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QUOTE(upnorthsox @ Jul 16, 2005 -> 09:24 AM) Cruz has been god awful this yr, no way would I want to be stuck with him. Your really not going to get alot in return for Shingo.. Who also has been brutal this year.. Plus Cruz is still a young player

trade could be with Oakland their has been reports here in the bay area that the Sox are intersted in Juan Cruz the former Cubs player

Caruso had to be the biggest Sox bust in the last 10 years

Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP +--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+ 1997 22 MON NL 19 40 4 12 2 0 3 8 0 0 2 7 .300 .349 .575 23 0 0 1 1 0 1998 23 MON NL 140 505 58 138 44 2 13 73 6 6 39 70 .273 .327 .446 225 0 1 4 2 12 1999 24 MON NL 100 347 38 96 34 2 9 47 2 3 22 35 .277 .321 .464 161 0 3 6 2 14 2000 25 TOR AL 133 482 76 142 29 1 32 104 3 1 30 68 .295 .340 .558 269 0 6 3 6 14 2001 26 TOR AL 146 522 71 143 31 2 18 83 5 2 38 88 .274 .326 .444 232 0 7 8 6 13 2002 27 ANA AL 130 429 75 124 35 6 19 59 10 3 32 44 .289 .357 .531 228 0 3 6 15 7 2003 28 ANA AL 63 206 32 63 9 2 9 35 5 4 26 31 .306 .387 .500 103 0 1 4 2 4 2004 29 TEX AL 76 258 41 60 19 1 11 33 1 2 27 30 .233 .310 .442 114 0 2 1 3 7

Fullmer is a way better player than Caruso ever was... When Fullmer when healthy he was a solid ballplayer

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 13, 2005 -> 10:59 PM) Prior was drafted by the Yankees before the Cubs. I forgot about the first question assuming the player signed with the 1st team he was drafted by... I rather looked at the players who signed with the organzation

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jul 13, 2005 -> 11:23 PM) Based on what? His Experience

Fullmer will be a sept call up

To predict an American League Central title for the White Sox would be somewhat akin to predicting Eva Longoria still will be beautiful when 'Desperate Housewives' returns next season. But this team has the pitching and that unified feeling to make this a special year. Look for the White Sox to face off against the Minnesota Twins in the American League Championship Series, with a trip to the World Series on the line.

Cubs Would Have a Deadly Pitching Staff Mark Prior Dontrelle Willis Jon Garland Kerry Wood Greg Maddux Jamie Moyer as a long reliever

Ozzie Guillen He has security through 2008. He has done a masterful job of keeping Carl Everett sharp since the return of fellow DH Frank Thomas, and he has ridden the hot hand in the bullpen. Guillen also has let the starting pitchers work deep into games without taxing them, and the players have taken well to the emphasis on speed and moving runners. "I'm not afraid [of a letdown]," Guillen said. "I'll be the first one to say, 'Blame it on Ozzie Guillen. Blame it on me.' This is my job. "We have to continue to play the way we've played all year. If we do that and stay healthy, I'll take my chances." Guillen might have less maneuverability with his starting position players, especially if infielder Willie Harris is optioned to Triple-A Charlotte when Ross Gload returns. That would fulfill Tadahito Iguchi's wish to play more. It also would make the Sox consistently stronger at the top of the batting order.

The architect of this daring rebuilding project should be the AL Executive of the Year if the Sox win the division. But he faces a serious juggling act in trying to fortify the 25-man roster for the stretch drive. Landing a marquee starting pitcher like San Francisco's Jason Schmidt or Florida's A.J. Burnett will cost a fortune. Scouts say the Sox remain hesitant to trade 22-year-old pitcher Brandon McCarthy, who has been inconsistent in two brief stints but remains their best pitching prospect. Acquiring a pitcher like Ted Lilly would cost considerably less, although Lilly doesn't have the track record of Schmidt, whose fastball was clocked at 95 m.p.h. in his Friday start against St. Louis. Some concerns about the depth of the rotation could be alleviated if Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez returns to his April form. Hernandez has been on the disabled list twice, but the Sox will need his big-game experience during a murderous stretch in August and in September, when 13 of their final 17 games are against Cleveland and Minnesota. Williams' track record suggests he will make a move. But he might have to wait until the July 31 trading deadline or hope his current pitching staff remains at the top of the AL with no shortcomings.

