very highly in the minors for defense with the D'Backs) and sign Nomar for third. You'd lose some defense at third, but gain a heckuva lot of offense. I'm not saying it would happen, just a suggestion. BTW -- Range factor isn't a very good stat, it's based upon the amount of opportunities. Konerko has little to no range. Damn good at picking balls out of the dirt, but unless the ball is hit right to him, he isn't getting it. WTH are you talking about, your 9th hitter is a 2nd leadoff hitter? Your 9th hitter should be your worst hitter, 'cause he's the guy who will always get the less or equal amount of at-bats to the rest of your team.

QUOTE(Felix @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 02:56 AM) Crede knocks in more runs, but I do agree with you that he has been getting "one more year" too much, but this latest month has really gotten me thinking about Crede's true skill. I would think about Mueller, but if I would have to pay him $2.5 million in free agency, I wouldnt do it. If it was a much lower salary, I would probably end up doing it and using both Crede and him over at 3rd. You'd pay Paul Konerko $18 million, but wouldn't pay Bill Mueller $2.5 million -- for one year? Are you kidding? :banghead

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 01:44 AM) I heard yesterday Nomar won't sign to play 3b. Damn. Well, scratch that.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 01:39 AM) Because he's still a damn good hitter at home. His defense is solid, and he gives us a lefty threat that we've been lacking for a while. Just go for Tracy. He's not going to cost as much as Overbay. Then grab Nomar for third. Grab a Kenny Williams special (i.e. good bullpen guy who comes out of nowhere), and a right-handed bat off the bench who can actually hit a little bit. Use Marte, Hermanson, Anderson, Fields, Tracey (not all of them -- a combo) to obtain Tracy. And the team is set. Gosh, I'm so good, I should be the GM.

QUOTE(Felix @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 01:22 AM) I think Rollins for $40 over 5 years is worse. Rollins plays a premium defensive position. I'm not saying he's worth $40 million, but $18 million for Konerko would be about as bad of a contract as Eric Milton's...

QUOTE(Felix @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 01:08 AM) I like the green more, because there are some people who actually do think that Gload is better than Konerko.. Name these people. People like Gload. People might think Gload is a better value than Konerko is. But I doubt anyone thinks that Gload is straight up better than Konerko.