Kalapse

Yeesh, it's parody damn it.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 10, 2006 -> 10:21 AM) The one thing which still blows my mind is that people are to the point of showing more confidence in a rookie who's never played above AA than they are Anderson, who at least has put up good numbers in AAA. How exactly did people get THIS soured on Anderson? We've barely seen him take 50 at bats with the big league team including this Spring. Oh, and 1 more thing...Isn't Sweeney usually coming in at some point after the first few innings of these ST games...where he isn't always facing the opponent's starting, big league pitcher, but instead is often getting their backups/end of the roster/minor league guys? Hey, Ryan may have hit 3 HRs this spring against sub par minor league pitching but that's still a huge improvement for him after 1 HR all of last year in AA.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Mar 10, 2006 -> 09:44 AM) Defensively, Anderson is far more ready. He's far more capable of being very good in CF. Offensively, I don't think I'd say Anderson is more ready. What's more important at this point in time? Having a player in CF how you're confident in his defense day in and day out or having a guy who can hit a little better but is a giant question mark in CF defensively. It comes down to: below average offense + above average defense or average to above average offense + questionable defense IMO, we need someone in CF that we know is going to give us solid defense. Also, I'm not a very big fan of BA but I do feel he is the right man for the job at this current point in time.

I think Josh Fields should be our starting thirdbaseman this year. Joe Crede has sucked balls all spring and Josh Fields has been great, what ever happened to a player earning his spot during the spring? Crede should not get a free pass, it's pretty obvious that he needs some work in AAA still because his back is still bothering him. Josh Fields has 3 HRs off minor league pitching in Tucson that should be worth a starting job in the bigs. It sure wouldn't hurt anything.

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Mar 9, 2006 -> 11:05 PM) Call me old fashioned but there was a time when players earned their jobs based on performances in spring training... Anderson shouldn't just back into the job... If Sweeney does better then lets see if he can play a few games in CF... It sure wouldn't hurt anything... It would hurt you'd be placing a player on the 40 man roster, giving him a major league deal and starting the arbitration clock and all along this 21 year old is not ready for the big leagues. He hits a couple HRs off minor league pitchers in Tucson and suddenly he's ready to play every day in the majors at a postion he hasn't even played regularly at.

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Mar 9, 2006 -> 11:02 PM) If Sweeney stays hot and Anderson continues to lick balls then I wouldn't put anything past Ozzie. Thats all i'm saying... IT'S SPRING f***ING TRAINING!!!

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Mar 9, 2006 -> 10:55 PM) I'd rather have Sweeney be started in some games in CF to see what he can do now... It's obvious Anderson isn't ready... And Rowand started out as a corner outfielder too... SWEENEY FOR CF IN 06!!!! Let Anderson get his hacks in AAA... That's just f***ing ridiculous, there's no way in hell Sweeney is further along in his development than BA. Sweeney will not be starting the year in the bigs he's not even close to ready no matter what you see in Spring Training. Hell, the 3 HRs he has this spring is 3 times as many as he had last year at B-Ham. If anyone needs more time in the minors it's Sweeney.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Mar 9, 2006 -> 09:44 PM) Carl was just pissed about the date that KW had set to trade for him this season. Sorry Kalapse. That sort of talk has been picking up of late. It seems it bothers me now more than ever.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Mar 9, 2006 -> 01:17 PM) also it isnt like he was going against that great of competition... there were some major leaguers but even they arent that good... This is correct, he was facing inferior talent, he ended up striking out: Frank Catalanotto X 2 Mike Piazza X 2 Vince Sinisi Mark Saccomanno Frank Menechino So he did strike out Piazza and Cat twice which should count for something.

QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Mar 9, 2006 -> 12:23 PM) 7 k's in only 3 IP. 3 1/3 to be exact.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 9, 2006 -> 11:23 AM) Once again afirming the fact tht Gload will either be dealt or let go in the next week. on another note, I see your Angels folded to the White Sox again in Sim. Now give me shields. If I add a little SP over the offseason and keep my #1 bullpen intact, I'll be making it out of the 1st round next year. You want Shields I want Cabrera sounds like a nice 1 for 1 deal.

