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QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Mar 30, 2009 -> 02:23 PM) He's not BA, but that's a good thing when he's got a bat in his hand. There's very little difference between the two of them offensively except, you know, one of them is 4 years younger.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 30, 2009 -> 12:59 PM) I was under the impression Lucy couldn't handle catching physically with his injury. If he's healthy, Corky Miller should be waived. He's hit .122 since 2003 or 2004. .092/.181/.148/.329, -12 OPS+ since 2004

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Mar 30, 2009 -> 12:25 PM) The article starts off good by telling us Owens is cut and than it goes downhill saying Wise now the starting CF and lead off hitter. Still waiting for him to draw a walk. 53 AB and counting.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 30, 2009 -> 12:18 PM) Jerry Owens..............................................he gone http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune....-white-sox.html REJOICE!

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Mar 29, 2009 -> 08:03 AM) Why is it surprising? Disney is usually pretty good at delivering quality theater movies. It is their second generation DVD stuff that is straight up crap Monsters vs Aliens is from Dreamworks.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 29, 2009 -> 05:08 AM) Juan Uribe was the opening day 2Bman. (BL won't be) Juan Uribe hit for power. (BL doesn't know what power is) Juan Uribe actually had an economically sound contract last season. (BL doesn't know what a contract is) Good enough, or you want me to keep going? (BL still loves you) Juan Uribe quite honestly saved the White Sox last year, because I hate to think of who would have played 3rd other than him after Crede went down. He was actually pretty solid offensively filling in, and fantastic defensively. God bless Juan Uribe. Crede at 3B in 2008: .248/.314/.460/.773 Uribe at 3B in 2008: .285/.333/.442/.775

Gavin's curve looks incredible right now, he's putting it where he wants it and keeping it low in the zone. It's wonderful.

Um, non-story? http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/basebal...,7304813.column

To think there will be days when both Lillibridge and Corky Miller will be in the lineup with Lillibridge likely leading off, that'll be embarrassing. I don't expect Miller to get a hit this year and I fully expect Brent Lillibridge to strikeout in half his ABs.

Anderson CF Alexei SS Quentin LF Thome DH Dye RF Konerko 1B Pierzynski C Fields 3B Lillibridge 2B One step closer to the dream lineup with Alexei hitting second, now we just need to get Getz in the leadoff spot and we're set. Also slated to pitch: Broadway Egbert Linebrink MacDougal

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 28, 2009 -> 12:30 PM) If Contreras and Colon make it, they're going to need guys that can go 3-4 innings. To me, Richard makes the pitching staff no matter what. And that man is DJ Carrasco who had 3 outings of 3+ IP last year and allowed 2 ER in those 12 IP. Richard is probably going to make the team but he certainly doesn't have to make the team. I also think MacDougal is a lock at this point, he has too much potential and money invested in him to go back to Charlotte after the way he's performed this Spring.

So Lillibridge had a pretty big day huh? Not only did he add to his league leading strikeout total (now sitting pretty at 23) but he moved into 2nd place in errors with his 5th, only 2 behind San Diego infielder Everth Cabrera.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 27, 2009 -> 03:59 PM) He's GG calibur. KW would not lie. There are an awful lot of reputations riding on this one. I'm sure any problems he has at the position will be shrugged off as growing pains.

QUOTE (gsoxs1 @ Mar 27, 2009 -> 03:58 PM) Um.....I thnik that would Jerry Owens title Lillibridge's near impossible 1/22 BB/K ratio begs to differ. At least Owens has 11 walks.

Milton Bradley broke straight back on that weak lineout by Owens. Who the hell breaks back on a ball off the bat of Jerry Owens?

