Kalapse

If Dunn accepts arbitration (which he wouldn't) then that's still a tradeable asset, you're not saddled with that contract. Amazing that you're worried about paying Dunn $14M next year but have no problem paying Oswalt $16M per in '11 and '12 (yeah, he's demanding that his option be picked up) Personally I'm not too worried about "losing flexibility" I'm not seeing a whole lot of that right now from our current DH, seeing as how Kotsay is a disaster in the field in his own right. Oswalt does not want to play here, he's said it in years past and he said it again this year. Hell even if he did want to play for us the Phillies are looking to turn Werth into Oswalt right now, I can't see any way in hell we could top a package they put together after turning a hell of an outfielder into prospects.

http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/r...-a-possibility/

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jul 21, 2010 -> 03:26 PM) So what happens in that pre-arb year? Can we give him any contract we see fit? We can give him a maximum pay reduction of 20% of his 2012 salary so we'd have to pay him at the very least $2M that year but I believe we are under no real obligation to pay him any more than that (like any other pre-arb player). If he's a good major league player by that time I'm sure they'd give him a little more than they absolutely must.

He'll still be pre-arb in 2013. He's not going to earn an entire year of service this season. '11: $1.25M '12: $2.5M '13: pre arb '14: arb '15: arb '16: arb

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jul 21, 2010 -> 01:46 PM) The important thing is that if you can't extend him, then is it worth it to sell off all the top prospects for a year and a half of Fielder? Another question: do you really want to be the team that locks up Fielder to an 8 year, $180M deal? I know I don't. His prospects are scary 4 years down the road, let alone 9.

QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Jul 20, 2010 -> 09:01 PM) Paul Konerko, Great year. Jayson Worth, Horrible year. It evens out. In what world is .280/.371/.502/.873, .376 wOBA, 2.2 WAR a horrible year? His wOBA is roughly equal to Rios'.

Chat, today, chat.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 20, 2010 -> 04:07 PM) Fister is not a good bet to continue any semblance of success outside of Safeco. Hence why the Mariners would be open to trading a 26 year old starting pitcher with a 3.50 ERA, 1.144 WHIP who is under team control for FIVE more years. They're selling high on an asset they don't fully believe in for the long term.

Mark Kotsay is 7 for 48 (.146) with RISP this season. Of all the players in baseball with at least 40 AB in these situations Mark Kotsay has the 2nd worst batting average behind only Luke Scott (8-61, .131).

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QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 19, 2010 -> 05:03 PM) A few people have suggested we get rid of him when Teahen gets back. I don't think there's a ton of value in an American League pinch hitter, especially one who can really only play 1B and has next to no speed or power. That being said I know they love him in the clubhouse and would crumble without him.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 19, 2010 -> 04:58 PM) June 6th through July 18th - .282/.351/.412/.763 Smells like hardcore cherry-picking. Released? Not necessarily. Moved to the bench? Sure.

QUOTE (PlunketChris @ Jul 18, 2010 -> 01:02 PM) He's been very inconsistent, kind of like the Phillies as a whole. He's put up a .380+ wOBA/.880 OPS every month this season outside of July.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 18, 2010 -> 01:01 PM) Wait, Werth wouldn't be an offensive upgrade from Jones and Kotsay? Why is it that the trade deadline always brings the most realistic views of Sox players? Just ignore the ~.380 wOBA he's put up every year since 2007, he's struggled in the month of July therefore he is bad.