Im suprised he doesnt mention Buehrle for the CY Young

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 13, 2005 -> 12:40 PM) Just out of curiosity...who's awards are those? Tom Singer from MLB.COM

MVP Scott Podsednik, White Sox: His numbers don't have flash, just like his team doesn't have flash. What the White Sox do have is the Majors' best record, and his 41 steals atop the lineup are critical to a small-ball team having big results. Also contending: Johnny Damon, Red Sox, remains the lead Idiot; David Delucci, Rangers, sets up a power-packed lineup with his .419 on-base percentage; Garret Anderson, Angels, is Mr. Steady on a runaway leader with his .312-10-61. Cy Young Award Jon Garland, White Sox: Has failed to last six innings in only one of 16 starts (falling one out shy in the exception) and has received a decision in each. By the time he took his first loss, the Hose had a five-game lead in the Central. Also contending: Doc Halladay, Blue Jays, has regained the form which already earned the prize two years ago; Matt Clement, Red Sox, has saved Boston's beans through injuries to the rotation; Bartolo Colon, Angels, has been a stopper who is 5-1 following losses. Rookie of the Year Jesse Crain, Twins: Minnesota' biggest winner in middle relief, a role he has perfected to the tune of an 8-0 record and 1.41 ERA. He has not only been a bridge to All-Star closer Joe Nathan, but the Twins could cross him to a second-half surge into the playoffs. Also contending: Robinson Cano, Yankees, has the goods to be the Bombers' first ROY since Derek Jeter; Tadahito Iguchi, White Sox, has hit .278 and shown good pop; Huston Street, A's, has lived up to very high expectations with his 1.46 ERA and 40 strikeouts in 37 innings. Manager of the Year Ozzie Guillen, White Sox: Reshaped the club in his own image, exerted his will, tooted his own horn -- and thus far has gotten away with it all, brilliantly. Case Study No. 1 for all the cynics who pooh-pooh a manager's influence on a baseball team. Also contending: Eric Wedge, Indians, rallied the Tribe from a 17-23 record on May 20 to the heels of the Wild-Card leading Twins; Mike Scioscia, Angels, had to hang with an injury-depleted roster through the first two months; Lee Mazzilli, Orioles, still has the Birds flying far higher than most expected. Hank Aaron Award Manny Ramirez, Red Sox: Has slugged his way back from a slow start into MLB's RBI lead, serving a reminder that he remains the most feared offensive machine in the game. Also contending: Alex Rodriguez, Yankees, continues to post numbers with unerring consistency; Mark Teixeira, Rangers, is the most complete weapon in a loaded Texas arsenal; Vladimir Guerrero, Angels, is just warming up after a .443 June. UNOFFICIAL AWARDS Setup Man of the Year Cliff Politte, White Sox: 5-0 with a 1.10 ERA. Has allowed a total of 24 baserunners (nine on walks, 15 on hits) in 32 2/3 innings. Looking for reasons the White Sox are 22-8 in one-run decisions? Here's a big one. Also contending: Mike Timlin, Red Sox, has allowed only one home run in 40 2/3 innings; Arthur Rhodes, Indians, is going strong (1.67 ERA in 34 games) in his 15th season; Crain, Twins. Comeback Player of the Year Joe Mays, Twins: A solid 3.84 ERA in 16 starts after sitting out all of 2004 recuperating from Tommy John surgery. Win on April 27 was his first since June 19, 2003, and has already added four more. Also contending: Carl Everett, White Sox, is again a power threat after spending a third of 2004 disabled; Chan Ho Park, Rangers, has already nearly doubled his wins total for 2003-04; Aaron Boone, Indians, continued to return from oblivion to hit .270-4-13 since June 1. Sophomore of the Year Alex Rios, Blue Jays: What sophomore jinx? Is hitting the same .286 he did last season, but with more impact, having already driven in four more runs in 160 fewer at-bats. Also contending: David DeJesus, Royals, is still in the .280s with more pop (24 extra-base hits, compared to 25 all last season); Bobby Crosby, A's, missed the first two months with fractured ribs and has since hit .325; Jorge Cantu, Devil Rays, had a job fall into his lap when Roberto Alomar retired and has responded to hit .299, compared to his overlooked rookie .301 mark. Executive of the Year Ken Williams, White Sox: Freddy Garcia, Jose Contreras, Dustin Hermanson, A.J. Pierzynski, Jermaine Dye, Everett, Podsednik, Iguchi ... all acquired within the last year, leaving his fingerprints all over a team that is clicking. Also contending: Bill Stoneman, Angels; J.P. Ricciardi, Blue Jays; Dave Dombrowski, Tigers

