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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 29, 2008 -> 02:10 PM) To be fair again...Carl Everett was batting 3rd most of the year. So instead of being capable of driving himself in every once in a while he's relying 100% on the guys behind him to knock him in. Also, instead of getting himself to second or third via the 2B or 3B he's forcing the guys behind him to take 1-3 pitches just so he can get to 2B.

A SB is not equal to 1 base. You can drive a guy in from first on a double, the same can not be said for a single and a SB. A SB is roughly equal to 3/4 of a base. Plus you have to subtract 1 base for every caught stealing, meaning those 10 CS negate 10 singles. In '05 Pods had a ~.370 OBP and 44 SB over 282 ABs in the first half of the season, that's going to make up some for a .344 SLG. Even then he only ended up scoring 80 runs that season.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2008/ballot_reg.html

The Sox need to start a campaign to write in Carlos.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Apr 29, 2008 -> 12:43 PM) I realize that you hate Owens, but your OPS argument is silly. OPS isn't terribly important for a base-stealing leadoff-hitter. OBP is a lot more important for somebody with his skill set. And Owens got on enough to amass 32 steals in just 356 ABs last year. IMO, he needs to get that OBP up close to .350 to hit in the leadoff spot, but it's not like he's that far away. And speaking of OPS, Anderson is about .637. Not very good for a guy who is supposed to be the next Torii Hunter. I like that Ozzie is giving him more at-bats now, but he needs to start getting on base. Well he did reach base 3 times yesterday. Also in Anderson's defense that .637 OPS was put up over 442 sporadic ABs. hell the rule of thumb is that you can't fully evaluate a hitter until he gets to 800 ABs so he's about half way there. And just because a hitter is fast doesn't mean he shouldn't be expected to pick up extra base hits. That's all OPS is, a combination of how often you get on base and how often you're getting yourself beyond first base via the basehit. So if Owens put up a .340 OBP, stole 48 bases out of 58 and slugged .320 that would be acceptable? That's not a very productive offensive player.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 29, 2008 -> 11:04 AM) I think the big difference is Anderson is a backup and we don't have to suffer through it for as many at bats. Brian also has over 2700 fewer career ABs than Uribe (Brian only has 442 career ABs.) Juan is the proven commodity at this point while Brian is the 26 year old former first round pick with the potential to be a Torii Hunter type player if it someday clicks for him. If Brian ever fulfills his potential he'll without a doubt be a more valuable baseball player than Owens (in my opinion at least) it's just a matter of getting his ABs and making the most of the opportunity. He played well over the final 3 games of the Baltimore series, hopefully he can build on that.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 29, 2008 -> 02:40 AM) It's 25 plate appearances. I wouldn't get too worked up over it yet. He's also a 27 year old in his 3rd year at Birmingham. This is what he's supposed to do.

QUOTE (rowandrules83 @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 11:56 PM) It may or may not interest you then to know that there is a bootleg on Youtube of the latest Dark Knight trailer Does it show Eckhart as Two-Face? If not I'm all over it.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 11:27 PM) The 1st images of Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) as Two-Face leaked on the internet too! I think I'm going to go out of my way to NOT see them, I'd rather leave some things as a mystery.

For as poorly as Thome has played this season he's still sporting an .842 OPS which ranks him #1 among designated hitters. (incredibly down year for the position) And looking at Konerko's numbers he's sporting an .811 OPS which is the 5th best for 1B in the AL and only .037 points lower than his career mark. I guess if your #3 and #4 hitters are going to suck you'd want them to suck like this.

QUOTE (shawnhillegas @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 04:37 PM) This is why you don't sign him to a 5 year deal. At his rate of regression, he will have Zito velocity in 2010. Is ANYONE in favor of negotiating with Bobby at this point? There were a few who wanted him to be locked up to a long term deal this offseason, I have to think even they have cooled on the idea.

And Anderson reaches base 3 times today. Awesome.

8 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 7 K, 1 BB finishes April with a 3.72 ERA

Terrific outing for Javy, that's the way you finish off a month.

Dye is supposed to play tomorrow. No room at the Inn for slap hitting speedsters.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 03:39 PM) did we get bat flippage from CQ? Toward the pitcher it seemed.

Best young position player the Sox have had since Magglio. So about 10 years.

unreal

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 02:57 PM) Didn't that team win that game? Thankfully AJ pinch hit for Molina and promptly drove in 3 runs.

It's still April, by September (or even July for that matter) a lot of these ideal offseason moves won't make a lick of sense.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 11:49 AM) I wouldnt call a career .264 hitter one of the worst hitters the game has ever seen. He was no dynamo with the stick, but thats a little bit of embellishment. In comparison Juan makes Ozzie look like A-rod Career .625 OPS for Oz, try to find a couple more 10 year regulars from the live ball era with a lower career OPS. It's not easy. He may not have been a terrible baseball player but damn does he have some ugly numbers.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 11:11 AM) i just had a flashback to '07, when I kept telling myself that same thing over and over. RANDOM 2007 LINEUP!!!! Today's random 2007 lineup comes from May 6th vs the LA Angels of Anaheim: Erstad, CF Ozuna, DH Dye, RF Konerko, 1B Iguchi, 2B Crede, 3B Cintron, SS Sweeney, CF Molina, C Yeah, I think there might be an underlying reason as to why the '07 White Sox never really got it going offensively. I just can't quite put my finger on it.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 28, 2008 -> 12:57 AM) I dunno, it looks fine to me in IE. In Firefox it's absolute piss terrible, but that problem is being resolved. So if you're looking at it in Firefox, that's your problem. It seems a few people stopped reading after the first 2 paragraphs.

.773 OPS and 104 OPS+ He gets on base via the leaning elbow (5 HBP all of which were fastballs just off the inside corner that nicked his elbow guard) and hits singles. Fun player. Carlos Quentin's OPS is over 220 point higher that Mr Johnson's.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 27, 2008 -> 11:06 AM) People will point to Mac's ERA as well, but he has let a number of inherited runners score as well. Great move. Actually Mac has only inherited 1 runner on the year (yesterday) and he did not score so that's not at all accurate. In his first 6 outings this year MacDougal started the inning in each. On April 22nd he relieved Matt Thornton immediately following Johnny Damon's HR so no one was on base and yesterday he relieved Danks with Millar on 1st. (he promptly allowed a single, a K and a BB to the 3 batters he faced in his first and only real important outing on the year) There's one obvious reason as to why MacDougal is on his way to Charlotte right now; Ozzie has absolutely no faith in the man. Baseballreference.com has a value called LevI or Leverage Index, quick definition: "Leverage Index, A value of 1.00 indicates this player appeared in plays of average importance. Above 1.00 indicates they had higher than normal importance (for example, a closer typically has leverage around 1.8). A mopup pitcher, on the other hand, will have a likely LevI of much less than one. This value is not adjusted for league run scoring and park effects." So far this season MacDougal's outings have rated at: 0.21, 0.03, 0.00, 0.23, 0.90, 0.02, 0.03 and 1.19 (yesterday) so thus far this season Ozzie has used Mac in a grand total of 1 high leverage situation, last night, and he wound up retiring one hitter while putting a couple on base. In his other nearly high leverage situation (0.90 vs OAK) Mac failed to record an out but did allow a single (fell behind 2-0, got back to 2-2 then allowed the hit) and a walk (fell behind 2-0, threw a strike then put him on with 2 more balls). So yeah Ozzie doesn't trust him --and rightfully so -- so there's no reason at all to have him on the big club.