southsider2k5

I love the Abreu comp's.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 08:43 AM) Nice trade Dave, that wasn't an overreaction at all. Can't wait for him to go 3-4 with a run saving catch. And 6 SBs

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 11:16 PM) Can't score in the fourth quarter, but can't use Boozer for scoring because that's against the "Boozer can't play in fourth quarter" rule Mostly because Boozer is a horrible defender and gives back anything he can score, and then some.

Defensively his footwork and his ability to dig a ball out of the dirt have been really bad, but they have seemed to have already gotten better. Offensively I am not going to complain at all. He seems to occasionally expand his zone, probably because of his ability to hit balls out of the zone really hard still. Abreu already strikes me as a guy that is going to be extremely streaky, where he goes nuts for a couple of weeks or a month, and then won't be able to hit a BP fastball for another stretch. I guess we will see. All in all, I am very happy with what I have seen. He has flashed superstar potential, which is what I was hoping to see.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 10:27 PM) Ya he's so young. Where's he at? I am guessing extended spring training, but I haven't heard anything for sure.

This team is going to struggle down the stretch with no go to scorer in the playoffs. They are going to have to build leads and hold on for deal life.

Mike DONTLEAVEMEOPEN

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 07:45 PM) Well to be fair, he is cuban. Well done.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 07:29 PM) I hope you're right about Abreu SS2K. Quitting on the guy already? That has to be a new record.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 05:36 PM) Because Soxtalk is full of BIBEEP's (b****ing Internet Baseball Experts Expecting Perfection) QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 05:38 PM) or BABIP 's (b****ing Analytical Baseball Internet Purists ) . Take your pick. Bravo to both.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 05:32 PM) fixed That was so completely obvious to anyone but some quality trolling work.

Much better second quarter.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 03:04 PM) I do not care If he cares or not, fan base getting smaller year after year somebody in Sox organization better start caring what ALL fans think. The day the manager starts worrying about what any fans thinks is the day he needs to retire.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 02:59 PM) He's still striking out at about the same rate as last year so far. To be a major leaguer while doing that he's going to have to start killing some balls. The change in his approach this year is very obvious looking at his ABs this year.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 02:58 PM) Lame ass Ventura will not tell it like it is. Why would Ventura care what you think?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 02:51 PM) What would be really nice for Flowers is to see a few more balls banging off the fences/leaving the park right now. I'm happy with the guy looking like a major leaguer behind the plate. The rest is gravy.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 02:49 PM) Can't recall last time a Sox starter had such poor command of his fastball Uh, Paulino? Cleto?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 01:45 PM) 3 games for Seabrook. I don't agree with it but that's probably the amount of time Backes is out so it makes sense. I'm not really happy about it. To me it looked like the hit was made much worse by A/ Backes ducking and leaning back at the last second to try to avoid the hit, and B/ Seabrook turning to avoid driving through him. But you knew this was coming after the way everyone freaked out about the hit, and that Backes is probably out for a while.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 12:09 PM) If the Sox are successful in the least, signing a guy like Santana will cost a first round pick. It is funny how Jimenez's start is mentioned a lot, but no one mentions Santana. If your goal is not to have the best pitching staff, just some run of the mill 4th or 5th starter, there is a lot on that list to at least have some interest. If your goal is World Series, the guys on that list that you really would be interested in are going to cost close to 9 figures, if not 9 figures. Kind of like you only mentioning failures on the Sox?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 10:26 AM) Then why did you comment to me when I was pointing out basically the same point? [agreeing with your point]

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 10:59 AM) "Not much left" = Ervin Santana Brett Anderson * Josh Beckett Chad Billingsley * A.J. Burnett * Chris Capuano Bruce Chen * Wei-Yin Chen * Kevin Correia Johnny Cueto * Jorge De La Rosa Ryan Dempster Scott Feldman Gavin Floyd Yovani Gallardo * Jason Hammel J.A. Happ * Aaron Harang Dan Haren * Roberto Hernandez Luke Hochevar Hisashi Iwakuma Josh Johnson Kyle Kendrick Hiroki Kuroda John Lannan Colby Lewis Jon Lester Paul Maholm Justin Masterson Brandon McCarthy Brandon Morrow * Jeff Niemann Ross Ohlendorf Felipe Paulino * Jake Peavy Wandy Rodriguez Carlos Villanueva Ryan Vogelsong Edinson Volquez Jerome Williams Multiple guys on that list who could easily fill a back of the rotation slot as reliably as the guys you wanted to spend money on last year. Oh look, it is a list of the exact same crap we passed on this year.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 10:20 AM) I do not give one damn about what Astros fans think. This is not some $500 fantasy league where picking Paulino in the 30th round might be considered "a good risk." It was an awful decision from the start. Actually that happens in MLB all of the time. The Scott Feldmans and Esteban Loiaza's of the world get picked up off of the heap in an effort to find value.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 10:02 AM) Wait, so you agree with Marty that after signing him the White Sox were ready to field a competitive team this year? Not for a second. The contract made sense because it was a six year deal, and not a 1/2/3 year deal.

QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Apr 19, 2014 -> 11:01 PM) I read nothing, but I'd say that the odds are not good. I'm not surprised.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 19, 2014 -> 09:01 PM) Abreu was 1 for his last 25 coming into today. Clearly he needed no time for adjustment and was ready to carry a team to the playoffs from day 1. And he is clearly only signed to a one year deal, and not a six.