MattZakrowski

Alex Rios. Mercy.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 8, 2010 -> 06:55 PM) And Jayson Nix's .083 average against lefties is going to spark us? In 12 AB's. Totally definitive sample.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 7, 2010 -> 11:58 PM) Like which was the worst disaster, 9/11 or the Titanic. 9/11, and it's not even close. Nix isn't perfect, but Omar Vizquel is the sort of thing you could use to justify wars.

John Ely made his second start yesterday. Who get an XBH first, him or Pierre?

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ May 5, 2010 -> 08:58 PM) We really just lose the HD feed? God dammit comcast And for pre-game too. How silly.

QUOTE (smalls2598 @ May 5, 2010 -> 04:00 PM) Have you guys seen the 101.9 Erik and Kathy billboards that are all over I90 and I294? I've seen 3 different ones, and each one equally wants me to punch both of them in the face. I only see them when I visit the city, and I have no idea what they do, but yeah, I remember having that feeling.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 5, 2010 -> 10:23 AM) He was really bad there last year too. Maybe if he went back and played everyday at AAA it would be one thing, but what I have seen him do over there is ugly. But enough about Mark Teahen...

Ok, previous statement retracted.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 4, 2010 -> 09:54 PM) game.set.match. no momentum. "Momentum is the Royals bullpen." - Me, just now.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 4, 2010 -> 09:10 PM) No one ever expected him to. But when you make a judgment based on one month instead of 8 years, you tend to be wrong. I don't think even the biggest Pierre haters (myself included) thought he'd ht .200 forever.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 4, 2010 -> 09:06 PM) Usual sloppy D? You mean his 18.3 UZR150 this season, which makes him the 2nd best 2B in the AL right now (behind Beckham)?? While Teahen has an AMAZING -37.6 UZR/15 right now, which puts him as the 2nd worst in the majors? Small sample size. 1 month of UZR is like 10 days of hitting statistics.

Paulie!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 4, 2010 -> 08:41 PM) Seems to me the White Sox have room for both of them in the line up. Of course it would cost Pierre and Kotsay some ABs. Agreed, they aren't mutually exclusive.

Mark Teahen has a bad contact rate in the field.

Can we just make Q the DH already? That looked painful.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 4, 2010 -> 10:30 AM) Nix is not better defensively. Nix is a nightmare at 3B He's played 16 MLB games there. It's kind of early for that considering he shows some nice defensive tools.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 3, 2010 -> 02:42 PM) Moore would ask for Gordon Beckham and work down from there. Sometimes we really overvalue our own players and undervalue others. Beckham will most likely never be as good as A-Gon, but there is value in his team controlled years. Also, if Ryan Howard's getting 25 mil per year, A-Gon's worth 30. There's no way we'd be able to keep him long term.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 3, 2010 -> 02:36 PM) It's not out of the realm of possibility that a guy could improve at a position over time, especially 4-5 years time. And the Sox brass also believed that with the opportunity to focus on one position that he could improve there. Nothing earth shattering about that line of thinking. I'm not totally ruling it out, but he's 28, has been in the Majors for years now, and he's played a decent amount of games a 3rd. He doesn't show any great physical tools that suggest that his issues are rooted in lack of experience. He is what he is, a below average fielder who might be be a positive contributor at the plate.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ May 3, 2010 -> 02:08 PM) How about a package to pick up Alex Gordon AND Kila Ka'aihue? I think that would be sweet... I want to go to there.

Ugh. WCIU=MyMichiana=Analog over antenna=Glad the Hawks are on tonight. Do work JFP.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 2, 2010 -> 10:34 PM) And before this year he had never gotten a chance to settle in at one position. We've never seen him play ONLY third for a FULL year. Not everybody can move around all over the place and provide an above average glove. Teahen himself before the season said as much. In 2005 and 2006 he played only 3rd. That's 237 uninterrupted games. And as for saying so himself, what's he supposed to say, "No, I just suck, now can I have my contract extension?"

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 2, 2010 -> 05:12 PM) Yup. Teahen's UZR, +/- could look radically different a couple weeks from now. I like the new defensive metrics. But a lot of people have no idea how to utilize them. Agreed, but even when used properly, Teahen's UZR150 for his career is -12.8. That's over 384 games from 2005-now, enough time to make it clear that he's mediocre at 3B with the glove.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 2, 2010 -> 05:31 PM) But I love Lucy... Agreed, KW has some splainin' to do.

Nice play Kotsay.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 2, 2010 -> 01:17 PM) Every flyball that Andruw hits in this stadium I think is gone. Anything to right by anyone has a shot. The jet-stream is ridiculous.