All of this talk about specialization of bench players is so damn screwy. The way it looks it seems to be: Mack - LF, CF, RF Cintron - SS, 1B Ozuna - 3B, 2B Widger - C If this is true that wold leave no clear reason to keep either of Borchard (OF) or Gload (1B). But I just don't see us carrying 12 pitchers, right now there's 10 pitchers that have their spots locked up (MB, JC, FG, JG, JV, BM, NC, DH, CP, BJ) Leaving 2 spots open if we go with 12 and 1 spot if we go with 11. There's the 2nd lefty spot which seems to be Javier Lopez' at this point in time and the other spot would be for a middle reliever and I just don't see anyone in camp right now that can fill that 2nd spot now that Baj is gone. That makes me believe that we'll end up carrying 11 pitchers to start the year seeing how this season we'll actually have a long man in the pen (BMAC). So that means 5 bench players, so 1 of Gload and Borchard has to make this team. If you're looking for the better all around hitter of the 2 it'd be Gload but if you're looking for someone who will actually give you some defensive flexibility Borch is you man. The battle for the bench is an interesting one to say the least.

If you see her right after she finishes her run, she's probably not going to look all that great, that's pretty normal. She's probably exhausted and not wearing much or any makeup. If you see her in a magazine then she has the benefit of makeup and photoshop.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 9, 2006 -> 10:49 AM) Hmph, according to Kenny, Cintron must be able to play some 1b as well. If Kenny really means it that way and Cintron can play 1B, 2B, 3B and SS that leaves 0 use for Gload (though he had little value previously).

QUOTE(q\/\/3r+y @ Mar 8, 2006 -> 11:31 PM) I usually try to read through a whole thread before posting something but this was too funny. You were not really talking about ozuna i hope? That was like 12 hours ago but I believe he was talking about Borchard, that entire discussion was based around Gload and Borch.

Freddy in the WBC

How did I not post in this thread? damn you all.

then = period of time than = comparison

This could mean an extension for Briggs.

1) FACT, Mark Buehrle finally reaches 20. 2) FACT, Borch will end up with the final bench spot simply because he has more value to the Sox than Gload does. 3) Fact, with Munoz on his way to Charlotte, Lopez has all but secured this spot 4) Fiction, he will hit exactly 35 HRs this year 5) Fact, Ozzie will not be moving Iguchi back into the 2 hole at all this year unless it's on a Uribe day off. 6) FACT, Javier will pick up 16 wins, which will be 4 more than Freddy Garcia 7) FICTION, BA will stumble out of the gate hard but will pick it up soon enough to finish with a .253 avg. 8) FACT, Contreras - 3.12, Garland - 3.81 9) FACT, 58 to be exact, of course he'll also get thrown out 23 times. 10) FICTION, Bobby will pick up 23 saves next year before being replaced by Hermanson due to injury. 11) FACT, Gooch is gonna break out, .301 avg, 31 HRs, 85 RBI next year. 12) FACT, another injury free year from the White Sox' lone black man. 13) FICTION, sadly Crede will only hit .249 this season but will put up 28 HRs so that's a plus. 14) FACT, Pauly with another outstanding overall year, 43 HR, 128 RBI. 15) FACT, with El Duque and a bad Brandon McCarthy out of the picture the White Sox will will post a 3.43 team ERA. 16) FICTION, shockingly the Sox will not be pulling off any major deals this year at the deadline. 17) FICTION, the offense is much improved but will finish 7th in the AL in runs scored 18) FICTION, 89 RBIs for Dye next year. 19) FACT, by 7 games over the WC Indians and 13 games over the 3rd place Twins 20) FACT, and win it.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Mar 8, 2006 -> 04:18 PM) "should of" is like nails on a chalkboard to me. 75% of the general population do not realize that it's "should have". This and the improper use of than/then bother me greatly.

Haha, Javier Lopez just made the team and whitesoxjosh just s*** himself.

QUOTE(easyw @ Mar 8, 2006 -> 01:24 PM) Sorry - yeah - I meant Anderson. Some of us work for a livin and I got like 5 things going on here. Yes. Anderson. Dye IS a streaky hitter. He has been prone to injury. He's, what, 33 years old? Is he an All-Star? What does he bring to the table? A lifetime .272 BA? I agree BA is the most important stat when measuring a players worth to his ballclub with a close second being number of All-Star appearances. I'm beginning to hate the phrase "injury prone" it's getting close to "bush league" as the most overused, wrongfully used and most annoyingly used phrase in al of sports.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 8, 2006 -> 01:07 PM) Sweeney has NEVER player in the majors, do you even know anything about this team? He also isnt going to be on the major league roster, so what the hell are you talking about. Lets your mouth do the talking, not your ass. He's confusing Ryan Sweeney with Brian Anderson.