OUT OF THE PARK Pedro Martinez, RHP, New York Mets: Skeptics scoffed at the huge contract the Mets threw at the aging ace, but Martinez has been everything they asked for. He's 10-3 with a 2.72 ERA, he's got 138 strikeouts in 129 innings, and opposing hitters are batting .185 against him. He's also putting people in the seats at Shea Stadium. Matt Clement, RHP, Boston Red Sox: Everyone loved his raw stuff and was waiting for him to put it together. It appears he's doing just that. He's 10-2 with a 3.85 ERA and has anchored a rotation that has been missing ace Curt Schilling all year. He's also on pace for the lowest walk total of his career. Jeff Kent, 2B, Los Angeles Dodgers: In the midst of an injury-laden season for the boys in blue in Chavez Ravine, this veteran has come through with his usual high-octane offense. Kent is batting .304 with 15 homers, 60 RBIs and 51 runs, and has been as durable as ever. Carlos Delgado, 1B, Florida Marlins: The Marlins signed him to get the production at first base they haven't had since Derrek Lee went to Chicago, and they're getting what they paid for. In his first taste of the National League, Delgado is on pace for a typical Delgado year, with a .288 average, 18 homers, 66 RBIs, 47 runs and a .385 on-base percentage. Omar Vizquel, SS, San Francisco Giants: He's 38 years old but he keeps going strong. Through 83 games, Vizquel was batting .305 with 43 runs and 14 stolen bases and had only made three errors in the field. David Eckstein, SS, St. Louis Cardinals: The Cardinals couldn't be happier with their new shortstop and leadoff man. Eckstein is batting .284, is on pace for the highest on-base percentage of his career, and has only 21 strikeouts, the fewest in baseball. He's also scored 46 runs and started the All-Star Game. EXTRA BASES J.D. Drew, OF, Dodgers: Drew was quietly getting the job done while playing on a banged-up knee, with a .286 batting average, .412 OBP and a typically high .931 OPS to go along with 15 homers and 48 runs. Then he broke his wrist, which just means tough luck for the tough-luck Dodgers. Troy Glaus, 3B, Arizona Diamondbacks: The Diamondbacks haven't had any worries about Glaus' surgically repaired shoulder. He's leading the team with 19 homers and has driven in 53 runs and scored 44. They are concerned about a tendon behind his left knee, however, which has received two cortisone shots and might get another soon. Moises Alou, OF, San Francisco Giants: Alou must be having fun playing for his dad because he keeps producing. Despite a stint on the disabled list, Alou still has a .316 average, 12 homers, 41 RBIs and 43 runs scored. Jermaine Dye, OF, Chicago White Sox: The White Sox needed a masher to replace what they lost in power when they traded Carlos Lee, and that's exactly what Dye has provided with a .270 batting average, 19 homers, 45 RBIs and 42 runs scored. Plus, he's known as more of a second-half player. Edgar Renteria, SS, Red Sox: Boston fans might be underwhelmed when looking at his numbers: a .272 batting average, six homers, 31 RBIs and 47 runs. But he hasn't killed the Sox defensively and his numbers are actually on pace to basically mirror what he did last year for NL champion St. Louis. MIDDLE OF THE ORDER Derek Lowe, RHP, Dodgers: Lowe and the Dodgers got off to a great start, but Lowe has tailed off a bit and the banged-up Dodgers have gradually slumped with him. Lowe hasn't pitched as poorly as his 5-9 record would indicate. He has a decent 3.99 ERA and has made 19 starts. The jury might still be out. Richie Sexson, 1B, Seattle Mariners: He leads the Mariners with 18 homers and 63 RBIs and has scored 53 runs, but that was to be expected when Seattle gave him $50 million for four years. What wasn't necessarily expected is the fact that he's on pace for almost 200 strikeouts. Kevin Millwood, RHP, Cleveland Indians: Millwood wasn't a highly publicized signing, and he got off to a slow start along with the Indians, but his 3.58 ERA is his lowest in four years and he'd be a lot better than 3-7 with more run support. The Tribe is now hot enough that his win-loss numbers should get better soon. David Wells, RHP, Red Sox: His 5.00 ERA is his highest in almost a decade, but he's got a winning record of 6-5 and has stayed healthy enough at the age of 42 to make 15 starts so far. SCUFFLIN' Carlos Beltran, OF, Mets: Little nicks and bruises have slowed him down all year, but it's safe to say the Mets were expecting a lot more than a .266 batting average, 10 homers, 44 RBIs, 38 runs and four stolen bases when they coughed up all that money and all those years. Adrian Beltre, 3B, Mariners: Beltre's all-world 2004 season got him a five-year, $64 million deal in Seattle, but he's looking like the Beltre who hadn't realized his potential before 2004. He entered the break with a .261 average, nine homers, 44 RBIs, 44 runs and a .304 OBP. The adjustment to American League pitching should have happened by now. Carl Pavano, RHP, New York Yankees: Pavano got a huge contract from the free-wheeling Yankees after his career year with the Marlins in 2004. So far this year, he's looked like a different pitcher, going 4-6 with a 4.77 ERA in 17 starts and allowing 17 homers in 100 innings before being placed on the DL because of right shoulder tendonitis. Russ Ortiz, RHP, Diamondbacks: Ortiz walked a ton of batters in Atlanta last year and wasn't getting many out this year -- 4-6 record, 5.88 ERA -- before being placed on the DL because of a strained right rib cage. Orlando Cabrera, SS, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: The slick defense is still there, but the Angels got very little from their $32-million man at the plate -- .243 average, four homers, 22 RBIs, 30 runs, .294 OBP -- before he went on the DL two weeks ago with elbow inflammation. Steve Finley, OF, Angels: Finley banged up his shoulder in the first week of the season, tried to play through it and put up un-Finley-like numbers -- .225 average, eight homers, 39 RBIs, 27 runs -- before finally going on the DL three weeks ago. Troy Percival, RHP, Detroit Tigers: The veteran got a two-year deal after two injury-plagued seasons with the Angels. He's already missed six weeks with an arm problem and has given up seven homers in 25 innings, which has inflated his ERA to 5.76. IT'S STILL EARLY Magglio Ordonez, OF, Tigers: Missed almost 68 games so far with a hernia after missing over 100 games last year with a knee problem. He'll need some time to get that sweet stroke back. But you still can't blame the Tigers for signing a career .300 hitter with routine 30-homer, 100-RBI seasons when he's healthy. Corey Koskie, 3B, Toronto Blue Jays: Koskie was on his way to solid numbers -- seven homers, 16 RBIs, 22 runs in six weeks -- before he broke his thumb in May. Armando Benitez, RHP, Giants: Closers can be forgiven for bad starts, which is what Benitez was in the midst of -- 5.79 ERA after eight games -- when he tore his right hamstring, putting him on the shelf for four months.

