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2001- 2.66 era. (Long Relief/Spot Starter) 2002- 1.85 era. (Middle Relief/Setup Man) 2003- 2.48 era. (Setup Man) 2004- 3.69 era. (Closer) 9 BLSV out of 45 Opp. 2005- 4.05 era. (Closer) 4 BLSV out of 10 Opp. He's a great Setup Man but has had his struggles at closer.

Dotel has been horrible thus far this season. He's already blown 4 saves and has a 4.05 ERA. He is extremely shaky and unreliable.

I currently have Eric Chavez on my fantasy team and he sucks ass and the thing that scares me about Chavez is the lineup around him which is horrible so any deal that you can get decent value for him is good. I also have Loretta who has been quite disappointing thus far this season. Comming into today he was batting .275 with 0 HR's however he did go 5 for 6 today and boosted his BA to .299. Loretta has shown no power however he does have 6 stolen bases this season which is 3 away from his career high which has been a nice surprise. With Loretta you know you'll get a good average and a good amount of runs. Loretta >>> Chavez (overall) Matsui is an interesting case, a lot people felt this would be the year that Matsui starts hitting for power but so far this season he really hasn't shown it seeing how he only has 3 HR plus a .233 avg. to boot. He has pretty much sucked so far this season. You should expect him to catch fire some time soon and begin his climb closer to his home run total from last year of 31. Also his avg. should end up around .280 and he will pick up 100 RBIs. So Matsui this year will probably end up giving you .280, 30+ HR, 100+ RBI, 90 runs and 1 SB. Rollins' only real asset is his SBs, he has been terribly inconsistent over his career. He never had a real high avg before last year when he batted .289 and scored 119 runs which was the first time he has ever had 100+ runs in a given year. Rollins isn't going to hit many HRs look for about 15 this season. So Rollins this year will probably end up giving you .265, 15 HR, 65 RBI, 90 runs and 35+ SBs. Matsui >>> Rollins (avg, HR, RBI) Matsui = Rollins (runs) Rollins >>>>> Matsui (SB) So in the end Chavez is worthless, Loretta is very good and Matsui is better than Rollins at everything except SBs. My Opinion: Make the trade.

Who says KW and others don't read Soxtalk? Funny how things work out, isn't it?

No major league team is going to trade a good SP and a good RP pitcher for a 45 year old Cuban pitcher with poor accuracy and an $8.5 Mil contract. Plus, why would you want to break up a starting rotation that currently has an ERA hovering around 3.00? I say we keep this 25 and 9 team together.

Isn't there a pretty good chance that Manny Ramirez would play for team USA seeing how he is now a US citizen and actually grew up in New York.

Dustin Hermanson is the f***ing man. Plain and simple THE f***ING MAN!

To bad he's only a White Sox in the twisted mind of Joe Morgan. It would be real nice having his bat in our lineup.

And for Tampa Bay: 1. A Sanchez, DH 2. J Lugo, SS 3. C Crawford, LF 4. A Huff, 1B 5. D Hollins, C 6. N Green, 2B 7. C Singleton, RF 8. T Hall, C 9. J Cantu, 3B

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 10, 2005 -> 03:35 PM) Backing a young player who hasnt lived up to his potential is one thing, thinking that an aging veteran will bounce back to his year 2000 potential is another. As far as playing both sides of the ball, I believe he leads the team in errors. Uribe has 6 errors and Dye has 4 so he's not leading the team.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ May 10, 2005 -> 03:38 PM) Since we lost to the D-Rays, we should all know that our season is over. Pack it in, guys. We suck. EDIT: I can't get this green font to work...I suck with computers. Anyway, that was sarcasm. [COLOR=green]Since we lost to the D-Rays, we should all know that our season is over. Pack it in, guys. We suck. :angry:[/COLOR] Since we lost to the D-Rays, we should all know that our season is over. Pack it in, guys. We suck.

18, Streamwood. Short and sweet b****es.

