Kalapse

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Jun 9, 2007 -> 10:53 PM) Other then Cameron playing in 59 of SD's 60 games? Cruz can still throw, I know that, and looking at his stats, he has 3 steals and 2 triples as well so far. Cruz had 9 triples and 25 SB's just last year, did he really lose that much speed in a year? Anyways, it was just a hypothetical trade to get other Sox fan's opinions. I know Mark's value is very high, I wanted to see what you guys think Jermaine's value is at this point. Exactly my point, Cameron has started nearly every game in CF for the Padres this year despite being pretty brutal at the plate. His D is just that damn good. Actually it was Cameron who had the 9 triples and 25 SB's last season, Cruz had 5 SB and 3 triples over the past 2 seasons combined. Thanks for proving my point for me though.

Khalil Green has got to be the most bipolar hitter in baseball outside of all those Texas hitters of course, he's pure s*** at Petco with a .224/.287/.355/.642 career line but is one of the better hitting SS in all baseball when away from San Diego .276/.337/.508/.845. That's 162 TB at home compared to 306 away, nearly twice as many away from San Diego. That's crazy. QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Jun 9, 2007 -> 10:30 PM) Has Cruz really lost that much? I haven't watched him in a few years, but he used to be a very solid defender with a lot of range. The Padres are also interested in Adam Dunn, would be interesting to have a retarded contest to see who has less range in LF, Dye or Dunn. Cruz JR is just slow as s*** at this point in his career, there's a reason why he never plays CF anymore.

No one f***ing cares.

Kevin Towers isn't just going to trade away his best bullpen arm and dominant defensive centerfielder. The Padres are in first place and are going to need the both of them for the rest of the season, they have the best bullpen in baseball and trading their best reliever right now would be silly, Towers has said as much. Towers targeted Mike Cameron a few years ago to cover all that ground in Petco's huge centerfield, Towers loves him and won't let him leave unless he has an excellent defensive, powerful centerfielder to replace him with. I ask you, why in the hell would Towers make this deal? Where is he even going to put Dye? And how does a deal like this make them any better this season?

This thread is almost as bad as your grammar.

It has to be PNC, that park is flawless.

QUOTE(DonnyDevito @ Jun 9, 2007 -> 03:51 PM) regarding iguchi's pending free agent status, i'm all for signing luis castillo in the offseason. the sox better sign eric byrnes, tori hunter, or luis castillo. those are impact players we need and one fo those 3 could get us back on the winning track for next season. Yeah a 4th OF like Byrnes is going to turn the franchise around.

QUOTE(briguy27 @ Jun 9, 2007 -> 03:42 PM) who said they were? Fox and Major League Baseball.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Jun 9, 2007 -> 03:41 PM) I am sorry but this is a guy you try and keep. I do not want AAA players. He makes every start and that is very rare. You build a team around him and Garland if you are a serious franchise. Or you could just trade him now for some big time talent and sign him to a big deal in the offseason.

Barry Zito and Nomar Garciaparra are nowhere near All-Star caliber this year.

I DON'T f***ING CARE ABOUT BARRY f***ING BONDS! I'M TRYING TO WATCH A BASEBALL GAME HERE!

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jun 9, 2007 -> 03:26 PM) According to Brenneman we won a World Series in 2006. Why the f*** didn't any of you guys tell me that? Woo-hoo! Defending champs! '06 = 1906 he followed that up with 1917 and '05.

I can't stand Mark Grace.

