Jordan4life_2007

Can we please stop interviewing grandma.

QUOTE (qwerty @ May 10, 2010 -> 01:57 AM) Well the last seven games, six actually, beckham has walked 8 times. From the 3rd to the 5th he walked twice in each game. Two more times on saturday. The 12.8% bb% is a great sign, though on the other hand he is striking out at a rate that has taken a considerable turn for the worse. He went from being nearly 3% below average last season at 17.2% to nearly 3% above average at 23.1%. Once that gets turned around, which good hitters make happen, he will be just fine. Btw, the league average walk rate is generally around 8% or so. Last season beckham was at a pretty decent bb% of 9.5%, which is pretty good all things considering. May I ask where you find league average stats? In particular league average stats for specific positions?

I'd give Gordon another 50 PA's or so. He's had 130 to this point. I just don't see how demolishing AAA pitching is going to magically resurrect his game. And to send him down would for all intents and purposes be forfeiting the season, IMO. You hype this guy up as the new "face" of the organization and in less than 40 games he's back at AAA hitting behind Brent Lillibridge? Move him down or whatever. But I most definitely would not send him down. Even with the woeful BA, he's still sporting an OBP of over .300. I know, that's grasping at straws. But it's something. How many BB has he had the last 7 games? 8 or 9?

We could be 10 games outta first place by this time Thursday Morning. Fist-f***ing the farm for AGON makes no sense at this point.

QUOTE (Lemon_44 @ May 9, 2010 -> 11:56 PM) I'd stick with Jenks for a bit longer. Despite the whip and other stats, he has, for the most part, got the job done. I don't care what he does is non-save situations because that's not his role. His role is to get the save and today was the first time he has failed this year. He seems healthy as his fastball is clocking at 95-97. The problem he had today is Toronto is great fatsball hitting team and that's what he was feeding them. In fact, he really doesn't seem to use his hammer curve like he used to. That pitch was what made him a devastating closer early in his career. Now he seems to only throw the fastball and cutter. I think if he went back to using the curve more, he would become more effective. Maybe his arm can't take the wear and tear of throwing it as much. Toronto isn't a great FB hitting team. They're just a great hitting team. And save% has become one of the more overrated stats in baseball (Fernando Rodney last year is a perfect example). Bobby has been BAD. He had a WHIP of 1.85 BEFORE yesterday's meltdown. This was coming. If not Toronto it would've been the Twins in a couple days. My main problem with Bobby (other than his horrid pitching) is he doesn't seem to hold himself accountable. Whether it be his weight or his inconsistent pitching. He thinks it "doesn't make any sense" that Ozzie could be contemplating a change? Is he retarded? Maybe all the success he had so quickly from 2005-2007 gives him a sense of entitlement? Anyway, he's not getting it done. He was bad last year. He hasn't been an 'elite' closer since 2007. I think it would be a HUGE risk to stick Santos in the closer role at this point. I don't think it's just a coincidence that Ozzie for the most part has gone to him in low-leverage situations. To go from that to closer after 12 1/3 IP would be a steep jump. And should he fail multiple times, who knows what that could do to his confidence going forward? Nobody knows what kinda makeup this guy has yet. s***, before spring training, nobody knew much of anything about him. And the downside that comes with making Thornton the closer is obvious. Can't close out a game in the 9th unless you actually have the lead to begin with. Ozzie and Coop have got some tough decisions to make over the next couple days. We really, really needed Bobby to rebound and make this all moot. Unfortunately, he's failed miserably.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 9, 2010 -> 12:54 PM) At least he's not alone; Chris Coghlan's making him look good. Serves him right for stealing Tommy Hanson's ROY.

Tough night for Charlie Haeger: 0.0 IP, 2 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 0 K. Your rotation is in trouble when two former White Sox pitching prospects (Ely being the other) are in it.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 8, 2010 -> 09:35 PM) Which it was sooooo premature for people to say we lost that deal four starts into 2010. Our two big pickups from last year still look pretty darn good. It's the guys we counted on coming back that have been f***ing up. There was one dope that compared Peavy to Todd Ritchie. QUOTE (jphat007 @ May 9, 2010 -> 12:19 AM) Woah woah woah. Let's let him have more than 2 good starts before we say its a good deal. Especially meaningful starts and not when you are 7.5 games back. It's a lot easier to pitch when you are pretty much out of it. It is good that he's put two dominant starts together. Let's hope we can get him back to a place where he can show us what he's got when it counts. It took you about 23 seconds to deem the Rios acquisition a failure.

I'm a regular lurker over at Sons of Sam Horn. The b****fest we see here when things aren't going well pails in comparison to what goes on over there when they're in a funk.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ May 8, 2010 -> 01:01 PM) And the Yankees are pretty much in the same boat. 20-8 overall, 19-4 in games not started by Vazquez, getting great starting pitching besides Vazquez and scoring runs despite Teixeira not hitting at all, Nick Johnson not hitting at all, Granderson struggling and ARod hitting well below his capabilities. Those two teams are by far and away the class of the AL. No question. Robinson Cano, along with Longoria, are my Co-MVPs to this point.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 8, 2010 -> 10:56 AM) The Rays are off to a 21-7 start to the year. The last team with that good of a record to start the year? 2005 white sox. They're actually 22-7. And what's an even scarier proposition for the rest of the AL is that other than Crawford and Longoria, there's nobody in their everyday lineup that you can say is playing up to their full capabilities. In fact, a couple of their key guys (mainly Zobrist) are underachieving. Of course, when your starting rotation is a combined 18-3 with a 2.41 ERA you don't need that much offense.

Is it too early for me to declare Elvis Andrus the best defensive SS in baseball? http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=7891097 "Death to all things rolling?"

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ May 7, 2010 -> 09:44 PM) 3 strikeouts for Danks. 32 K's in 102 at bats. That's a 31% K%. That would make Chris Davis blush.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 7, 2010 -> 08:59 PM) 14 K's for Doyle. Too bad he's old for Low-A. That's an understatement.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 7, 2010 -> 06:00 PM) Give me Austin Wilson, or give me death. Or a good pitcher. The dreaded "signability" concerns. Not good.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 7, 2010 -> 09:35 PM) That was our lead-off man for the next few years. Contract runs through next year.

Let the cries for Podsednik come! I'm actually serious. I can't take Juan Pierre anymore.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 7, 2010 -> 09:18 PM) So, you don't pitch Bobby. It's as simple as that. So it Ozzie's fault for going to his 7.5 million dollar closer against the #7, #8 and #9 hitters? GMAB.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 7, 2010 -> 09:16 PM) The manager puts players in positions to perform at their best, well he's supposed too. So what? Bobby not at fault because he was put in to pitch during a 'dreaded' non-save situation. Bobby's been awful all year.

Bobby's WHIP at 1.85.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ May 7, 2010 -> 09:13 PM) Yeah, Jenks needs to be moved ASAP, before he has no value left. I imagine we could at least get a teams top 10 prospect for him now. Too late for that.

I've seen enough of Jenks. He's been playing with fire all year.

Nasty change from Marcum. I got a bad feeling about this game.

Damn, Mark. Could you be more efficient?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 7, 2010 -> 12:18 AM) John Ely misses out on his first MLB win after Broxton blows the save chance. Andre Ethier is awesome.