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There's no real dilemma. Right now he has no trade value, but he handles 2b fine defensively. If he ends up having a good year, he boosts his value some and he helps us win. If he doesn't, we're back where we started. If anyone really believed Lilli or Escobar could instead play the position and lead us to a playoff spot, then there'd be a move to make. But I don't think anyone really believes that. Lilli's success unfortunately is a pretty small sample size and fails the in depth numbers test. You could see a change at 2b maybe halfway to 3/4 through the year, but injuries aside I wouldnt expect one any sooner.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 17, 2012 -> 11:47 AM) Chen is a lefty...you've got to be kidding me with this lineup. If Lillibridge was going to be used primarily as a defensive replacement, he should have been traded this offseason when a lot of teams were asking about him. If anything of real value had been offered for Lilli, his bags would have been packed immediately Teams ask about everyone but the strength of the deal is what's key.

We can't hit. As is, we had gifts given to us due to their awful defensive play (especially at 1b)

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 16, 2012 -> 03:19 PM) Mark Gonzales ‏ @MDGonzales Sox and P Kip Wells have parted ways, less than two weeks after he agreed to a minor league deal and was headed to extended spring training If the Sox don't put him on the postseason roster for the 2000 Playoffs, I'll be furious.

Cowley is entertaining. I agree with almost nothing he does, but I do read/follow. That is all enabled by the fact that I'm entertained but I don't take his stance/methods too seriously. And most of all, I don't take them as being horribly detrimental to the team. When the White Sox don't have drama, they actually get forgotten by a lot of the Chicagoland populace. If we want attention drawn to our wins, and thus attendance+dollars that later help free agency (if we believe that narrative) then we should want a writer with an axe to grind constantly writing about us. I actually enjoy these last few wins more because of how hard negative Cowley went on us this past offseason.

This is not coming from a KW-hater, but it really is mind-boggling to think about how much of the way Kenny has done business the last 2-3 years has been bailed out by Konerko having these great years beyond his prime. Think about how bad we'd be offensively. I didn't share in the pessimism for 2012 as much as others, but I do have it for 2013.....unless free agency is surprisingly kind to us once the Peavy contract is off the books.

Can Flowers play 1B? If so, I like the idea of using him late in games that Dunn is playing first. Could stun an opposing manager who brings in LHP to face Dunn

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Apr 14, 2012 -> 06:10 PM) Is anyone else having 2005 deja vu's? That group of Rios, Beckham, Morel..... I am going to hold back the highest expectations until I get 2 of those 3 guys showing me they can be consistently passable.

When facing a great hitting team like this one, I am perfectly fine with them splitting up their 3-4-5 with some impulsive risk-taking strategies.

The way Gordo has swung the bat the past few years he should become a monk

The outrage of all this is ferociously minimized by the total and undeniable unimportance of "Power Rankings."

Lets be realistic. You can't spend the entire year using Ohman for one batter a game. I think what was nice about today is they DID use him situationally to get the all important out. And then, because he was up by many runs, they decided to use him against further batters. Ozzie --on his not so smart days-- might've done this in a tight ballgame. I'm glad Robin did it in one where he had a big lead.

Fix up just a couple spots in the lineup. I actually think the team would be 80-85 wins with a slight improvement at 3b, and intra-roster improvements at 2b and rf. Lilli, Fuk.

Someone here suggested Beckham can still eventually be the #2 hitter. When the same dog bites you three different times, the same way, you are culpable.

The Chicago White Sox are the best team in MLB

I am ready to debut. I hope it doesn't end with less than 1 IP and a middle finger as I walk off.

name change to "Jose Paniagua" ? Hoping not taken..

Cant wait for the season, against my better judgment Dunn HR

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-leag...-213929721.html Pretty sad how far behind we are on something like this from Minn.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 2, 2012 -> 02:02 PM) Rongey's partner off to a great start...saying Danks is starting. Uh, no. Floyd is. Of course Rongey says nothing. Fireable stuff here. High stakes exposé here, kudos.

It's getting to the point where Conor Jackson deserves his own thread.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 1, 2012 -> 04:11 PM) TFLOW working to get off the fastball to be able to better adapt to offspeed stuff. Is this the right thing to do with Flowers? I don't know that I see him as someone who needs "fixing". What if he's just a patient fastball hitter who has some pop? To me the main question is can he catch, and if so..I don't need major changes offensively from him. If he can't, then he doesn't play.

Lets hope VissAYE-ado gives us a few months of lucky BABIP performance similar to 2010...and then involve him in a package deal midyear where we get something very nice back Like with Danks to NY for Granderson and Pineda!

Viciedo has a chance (not to be pessimistic)...but a chance to be a colossal disappointment. Defense just there--oh boy.

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