So according to the ESPN broadcasters Iguchi is one of the best defensive 2B in baseball and according to Mark Grace Jermaine Dye plays a flawless RF. Now I'm convinced no one outside of Chicago watches Sox games. QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jun 9, 2007 -> 03:05 PM) So Fields hits at least two home runs today, right? Kalapse, any chance that you can expand your contract page to include all the guys? I'm working on something right now, I'm going to include all players on the 40 man roster. I'm changing the look of it a bit so it's going to take some time.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 9, 2007 -> 02:39 PM) I love the lineup today. Same, atleast Ozzie put the best guy for the job at the top of the lineup.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jun 9, 2007 -> 02:45 PM) That's still better than everyone on our team not named Thome. I honestly don't want Aaron back but I will defend him with my life god damn it. G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS 30 125 112 20 30 7 0 3 15 7 0 18 3 1 2 6 1 1 .268 .323 .411 .734 - Rowand 29 118 101 15 27 4 0 4 10 16 1 19 0 0 1 2 0 0 .267 .364 .426 .790 - Konerko 21 91 80 12 25 4 0 1 10 9 0 11 1 0 1 0 3 1 .313 .385 .400 .785 - Iguchi 25 93 88 10 26 3 0 4 14 4 2 5 0 0 1 9 0 1 .295 .323 .466 .789 - Pierzynski It's just a damn shame the Sox can't find any stability in the outfield. Fun Stat: Tadahito Iguchi has not ground into a double play since May 4th. Apparently you need someone on ahead of you in order to hit into one.

What happened to all that talk from the end of last year about trading Vazquez and keeping Garcia because "he was our best starter down the stretch"?

QUOTE(stretchstretch @ Jun 9, 2007 -> 01:47 PM) good thing we don't have Rowand's .320 avg, 8HR, speed and defense to deal with on top of all our other troubles good thing we don't have Rowand's .320 avg, 8HR, speed and defense to deal with on top of all our other troubles Yeah because he's been kicking oh so much ass over the past month right? G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS 30 125 112 20 30 7 0 3 15 7 0 18 3 1 2 6 1 1 .268 .323 .411 .734

Relatively young (Aardsma more so than Mac), very talented, hard throwing relievers with incredibly cheap contracts (Aardsma more so than Mac) will always be in high demand. No matter how much they may have struggled during the month of May (April as well for Mac) they have both had some success in the big leagues and have the ability to be very good relievers for somebody, I'm sure there's more than a handful of teams who would be interested in dealing for one or both of them.

So every player who has started a game in the leadoff spot for the Sox have suffered injuries. Erstad-34 Podsednik-8 Owens-8 Ozuna-7

QUOTE(TLAK @ Jun 9, 2007 -> 10:58 AM) Who is the emergency catcher if AJ is out and Hall goes down? Kong? Mackowiak.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 05:25 PM) I love cherry picking stats. You'll note how you didn't post Podsednik's dominant pre-05 injury SB numbers (remember that 22 straight streak he had right before the break? Anyone else remember how he almost single handedly broke Cleveland's back on the basepaths right after the break?) And on the other side, Lee was, IIRC, leading the NL in RBI's for much of the first half of 05. Both teams got what they needed out of that deal, I think both of those guys deserved to be all-stars, and let's just leave it at that. And Damon's 130 point higher SLG makes up for any difference in SB not to mention the 17 points in OBP. If I really wanted to cherry pick I would have brought SO into the equation or even better yet strikeouts looking. At any rate Brian Roberts' 1.000 OPS kicks the s*** out of anything Pods did in the 1st half and those are only the first 2 guys that came to mind, there's probably more. To say Podsednik was the best leadoff man in baseball during the first half of '05 is flat out false.

Well I guess Kenny Williams can never be accused of not doing enough to bring blacks into the game. What percentage of this year's picks have been black? Anybody know?

QUOTE(watchtower41 @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 02:24 PM) Are you really trying to justify that Willie Harris would have won us a championship starting at 2nd base?? Also I'm not so sure Carlos had better offensive 05 than Pods, who was the All-Star I'll ask?? Pods was the best lead-off hitter in baseball fo rthe better half of that season. Again, there is NO WAY we could have signed AJ, Iguchi or Hermanson (no matter how much of a discount some of them came to us at) without these 3 key ingredients to our banner season, we quite simply would not have had the tools. Um yeah, Carlos Lee was a true All-Star that season seeing as how the players and coaches voted him in. Podsednik was voted in after the fact by a fan base that seems to love the "Final Man" ballot. 1st half of 2005: Damon: .343/.386/.473/.859 Podsednik: .294/.369/.344/.713 Brian Roberts: .345/.416/.591/1.007 There are others but 2 should be enough.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 12:58 PM) I love how people think Uribe's D is so super solid! Wow. I guess its good when you compare it to Cintron, but he's one of the worst defensive SS's I've seen in a while. Then who pray tell are some of the better defensive shortstops in baseball?