R dub is useless for the Bears. We kept him around for punt return purposes and that is no longer necessary now that we have drafted a punt returner in Bradley.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ May 10, 2005 -> 01:55 PM) While yesterdays loss was very dissapointing especially hitting wise, I tried not getting 2 angry I mean we are 24-8 cant really be that dissapointed. But that said Dye is pissing me off more and more, although he had a good series in toronto and Konerko is almost worthless with the exception of that 1 game in toronto. If Konerko keeps struggling I think we might need a new lineup change something among these lines. Podsenick Iguchi Rowand Everett Uribe Pieryznski Konerko Dye Crede Konerko will not be moved especially to the 7th hole. Also that is the slowest bottom of the order in Baseball from 6 to 9 there is absolutely no speed.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ May 9, 2005 -> 06:03 PM) His career high is 5 and he also would end up being caught 10 times at this pace which would be right on pace with his career numbers. Anyone is a threat to steal a base once in a while but you don't have to worry about Huff running a whole lot. I'm actually being sarcastic here. I don't think anyone really considers Huff to be a true threat to swipe bags.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ May 9, 2005 -> 05:56 PM) Huff is not a threat to steal bases. So far this season he is. He's currently on pace for 15 SB's.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ May 9, 2005 -> 05:35 PM) http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/spo/mlbpa/mlbpa_cba.pdf Everything you wanted to know about waivers & the trade deadline. Nice, the entire Collective Bargaining Agreement, a must read for all true MLB fans.

Head-To-Head

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ May 9, 2005 -> 05:37 PM) It'll be nice to see Chris on the field again. Outside of this series I really wish him well, he was one of my favorite players when he played for the sox. Plus he helped us get the great Willie Harris.

QUOTE(chi-guy2 @ May 9, 2005 -> 05:08 PM) dont forget sanchez and lugo Not to mention Huff who has just as many stolen bases this season as Sanchez.

Starting Line Ups: No. Chicago White Sox 1 Scott Podsednik, LF 2 Tadahito Iguchi, 2B 3 Carl Everett, DH 4 Paul Konerko, 1B 5 Aaron Rowand, CF 6 Jermaine Dye, RF 7 A.J. Pierzynski, C 8 Joe Crede, 3B 9 Juan Uribe, SS Tampa Bay 1 Alex Sanchez, DH 2 Julio Lugo, SS 3 Carl Crawford, LF 4 Aubrey Huff, 1B 5 Nick Green, 2B 6 Damon Hollins, CF 7 Chris Singleton, RF 8 Toby Hall, C 9 Jorge Cantu, SS

QUOTE(doUrememberwhen @ May 9, 2005 -> 10:43 AM) I'm all for trading for a Pittsburgh reliever, but the men I wan't is Mike Gonzalez. Mike Gonzalez is one of my favorite pitchers in baseball. This lefty can crank the heat into the mid-90s and adds a tough slider. He's tough against both left-handed and right-handed hitters. He will be an elite set-up man some time down the road if not already. His '04 numbers were ridiculous. He was off to a fast start in '05 by not allowing a run his first 5 IP but allowed 4 ER on 4 hits in two outings in the beginning of April. Since April 13th he has gone 7.2 innings without allowing a run and only giving up 3 hits while striking out 7 and walking 3. Mike Gonzalez Career Pitching Stats: Season TM G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO W L SV HLD BLSV ERA 2003 Pit 16 0 0 0 8.1 7 7 7 4 6 6 0 1 0 3 -- 7.56 2004 Pit 47 0 0 0 43.1 32 7 6 2 6 55 3 1 1 13 3 1.25 2005 Pit 12 0 0 0 12.2 8 4 4 0 6 14 0 0 0 4 -- 2.84 Total -- 75 0 0 0 64.1 47 18 17 6 18 75 3 2 1 20 3 2.38

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ May 9, 2005 -> 01:31 PM) There better be fans there. No excuses. They're in Tampa so there will be about 10,000 there tops.

QUOTE(sox-r-us @ May 9, 2005 -> 12:19 PM) Aboz Who is the babe in your avatar? Very good... Ashlee Simpson

QUOTE(The Critic @ May 9, 2005 -> 10:05 AM) I'd agree with this. It would be a real luxury to deal for another closer, but I'd actually prefer a veteran long-relief/setup guy. Latroy Hawkins?