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QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jun 3, 2008 -> 11:17 PM) I'll go with JD to be different since his numbers are so similar to Carlos' outside of RBI's, which are a bit arbitrary since Carlos cleared the bases by the time JD batted, and the defense for #23 was pretty good last month. As for pitcher, that's a VERY tough choice. I went with el titan de bronze because you can't vote for the ENTIRE bullpen (not just the big 3, although they were the best), plus going 3-1 in a month with our offense is an incredible feat. I can't tell you what he did in just the month of May but for the season Carlos Quentin's "clutch" splits are incredible. For as close as CQ and JD's stats are for the month of May Carlos was getting it done when it meant the most. .360/.469/.660/1.129 in 64 PA w/ RISP .412/.565/.706/1.271 in 23 PA w/ RISP & 2 OUT .371/.463/.743/1.206 in 41 PA Close & Late .361/.451/.770/1.221 in 71 PA during innings 7-9 .385/.468/.923/1.391 in 47 High Leverage PA (+ 6 homeruns) Not really trying to put down Dye, I've just been dying to post CQ's splits. He's been at his absolute best in clutch situations.

Voting will end on Sunday June 8th at 10 PM CT It was a pretty good month for a select few hitters while the pitching was just unreal with 4 starters and 3 relievers earning nominations. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Carlos Quentin 29 107 15 31 5 0 7 27 12 19 2 1 .290 .366 .533 .899 Jermaine Dye 28 107 13 32 3 0 7 14 8 24 0 0 .299 .356 .523 .879 Joe Crede 27 84 8 24 6 0 2 7 9 13 0 2 .286 .365 .429 .793 Alexei Ramirez 19 61 10 18 3 0 2 5 1 9 2 0 .295 .313 .443 .755 G W L SV/SVO CG SHO IP ERA WHIP H R ER HR BB SO HBP IR IS HLD Javier Vazquez 6 2 2 0/0 0 0 40 3.15 1.20 41 15 14 6 7 40 2 0 0 0 Jose Contreras 6 3 1 0/0 1 0 43 2.09 0.84 28 10 10 1 8 31 1 0 0 0 Gavin Floyd 5 3 2 0/0 1 0 33 3.27 1.12 25 14 12 3 12 15 5 0 0 0 John Danks 6 2 2 0/0 0 0 33 2.73 1.45 37 10 10 3 11 30 1 0 0 0 Bobby Jenks 11 0 0 8/8 0 0 10.2 0.84 0.67 6 1 1 1 1 8 0 1 0 0 Scott Linebrink 15 2 1 0/0 0 0 13.1 0.68 0.60 6 1 1 1 2 12 0 5 1 7 Octavio Dotel 14 1 1 0/0 0 0 14 1.93 1.21 9 6 3 0 8 24 1 12 1 5 PREVIOUS WINNERS Position Players APRIL: Carlos Quentin (91.95%) Pitchers APRIL: John Danks (50.57%)

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 30, 2008 -> 10:31 AM) Iguchi really looked like he had slowed down. Defensively he had lost a few steps and offensively his bat looked slow. Not to mention the Sox had a guy in Danny Richar that they liked a lot (and to an extent still do). Also, the guy is only hitting .258 on the season, which is about as productive as he was with the Sox last year (he hit .251 with the Sox in 07). However, he did have a nice tenure with the Phils (.300 with an .803 OPS). Bottom line the guy is clearly on the decline. He was also a pending free agent and due to a stipulation in his contract the Sox would not have received any compensatory draft picks had he walked in free agency. Since the Sox were completely out of it at the time they had absolutely nothing to lose when trading iguchi, if Richar fell flat on his face in his short time in the bigs and the Sox felt Iguchi would still be a productive major league ballplayer they could have just re-signed him over the offseason when he filed for free agency. Somehow I doubt Iguchi's current .657 OPS and deteriorating defense would make this team a whole hell of a lot better.

QUOTE (stretchstretch @ May 28, 2008 -> 07:38 PM) you have to wonder though after winning the WS with Boston why they immediately traded him off Well for one; they didn't. Boston let him walk in free agency then went out and signed Edgar Renteria (who, on paper at least, was a superior player) to a big money deal. So in his career he's been traded twice, both times in his walk year, first by a s***ty Canadian team with a tiny payroll and second by a team with a couple very good young middle infield prospects and a need for starting pitching.

QUOTE (Nunnigan @ May 28, 2008 -> 01:25 PM) Oh how about.... Sign Quentin to a long-term extension! The risk faaaarrr outweighs the reward with a move like that.

QUOTE (feistyboy @ May 27, 2008 -> 09:16 PM) Why worry about that. If he is exposed to other teams and someone takes him off the White Sox hands for free, then good riddance. It doesn't work that way.

Jay Bruce in his Major League Debut: 3-3; 2 BB, 2B, SB, 2 R, 2 RBI He walked in his first major league plate appearance. His first major league hit came in the form of a single on his second time to the plate.

QUOTE (Jim Spencer @ May 27, 2008 -> 08:25 PM) How long can someone be on a Rehab Assignment? 20 days and not a day more.