Crede would have hit a double.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 27, 2009 -> 03:29 PM) They will have a low OBP guy leadoff. Quentin is a high OBP, but he may not be able to duplicate last season. Thome is a high OBP but has been declining a bit and he can't run. For all the "speed" added to the line-up, I see Fields for Crede, definitely more speed, but Fields will most likely be a lower OBP guy. Getz for Cabrera. I think if Getz matched Cabrera's offensive numbers of 2008, most would be thrilled. I don't see this huge increase in team speed they have been preaching. I think they will score a lot of runs but it will be just as inconsistent as it has been the past few years. The Sox got a .323 OBP from their 3B last year, Josh should be able to match that.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 27, 2009 -> 03:22 PM) He's still fighting for a starting spot. Why not have the guy who should leadoff during the season get a whirl there before the season starts? The question I have is why ignore what has happened his whole career and base everything on a couple of exibition games at the end of a brutally long spring training? Don't they know Jerry Owens yet? Are their opinions really going to change if he gets a couple of hits? What value other than a pinch runner does he have? Can a team that will carry 12 pitchers keep a guy around just to pinch run? Besides, its not like he's been tearing up the basepaths this spring. The fact that Ozzie still mentions his name after games is embarrassing.

Richard looks like hot dog s*** out there.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Mar 27, 2009 -> 03:18 PM) Why would they cut him early if he's out of options? Not saying he's going to turn it around but there's no upside to it. If your pinch runner Lillibridge gets hurt, you have Owens to fall back on. That's the downside to doing it, there's no upside. I'm glad fan-type passion is absent from most coaching staffs out there. Well for one: there's no reason for a guy who probably won't be with the organization 2 weeks from now to be leading off this late in the spring and two: it's not exactly hard to find a pinch runner (and Lillibridge will not be the "pinch runner" he's the utility infielder, something Owens is not), in fact Jerry Owens would be a pretty awful fit since he can't play the infield and he's a pretty pathetic base runner. There are talentless fast guys placed on waivers everyday, if something happened to Lillibridge (oh, god forbid) KW could sign a clone within the hour.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 27, 2009 -> 03:11 PM) He hit .220 in AAA with an OBP under .300 last year. KW wants someone from the Vazquez trade on the roster and he's already been praising Lillibridge since acquiring him. This isn't a case of a guy earning a spot on the team, just that everyone that is probably better than him isn't ready yet either so he will win by default. He can run, maybe he can steal bases, but chances are, most scouts believe, his peek is a decent utility guy. Ain't that the truth. He earned himself a one way ticket to Birmingham. You can find guys off the street who are better baseball players than Brent Lillibridge, he's been arguably the worst regular in the Cactus league this year.

Bad start for Jerry, a weak popout to left is about as bad as it gets for him in the eyes of management (remember groundouts = infield pwnage) and I believe it was on the first pitch.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Mar 27, 2009 -> 11:10 AM) im surprised to see Carassco locked into a spot, but he was huge last year for us...i think MacDougal makes it personally, and i think broadway is the first one called up during the year if something happens or carassco or macdougal suck Carrasco was pretty awesome last year, it definitely earned him a spot in this year's bullpen. 3.96 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 2.14 K/BB, a K/9 of 7, only 2 HR allowed and 7 outings of 2+ innings. Yeah that's a pretty valuable reliever. The bullpen is probably set with MacDougal's solid outing yesterday he's going to make the team the only question mark lies with the back of the rotation.

QUOTE (kane0730 @ Mar 27, 2009 -> 11:02 AM) Hopefully he's learned how to throw to first on a comebacker. It was hold your breath time last year on just about every throw. He only had to throw the ball to first base 10 time last year, he failed to do so successfully 3 of those times. That's just crazy. Nearly every throw over there was off target. Richard allowed 37 runs last year but only 32 of those were earned, 2 of his errant throws led to 4 of those unearned runs. His official ERA for the 2008 season might have been 6.04 but his "real" ERA is 6.80 since his incompetence accounted for 4 of those unearned runs.

Owens CF Getz 2B Quentin LF Dye RF Pierzynski C Alexei SS Kroeger 1B Fields 3B Richard P Lets see if Jerry Owens can put the final nail in the coffin with another poor performance today. Still waiting for the only true top of the lineup hitter on the roster to get a start in the leadoff spot, I probably shouldn't hold my breath.