SkokieSox

Sophomore slump last year, Gordo is going to come up big this year.

Reminds me of Carlos Lee, in that he was a third baseman, and moving to the outfield. Also the build and bat... Maybe next year, he can take LF, Mitchell in CF, and Rios in RF.

QUOTE (scenario @ Dec 18, 2010 -> 04:43 PM) The hard part about multi-year deals with relievers is that amount of time they pitch in a season results in year-to-year small samples. They don't pitch enough over the course of a season to overcome a bad stretch... which practically guarantees at least one crap year in a 3-year deal. And since the crap year is all that fans remember, practically every one of these deals look bad. But to get talented free agent relievers to sign on, the 3rd year is often a clincher. Fail to offer it and risk losing out. The only way to get above average talent for fewer years is if they are coming off a bad year or an injury. So, pick your poison. Which is a great point, as relief pitchers sometimes offer every other year good production. If it works out like that, you'd almost rather have a guy like Crain for 3 years versus 2.

QUOTE (bighurt4life @ Dec 9, 2010 -> 08:55 AM) K Law did writeups on the Crawford signing and the Konerko signing. http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/blog?name=l...&id=5901522 http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/blog?name=l...&id=5899670 If you don't have insider I'll paraphrase for you. Boston made a great signing (Law gave it an A+) and Crawford will age very well and be worth every penny, Chicago overpaid and Konerko sucks. Boston has Crawford signed though his age 35 season, unless he turns out to have the body of Ricky Henderson he will start slowing down very soon and probably be worth only 15-20 steals the last couple years of his contract, combine that with marginal power for a corner OF and a bad walk rate/OBP and you have a 35yo LF with an OPS around 700-750 getting paid 20 million. I think that they are going to be seriously disappointed in this deal a few years down the road, it won't be as bad as Vernon Wells or Soriano but close. I don't understand this guy's logic, author not poster... How is PK a terrible first baseman? He picks everything! Now if you want to say his bat will come down some at 38, I wouldn't necessarily argue that. But to say he's a horrible first baseman? I don't get it...

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Dec 4, 2010 -> 04:57 PM) Are these guys similar to what we gave up for Peavy? Meaning, absolute garbage? If that's the case, then poor San Diego- having nothing to show for AGon or Peavy but Clayton Richard and his awful, awful splits. I know it's too early to tell, but what are the ceilings on some of these guys? Kelly is supposed to be their top prospect, and a top of the rotation starter

QUOTE (Paint it Black @ Nov 21, 2010 -> 05:15 PM) "How many pitchers have managed a combined 16 or more WARP over the last three seasons? The answer is 15, of which Danks has the 13th-highest total at 16.7 wins. A rank like that should qualify the White Sox left-hander as a legitimate ace, and yet does it really feel like he is thought of that way? Heck, he isn’t even the most popular lefty starter on his own team, even though his past three seasons have been much better than those of Mark Buehrle. Everyone knows Danks is good, but most miss just how good he has been in his short career" Straight from BP. I disagree, the team and fans value him just fine.

QUOTE (hometeamfan @ Nov 20, 2010 -> 04:35 PM) Great performances....underappreciated/valued How is he under appreciated or valued?

I love PK, but I think it's time to turn the page. You can't discount his leadership abilities, but I feel it's time for a new group to step up, and a new leader to emerge. Maybe even someone with a little more fire... Besides, I feel Guillen is still the ultimate leader for this team. Don't get me wrong, PK has been extremely valuable, and I appreciate all he's done. I just feel this is the time.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 5, 2010 -> 10:21 AM) Or because the Marlins think he's a good manager. And the Marlins have shown to make pretty good baseball decisions, especially considering their resources... Or at least what they put out.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 23, 2010 -> 05:14 AM) I'd hold onto Danks. If you have to trade a starter, try to get somebody to overpay for Buehrle. My one beef about Kenny is we never get ANYBODY to overpay in a trade IMO at least. Which is probably one of the reasons he's able to make as many deals as he does. I mean that in a positive way.

I would love for Hahn and Cora to stay with the White Sox. With that said, I like what it says about the organization if they move on, in that, we have great baseball people, and we don't stand in your way to better yourself. Not only do we need young talented players, we need our whole organization to be that way. It doesn't go unnoticed and I feel we will draw people. Buddy Bell is a good example imo. Although he's older, he's talented. I wouldn't mind interchanging some parts on all sides.

QUOTE (knightni @ Sep 27, 2010 -> 07:39 PM) Is Reinsdorf's group even interested, or are we talking Chinese ownership like the toll roads? The building is already 20 years old. It may have another 20 before people start b****ing about a new park. Wait wait, the Chinese were going to buy our toll roads?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 10:56 PM) FWIW, according to his AAP page, Sale is listed at 183. He lost a fair amount of mass early this summer though (5-10 lbs) in a bout of food poisoning. Ya but I heard he gained it right back in the form of a gold chain...

QUOTE (Real @ Sep 11, 2010 -> 09:37 AM) Gio. He hasn't exactly earned "bit in the ass" territory

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 11:41 PM) He only gets half... If that even ha!

Good point, Teahan probably fills that role

Not to make a thread on every player put on waivers, but this seems plausible considering he can play multiple positions. .261/.335/.458 batting line, 18 home runs and 60 RBI in 391 at-bats

QUOTE (Real @ Jul 20, 2010 -> 11:49 PM) I keep thinking, who is our 5th starter going to be for the rest of the year, and who's to say Peavy is fully healthy next year? Sorry, I just like Hudson a lot, even more than I did BMac I hope so, BMac's a bust

QUOTE (chisoxfan09 @ Apr 5, 2010 -> 07:26 AM) He mentions he gets along with Greg Walker and they sometimes mention hitting issues to eah other. Anyone think he will ever be a hitting coach of any kind for the team? Minor Leagues or the Bigs? Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking

I have always liked Guillen, and hope he is able to leave after a long managerial career with the Sox. His first Sox Fest, at the very end, after the last seminar, he impressed the hell out of me. KW and everyone had left the room after signing a few autographs. Guillen stayed the entire time, and I mean the entire time. I got a couple balls autographed and my picture taken with him. All but 5 people were left in the room. I couldn't believe how nice and dedicated he was to the fans. Admittedly, I was a little concerned over this last episode, but Ozzie having his son resign, and then lecturing him about respecting the Sox, and cut out this public bulls***, has me proud. Ozzie takes nothing more serious than his family, and for him to do that, took a lot. Not to mention I think he's a hell of a manager.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 9, 2010 -> 02:23 AM) The White Sox have control of him for 6 seasons, just as they do any minor leaguer. That's good, thanks. I didn't realize they were part of the same rules.

Also said he switched agents to Scott Boras... By the time he gets up, who knows how long he'll be around.

Pierre LF Beckham 2nd Quentin RF Konerko 1B Jones DH Teahan 3rd Rios CF AJ C Rameriz SS 4 Righties in a row though...

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Feb 21, 2010 -> 12:36 AM) Im with you there, i want someone for the 2 hole so we can move Beckham to the 3 spot. I wouldn't move Quentin out of the three hole

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 19, 2010 -> 01:23 AM) http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/...n-decision.html All signs seem to be pointing to Detroit, especially with AJP bringing up the Spring Training location issue. At this point, I just want a decision. I still think Blalock could be a cheaper, and potentially better option. I like Blalock next year in the Cell, I think he bounces back.