QUOTE (Reddy @ May 27, 2008 -> 04:21 PM) Tek at catcher? Pedroia over Kinsler? Thome 3rd in DH? really? that's just dumb. Vlad in the top 3? Damon on that list at all? yeah. it's just a huge joke ESPECIALLY since it now "means something" which is also the dumbest idea ever. though i'm gonna call right now that the NL is finally getting their home field advantage this year. Ahead of ALL those other great designated hitters.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...8&fext=.jsp If voting ended today: C: J. Varitek, Red Sox 1B: K. Youkilis, Red Sox 2B: D. Pedroia, Red Sox 3B: A. Rodriguez, Yankees SS: D. Jeter, Yankees LF: M. Ramirez, Red Sox CF: I. Suzuki, Mariners RF: V. Guerrero, Angels DH: D. Ortiz, Red Sox The way it should look: C: J. Mauer, Twins 1B: K. Youkilis, Red Sox 2B: I. Kinsler, Rangers 3B: M. Cabrera, Tigers (placeholder for ARod who needs to log a few more ABs) SS: M. Young, Rangers (horrible year for AL SS, not a one with an OPS north of .750) LF: C. Quentin, White Sox CF: J. Hamilton, Rangers RF: M. Bradley, Rangers (honorable mention: M. Ordonez, Tigers) DH: H. Matsui, Yankees Just looking over some numbers, this is a horrible year for AL position players, aside from a couple outfielders and maybe 3 infielders it's nothing but garbage.

http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune....ng-endorse.html

QUOTE (BobDylan @ May 27, 2008 -> 09:14 AM) Is Jerry Owens healthy? I wouldn't mind moving Swisher to 1B and putting Owens in CF for 15 days just to see what happens. Kind of funny; in 157 AAA ABs this season Jerry Owens has 5 2B, 0 3B and 1 HR. In 60 MLB ABs this season Brian Anderson has 5 2B, 0 3B and 1 HR.

Jerry Owens Update: G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 40 157 17 34 5 0 1 9 17 31 11 4 .217 .294 .268 .561 Kicking ass and taking names.

CQ Update: G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 48 166 35 50 7 1 14 43 25 29 4 2 .301 .415 .608 1.023 The goal doesn't even have to be getting him voted in as a starter, if we could somehow get Carlos into the top 10 in voting for AL outfielders it'd be a huge success (and a point of pride for CQ) considering he's not even on the f***ing ballot.

It's strange, whenever Carlos does something amazing I feel a strong sense of pride come over me. I'm not just happy that my favorite baseball play is doing well or that he's helping my favorite team win, I'm legitimately proud of the man.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 25, 2008 -> 08:26 PM) Let's bump the "White Sox sign Scott Linebrink" thread and see who didn't like the deal. It's a little early to be calling people out for that one. He's only 1/12 of the way into his 4 year deal. One thing's for sure though; his stuff is much much much better this season than it was last year with Milwaukee and San Diego.

QUOTE (BearSox @ May 23, 2008 -> 04:45 PM) Not doubting you or anything, but whats your source? Jesse Rogers just mentioned it on the Score.

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=415307

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=415307

According to Jesse Rogers; Konerko is on the bench tonight, Brian will be in CF. So I assume we'll see something like this: Cabrera, SS Pierzynski, C Quentin, LF Dye, RF Thome, DH Crede, 3B Ramirez, 2B Swisher, 1B Anderson, CF

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ May 23, 2008 -> 03:32 PM) You can get a defensive OF. But if we can get a 2b capable of leading off, it eliminates a two huge holes. Not at all anti-Brian, but at least philosophically one has to agree w/ that. I'm sure a number of General Managers are busting down KW's door looking to deal their leadoff hitting secondbaseman for the Sox's 4th OF. Brian Anderson has no trade value right now, for as well as he's played this season it's not exactly showing up on the statsheet.

QUOTE (knightni @ May 23, 2008 -> 03:22 PM) Methinks this is setting up the dealing of Anderson in a trade for a 2B. Perhaps. I doubt it. They were probably just sick of carrying 24 players, calling up Wise gives Ozzie a lefty bat off the bench who can also run a little. This should have no real effect on Anderson. You're reading too much into this.

QUOTE (knightni @ May 23, 2008 -> 03:15 PM) Think that Wise's agent requested a "showcase", like when the Sox gave Jeremy Giambi a shot? No, not at all. And Jeremy Giambi never played for the big club, he was simply signed to a minor league as a favor to his agent, Arn Tellem (AKA; Frank Thomas' agent.) Wise is being promoted because he's sporting a 1.000+ OPS at AAA and has been hitting righties very well. KW isn't retarded, he's not going to call up some career minor league because the player's agent requests it (which is didn't, if he even has an agent.)

30 years old plays all 3 OF positions well bats left handed, hits righties very well (or at least has thus far this season) The 40 man roster now stands at 39.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ May 22, 2008 -> 09:59 PM) I got a feeling that a Carlos Quentin jersey is going to be a hot commodity very soon. My black alternate Rowand jersey will be turning into a Quentin jersey sometime in the not too distant future.