Kalapse

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 01:13 PM) Quite bold considering if Jenks went on the DL Santos would have to jump Thornton, Putz and Pena. Mine: Carlos Quentin becomes a permanent DH by June (Jones full-time in RF) Rios makes the AL All-Star team Buehrle has a 2006-type year (meaning not so good) Gavin Floyd finishes in the top 5 of the Cy Young There's a 100x better shot that Jones becomes the starting CF and Rios shifts to right.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 01:08 PM) Izturis should have won it IMO. Eh, only 107 games started at the position and I know it doesn't sound right but Cesar Izturis doesn't hit AT ALL, so he really only needs to focus on his defense and not worry about what he does at the plate. Meanwhile, not only is Andrus amazing in 140 games started at the position but he's also putting up decent offensive production at age 20/21 while dealing with the fastest non-artificial infield in baseball.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 12:56 PM) If Franklin Gutierrez and Chase Utley can't win one then no future deserving candidate is exempt from getting totally screwed outta winning this "prestigious" award. Well, 1 of the 2 years Jeter didn't win the GG it went to Michael Young who had a -5.4 UZR/150 that season. In the 5 years that Young spent at SS he never had a positive UZR. Still, the way people around the league talk about Andrus, I think he's gonna start getting some love very soon. You didn't really here opposing managers talk up Franklyn Gutierrez last year and it showed in the voting where as now they won't shut the f*** up about Andrus, unfortunately I can't say the same for any of the other elite players that have been snubbed at other positions.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 11:43 AM) Good pitchers can still give up lots of homers. Bert Blyleven is a perfect example. Bert Blyleven between ages 22 and 34 put up a HR/9 of 0.60 (his HR/9 was under 1.0 each year) that would have been the 9th best in baseball last season and it was the 11th best out of the 65 pitchers who threw at least 1500 IP between '73 and '85. If you want an example I guess you could go with Buehrle though it's not a great one. Of the players in the last 40 years to throw at least 1500 Innings and post a 120+ career ERA+ (24 pitchers) Buehrle has the highest HR/9 at 1.03. Of the starters to work at least 1000 IP and have a career ERA+ of at least 110 since 1970 only 7 of them have a HR/9 of 1.0 or greater and only 3 guys are at 1.10 or higher: El Duke at 1.21, Radke at 1.20 and Bartolo Colon at 1.11. Lucky for Gavin his ERA+ isn't horrible since he became a full time start in '07: 1.17 and it was down quite a bit last year from the year before.

Jeter did take 2 years off from stealing the GG in '07 and '08. Personally, I think Elvis Andrus is about to go on a long run of GG wins.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 09:40 AM) What happens if you exclude 2006-2007? 20th highest HR/9 out of 77 with at least 300 IP.

83 wins

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 11:47 PM) Hard to envision acquiring an impact bat without Hudson somehow being involved (not to mention not having Mitchell as a trade chip). I don't think Berkman would cost us Hudson. I'd qualify him as an impact bat. Oh yeah my bold prediction: we acquire Berkman at the end of June/early july.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 05:04 PM) How does jacob keep the other guy on the island while he's gone? What's preventing the other guy from leaving now? Right now? I'd say transport, that's why he's eying he sub.

QUOTE (scenario @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 04:57 PM) Babe Lillibridge with the big fly. Will probably set back his development as speed/singles guy by 6 months. I'd bet that Ozzie actually hates seeing him hit it out.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 04:08 PM) He had an OPS in the .900s when Ozzie said he was "disappointed." I think he had an 0-fer game or something. Ozzie said it in the morning of the 14th, in Nix's previous game (the 11th) he went 0-2 with 2 K's. Who knows what Ozzie saw in B games and on the practice fields.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 04:01 PM) Really, when was this? Recently? I could have swore that 2 weeks ago he looked awful and that was when they got called out. As of the 10th he was hitting .545 As of the 15th he was hitting .350 Today: .346 Ozzie called them out on the 14th, Nix was hitting .436 at the time.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 01:10 PM) So, how was it? I was still pretty f***ed up as of a few hours ago, unfortunately it fell on a Wednesday so I gots some s*** to do today. I'd LOVE to just stay in bed all day.

QUOTE (Ultimate Warrior @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 12:58 PM) I don't put any value into BA. It doesn't give bigger hits like doubles, triples, or homeruns any extra value, and it doesn't count walks. Adding walks into the equation alone give it much more value, hence OBP. A walk is just as good as a single. I'm sure you have seen something like this before. http://projectprospect.com/article/2009/07...stats-with-runs I just don't even bother with avg anymore. OPS is way better at evaluating how talented the hitter is. You really should. You won't find a player evaluator on the planet that simple ignores batting average. There's something inherently valuable about knowing how often a player gets a hit, it doesn't tell you everything you need to know which is why we have other stats to add more clarity to the situation but these other statistics do not making H/AB obsolete. OPS is a nice stat and all but it has some tremendous flaws in it's own right, a stat like wOBA has attempted to fix some of these flaws by using a runs value for XBH that actually makes sense rather than the 1, 2, 3, 4 that's applied with SLG while applying it to a scale we can understand (OBP).