I hope we can get Burnett or another great pitcher real soon. getting tired of all these rumors

Any news from Chicago looks like the deal got done Despite reports the Nationals have agreed to a deal that would send pitcher Zach Day and outfielder J.J. Davis to Colorado for outfielder Preston Wilson, financial ramifications and Wilson's no-trade clause have prevented the swap, says the Washington Times

If C Young goes in any deal it will be for a top notch pitcher like Schmidt or Burnett

According to the Washington Post, the White Sox might get involved in a deal that would see Colorado OF Preston Wilson heading to the Nationals. Chicago could get Washington P Zach Day, and would ship prospects and money to Colorado this was on CBS Sportsline in the rumor section

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jul 9, 2005 -> 11:57 AM) What publication is this story coming from anyway? Its not in any Denver paper, and I haven't seen it in the Washington DC papers. I believe its in the Washington Post

Zach Day would be a very nice pickup..

Living here in SF I know that Brian Sabean try to get Zach Day at the beginnig of the year. So maybe we are close to getting Jason Schmidt..

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jul 3, 2005 -> 05:50 PM) Did they make it sound like it was almost done? They said it could be done by the end of the week. The Giants fans called the station and wasnt to happy about the deal if it goes through...

SF flagship station was talking about Schmidt to the Sox. It looks like it will be Jose Conteras, a high prospect and a lower prospect... The host said that if the deal goes through that KW would like to re work Schmidt deal and add on a few more years