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Well, seeing how he's currently one of the top offensive players in the game and actually plays defense unlike a most of the others who are up there offensively with him, I'd say Dye has to be the most deserving.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 7, 2006 -> 11:08 AM) There's a certain former teammate, rumored to be from last year, that's now living in Florida who he ratted out. Sound familiar to anyone.....the guy's supposed to have a short name. Seems somewhat pointless ratting him out. I think it's become public knowledge that he was quite juicy for a good portion of his career.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jun 7, 2006 -> 11:08 AM) Speaking of Pods, his average is definitely on the downswing right now. I agree. Ozzie also thinks Mack is a better LF than Pods. He has been pretty bad of late, hell his batting average is down 25 points since May 28th and 42 points since May 15th.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 7, 2006 -> 11:00 AM) The best thing that could happen for Anderson is to be sent back to the minors. He's not going to get enough at-bats at the MLB level to get in a rhythm. He's absolutely clueless at the plate, and facing mediocre pitching in the minors might help him get his confidence back up. I'm going to make the prediction that on Wednesday, Pods and Ozuna will be in LF/CF. And that will once and for all show all that Podsednik is absolutely brutal in CF, hopefully ending any Pods/CF love that may still be out there.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 7, 2006 -> 10:55 AM) What is your reason for not bringing up Sweeney? At this point in his career, it seems likely he'd come up in the fall on the 40-man callup anyway. So the clock may not be too big an issue (maybe by a year, if you think he isn't up until 2007). If the guy can play reasonably good D in CF (at least on par with Mack, hopefully a bit better), then I think its a good idea. Well, Sweeney is primarily a RF and has just this year begun to play some CF, after a few weeks out there he tweaked his hammy landing him on the DL for a good amount of time. He was just recently reactivated and as noted before he's now playing more in RF and hardly at all in CF. It sounds pretty telling to me but I guess it could be looked at a few different ways.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jun 7, 2006 -> 07:57 AM) Clark's an interesting one. I remember he was in RF for a while when Pods was their CF, but he's better defensively than Scotty, with a much better arm IIRC (or at least that was the discussion we had going here a while back). The thing is with Clark he's hitting .282, but he only has an OPS of .716. Great OBP of .384 though. He's pretty much a Podsednik clone offensively minus the speed. I'd really like to take a chance on a guy like Church who has a +.800 OPS, and hits for better power. And I think those numbers would go up as he moves from RFK to the Cell. Yes, Brady Clark is quite good defensively in both RF/CF with a terrific arm. He'd be a great fit for the Sox right now, it's just more speed and OBP at the bottom of the lineup, he's been the Brewers leadoff hitter so it's really not fair to be looking at his SLG/OPS. He's not going to give you a ton of pop but he's going to hit singles, get on base and can run. Considering all the mashers the Sox have in the middle of the order, Clark would be a nice contrast at the bottom of the lineup.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Jun 7, 2006 -> 10:47 AM) Hahahah, comedy gold. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/spli...tting&year=2006 5-9. (one 2B, two HRs, 13 RBIs, two BBs) :shrugs: 2 things, that 1.833 OPS f***ing blows. and 2 why the f*** hadn't this been looked up earlier?

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Jun 7, 2006 -> 10:39 AM) I don't think you realize how much Pods, Mack, Ozuna, and Gload's defense would hurt this team in CF. This team is not going to live and die on the offense of the 9 place hitter, a rookie. When are you going to start calling for Uribe's head? He's the veteran, and he's just as bad. No matter how pathetic Anderson has been at the plate of late, his OBP is still 22 points higher than Uribe's.

Firday, April 21st. Jim Thome stands at the plate against Johan Santana, bottom of the 6th, scoreless tie, Tadahito Iguchi leads from first. Thome works the count to 3-1, gets a changeup out over the plate and hits a flyball to left center field. 2-0 Sox.

He's technically the best OF in the AL and depending on what you bank on the most, the best OF in baseball. I'm not really sure why you limited it to rightfielders. No other OF in baseball can touch his 1.074 OPS.

The great Kevin MILAAAAHHHH and Jeff Conine are currently patrolling first for the O's. I'm not sure what kind of value Rogo has but it can't be a whole hell of a lot.

QUOTE(MSHAWKS @ Jun 6, 2006 -> 11:13 PM) Yes, I don't like colorizing my sarcastic remarks. You have a lot to learn when it comes to making a smartass sarcastic comment.

Jose Valentin is having an epic defensive meltdown right now in the bottom of the 6th against the Dodgers.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Jun 6, 2006 -> 10:56 PM) lol Heads, I hope you weren't referring to me when you said Tampa not Tampa Bay. I was speaking of the University of Tampa's pitchers having low era's. Gage's write up on Lee Cruz:

Aren't the Dodgers kind of spoken for?

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Jun 6, 2006 -> 10:40 PM) Maybe try this thread? All I meant was, is there any evidence the Sox or looking to acquire Griffey, or just evidence that Rozner was desperate for column inches? There's no indication what so ever that the Sox are looking at Griffey and even less evidence that the Reds are looking to move him.

Surprisingly Felix is up 2-1 on Liriano.

JI JIM THOME WAS 19-41 W/ A 1.693 OPS W/ RISP COMMING INTO THE GAME. 1.095 OPS W/ RISP + 2 OUTS. JEAN JACKETS ARE A FORCE OF NATURE.

Boyle and Melton are seriously jerkasses. They claim Bobby Jenks is an All-Star Closer and will be going to Pittsburgh in July. As of right now Bobby Jenks is not worthy of a roster spot IMO. Last year the AL team carried 5 closers (2 due to being required team rep) Papelbon, Ryan, Rivera, Nathan, Ray and Wickman are all having better seasons. Especially the first 3. If Bobby continues to string together these outstanding outings then yeah, he's got a damn good shot but as of right now, I think he's on the outside looking in.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Jun 6, 2006 -> 10:12 PM) Well personally it wouldn't matter to me if he had to sit out a couple of weeks simply because Anderson would get a shot to develop while Griffey rests. For me, it makes too much sense to get him, which is why we won't. Considering the way our farm system currently is, I'd say Anderson would probably be the a main piece of any Griffey trade. Well, either him of McCarthy. So Brian would be developing for the Reds while Griffey sits on the DL for the Sox.

"leaded" and "unleaded" coffee pots, now that's humorous.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Jun 6, 2006 -> 10:05 PM) He didn't tear anything last year. He did however pull something which is why he missed almost an entire month last season. Hell, he only played 8 games in April this year due to injury, I love the guy as much as anyone on here but there's no way he stays healthy for the rest of the season, the odds are greatly against him.

He got on base 5 times today, to bad he really couldn't play CF for the rest of the season without tearing something.

Alex Cintron is now officially a White Sox. McCarthy looked amazing. Dye, ungodly as usual. Jenks is unhittable right now.