QUOTE (qwerty @ Jul 17, 2010 -> 05:05 PM) The glove is such a minimal part of the plate. What does he mean by hit the catchers mitt? Literally zero movement in any direction? That is kinda far fetched. By kinda i mean extremely. An inch or so in any direction? Realistically you would have to think some form of leeway would be needed. Something to factor in... just because a catcher sets up in one place, that does not necessarily mean the pitch was intended to go there. That's especially the case when there are men on base, to try and prevent the batter from an advantage. I would wager that the percentage of times a pitcher hits a catchers mitt without the glove being moved in any direction is in the single digits. Remember i am saying single digits do to the fact zero movement would be involved. I personally don't think very much would be taken out of this particular study due to it being far too strict. Realistic guidelines would have to be set, and all the variables would have to be understood, before someone could even imagine taking this sort of task down. Ridiculous amount of time and dedication wouldn't hurt either. Well of course there would be leeway, hitting the glove without the catcher even flinching is completely unrealistic but the glove gives you a good idea of where the ball was intended to land and knowing how often the pitch ends up in the zone around the glove would be interesting. I'm not sure how much it would tell you about a pitcher's ability to locate a pitch or a catcher's ability to call the proper pitch and location but it would be cool to see none the less.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 17, 2010 -> 04:40 PM) You should read qwerty's breakdown of why he doesn't think Sergio Santos will be all that good for the long-term. I don't agree with all of it. But it was an excellent analysis. I wish the damn search function worked. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?s=...t&p=2186708

What he's getting at is something that I don't think exists but would be a pretty awesome resource if it did. Pitch f/x will tell you how often a pitcher throws a ball in the strike zone but nothing about his ability to hit the catcher's mitt, which is what he's looking for.

Quentin in the lineup -- for now. Pierre LF Vizquel 3B Rios CF Konerko 1B Quentin RF Kotsay DH AJ C Ramirez SS Beckham 2B

ZiPS projection for LaRoche the rest of the way: .277/.356/.498/.854, .372 wOBA ZiPS projection for Kotsay the rest of the way: .261/.322/.384/.706, .313 wOBA One of those is very good and the other is very bad, switching teams and leagues really shouldn't result in a .060 point drop in wOBA. Then you factor in the wild card: QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jun 28, 2010 -> 12:04 AM) One of the big reasons why everyone keeps bringing up LaRoche's name is his career splits: 1st half: .253/.328/.450/.778 AB/HR: 24.8 2nd half: .300/.363/.546/.909 AB/HR: 17.7 Year by year 1st/2nd half splits by OPS: '04: .680/.934 '05: .810/.732 '06: .805/1.042 '07: .763/.854 '08: .764/.975 '09: .784/.915 '10: .808/??? Dude's got a consistent track record of significantly picking it up in the second half. He's also put up a sub .300 batting average in the 2nd half of a season only once and that was in 5 years ago.

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/artic...sp&c_id=cws

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 10:19 AM) OPPOSING AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Paul Konerko 11 3 1 0 2 6 2 2 .273 .385 .909 1.294 Alex Rios 8 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 .125 .125 .250 .375 Alexei Ramirez 7 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 .571 .625 .714 1.339 Andruw Jones 6 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 .167 .375 .167 .542 A.J. Pierzynski 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 Mark Kotsay 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 Carlos Quentin 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .714 .500 1.214 Omar Vizquel 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Juan Pierre 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Brent Lillibridge 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 Gordon Beckham 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .750 .000 .750 Totals 54 15 4 0 2 12 11 9 .278 .409 .463 .872 In front of the chart put (without the period) and at the end of the chart put (without the period). Then switch "html off" to "html on" where it says "post options". The end result will look like this: OPPOSING AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Paul Konerko 11 3 1 0 2 6 2 2 .273 .385 .909 1.294 Alex Rios 8 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 .125 .125 .250 .375 Alexei Ramirez 7 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 .571 .625 .714 1.339 Andruw Jones 6 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 .167 .375 .167 .542 A.J. Pierzynski 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 Mark Kotsay 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 Carlos Quentin 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .714 .500 1.214 Omar Vizquel 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Juan Pierre 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Brent L-bridge 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 Gordon Beckham 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .750 .000 .750 Totals 54 15 4 0 2 12 11 9 .278 .409 .463 .872

According to Garfien Morneau might land on the DL, TIFWIW.

QUOTE (longshot7 @ Jul 15, 2010 -> 01:14 PM) With all due respect, if you don't like Scully, maybe you don't like baseball. No doubt about it. That man is baseball.

I hate what a spectacle these games are. Oh if only they could just start the game immediately following introductions dropping all the superfluous bulls***.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jul 12, 2010 -> 11:09 PM) Was it funny? The online episodes from the WB were hilarious so I suspect the second season on Adult Swim would be equally funny.