Balta1701

Man that is a big, big CF.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 03:34 PM) Sit Teahen out for sure with his .366 OPS against lefties. At least until Q pulls his head out of his tail, those numbers argue for a platoon.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 03:33 PM) No credit for hitting well with RISP ? If you have a whole team doing that. You're going to be pretty good. Q second on the team in RBI's seems pretty important on a team that hasn't hit well with RISP. You're not going to be very good if you spend the first 2 months with your team hitting .150 with no one on base and .300 with RISP.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 03:30 PM) FWIW, Teahen's OPS against righties was .820. Don't tell me we couldn't use that. And Quentin is putting up a .788 OPS against Lefties and .680 against righties.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 03:29 PM) Freddy's going to get in trouble and by the time Ozzie decides to take him out, it'll be too late. I doubt Ozzie hesitates this inning if Freddie gets a couple men on. A quick hit followed by a 2 run HR could hurt him, but I doubt that.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 03:23 PM) His avg. has risen 10 points in the last 10 games in which he is 9 for 37 which is still only .242 but its still improving. Exactly. A .242 average is 1 hit better than he's hit all season over that length. That's nothing.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 03:22 PM) The biggest difference is Quentin is batting .321 with RISP where Teahen is batting .233. Otherwise they do seem similar. And I'm not going to give guys credit for that. If you're hitting .321 and you're a .200 hitter, you're just as likely to hit .100 with RISP the rest of the season. The question is whether or not Quentin is a .200 hitter. So far this year, he is a consistent .200 hitter.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 03:21 PM) Are you saying you'd rather see Teahen start for us or Fields sit in the minors and Getz sit the bench? I'd rather have any option than Mark starting. Frankly, yes. Have you looked at Getz or Fields's season? Fields is gone for the year, Getz is just awful.

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 03:16 PM) Willingham using Beckham's intro song? Well I guess he hasn't earned exclusivity this season. Beckham's not even using that song any more. I'm wondering if Willingham's at bats are making Beckham tear up.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 03:14 PM) as of late he is starting to hit more too. As I jsut noted, he really isn't. At least not yet.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 03:08 PM) Don't know about major, Quentin has been swinging a good bat in the last two weeks, we don't know how Teahen is gonna look when he comes back. Q is only hitting .228 in June with a .729 OPS, coming in to today. He's basically been the exact same hitter we've seen all season.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 03:09 PM) Teahen wouldn't be an upgrade over anybody. You want him as everyday right fielder? You want to watch him play right field every day? I don't. Things that have been awful in RF this year: Quentin's bat Quentin's glove Seriously...Teahen and Quentin platooning out there right now would be a solid upgrade. Q is at least hitting .250 off of LHP.

Terrible 3-2 swing by Alexei

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 03:06 PM) Wouldn't it be nice if Tank's ready and the real deal and we can turn Teahen into a utility guy? Are you kidding? Right now, Teahen would take over as our starting RF. And he'd be a major upgrade.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 03:04 PM) Yeah, I am really loving what I've seen of Dayan so far...dude is pure power And until this May, his power game was the thing that he was missing. So...there's lots of room for improvement on it.

QUOTE (scenario @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 03:01 PM) I'm not expecting a major adjustment. But it is reasonable to see early struggles and then improvement in the first few months of AAA. For D2, the adjustment we need to see is about a 20-25% decrease in the K rate. He doesn't have to halve them. The difference between the 175 K/year and 130 K/year pace is huge.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 03:00 PM) If we traded for LaRoche it would make Konerko the everyday DH, Im pretty sure he is supposed to be a plus fielder. His career average UZR/150 is -3.7. Konerko's is -1.2.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 02:59 PM) Nope. Still looking for the first ribbie He keeps hitting the ball this hard, he won't be looking for long.

Not much more DV can do about that one. 0-2 pitch, made good contact, good pitch, low in the zone, hit it hard, just went right to the 2b.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 02:57 PM) WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO RAMON CASTRO He has always been a good hitter against LHP, we just didn't get him for that long last year.

Too aggressive on that 0-1 swing

In a year or two...DV may look really, really scary coming to the plate.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 02:49 PM) You'd rather have two draft picks than Dan Hudson? I mean, Hudon could very well be their #2 or #3 starter next season. Let me put it this way, if you are the Nationals GM and suppose Hudson is already part of your organization, would you move him for two draft picks? Honestly, no I don't think I would, not if I thought one pick would be between 15-30 (and I don't really think that Dunn is going to wind up going to a sub -.500 team again this year).

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 02:53 PM) Saw his first AB, but how did Dayan look in his second? See he got a hit. Just as good as his first. Aggressive, swung early in the count, drove the ball hard to shallow right center.

That was a good swing by Q.