QUOTE (Ultimate Warrior @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 12:56 PM) I know, i would really like that, but i just think it would be better to acquire one cheaply when we had the chance. We would probably have to give up some legitimate prospects to get that in the middle of the season. He'd be 100% worth a few good prospects, there was no one on the free agent market that can even come close to his production from the left side of the plate (not to mention the fact that he's a switch hitter [though not a great one], giving him another distinct advantage over the other lefty bats on the market who struggle mightily against lefties).

QUOTE (Ultimate Warrior @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 12:48 PM) At how little we would have had to pay them, it would be worth it. Sure they would be question marks, but would you rather have the current rotating DH thing, or that? The rotating DH is more than just a question mark, chances are it won't even be good. I guarantee you, if Jones and Kotsay falter for the first 2 months and we're still in the thick of things you'll see a big lefty bat acquired to take over that role. Keep an eye on Lance Berkman and how he bounces back from knee surgery, that guy makes a ton of sense.

QUOTE (Ultimate Warrior @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 12:46 PM) I too question whether we were ever going to actually bring him in. I never really believed the hype. Nix can play every infield position, just like Vizquel. Teahen could play 1st base and somebody like De Aza could play outfield positions. We had no need for Kotsay and Vizquel. Neither of them are good players. BA means nothing. Thome was our most productive hitter last year. Cust would rake in the cell, sadly he has been playing in the coliseum. How can you honestly say either of those players would make us no better? Either of those three would easily put up a top 3 OPS on the team this year. Instead, we are stick with a rotating DH with washed up players who will be lucky to put up a .750 OPS. Being capable of playing ever infield position and being able to do it well are two very different things. Nix absolutely can not be trusted to play SS where as Vizquel is above average at all 3 positions. And batting average means nothing? Um, no. To say there's no value in hits per AB is just ludicrous.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 24, 2010 -> 01:52 PM) That's because they WERE pitching BP, they were getting reps in working with certain pitches and focusing not on results, but mechanics. And the offense is still warming up. The season may or may not go badly, but you are putting far too much weight on ST results. 93% of the pitches Peavy threw were fastballs.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 11:33 AM) What I think is worth noting is...I'm pretty sure that's not unusual. Yankees: 107 Red Sox: 114 Twins: 131 Angels: 123 '05 Sox: 114 Yeah, I'm not too worried about it.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 11:20 AM) Do you guys realize that that article claims we fielded 126 different lineups in 162 games Could that really be true? Yes, any slight change to the batting order counts as a new one and 21 different players saw the field for the Sox last season. http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CH...ng-orders.shtml

Thanks to everyone but Flash who is a jealous dick.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 10:42 AM) Though it's not considered a caught stealing, Podsednik has done it 3 times too if you include getting picked off. Haven't seen the statistics, but he was caught 23 times in '05, 19 times in '06 (and I'm assuming he got picked off atleast once in '06), and 13 last year and I believe he was picked off more than 7 times last year. The Sox are really good at getting mediocre base stealers. On his BR page click 'batting' at the top then scroll down to 'Baserunning & Misc. Stats' and the 'PO' and 'PO CS' stats are right in the middle. 8 in '05, 7 in '06 and an absurd 9 last season, 11 total. Last year he was caught stealing 13 times and picked off another 9 times and only produced 30 SB, 23 unnecessary outs on the basepaths with a payoff of only 30 SB? He truly is an awful baserunnner.

QUOTE (MattZakrowski @ Mar 24, 2010 -> 10:42 PM) People need to stop saying he hits righties well, because it's not true. Career .290/.347/.419, .330 wOBA vs RHP So unless you honestly believe a 34 year old player is going to substantially outperform his career averages, the best we could hope for is league average. League average includes catchers and shortstops and Brian Anderson, so this is bad for a DH. It makes very little sense. Kotsay's 3 year splits vs RHP: .275/.335/.403/.738, 654 PA, 10 HR Kotsay's 4 year splits vs RHP: .276/.339/.394/.732, 1088 PA, 14 HR Kotsay's 5 year splits vs RHP: .272/.330/.397/.727, 1525 PA, 26 HR I don't know who's spreading this rumor that Kotsay handles righties well but I wish they'd stop because they're confusing quite a few people.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Mar 24, 2010 -> 01:01 AM) How the hell is JD out of baseball at 36? Pride or I suppose stubbornness though I suppose the two go hand in hand. He's been banking on his past production landing him a starting RF/1B gig with an acceptable club but what he fails to comprehend is that when you're 36, coming off a bad year and incapable of doing the things in the field that once came easily to you the teams won't exactly be lining up with $10M deals in hand pleading for the honor of granting you a starting job. He could easily have signed by now, there have been more than a few suitors but he's having trouble coming to grips with his own fading ability and his pride is getting in the way of him accepting a diminished role.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 24, 2010 -> 01:07 AM) You hit .441? Maybe it's time to increase that difficulty, haha. I had it on All-Star up until the final month when I bumped it up to Hall of Fame for the final few games and playoffs. I'll see how that works in AAA, hopefully my numbers start to level out a bit.