beautox

i love when direct tv is searching for a signal on satellite.....

nice 1-2-3 for floyd

bacon makes everything taste better

fly out to rios, threat avoided

nix HR!

i don't care that he got it down, but wtf is aj still doing in the game where the f*** is dewayne wise, he should be running. and again with the bunting....

what horrible mannaging, having beckham your best hitter try and sac twice tonight, wtf.

jesus f***ing christ, horrid baserunning,

nice work alex congrats on your first of many hits with the white sox, still pissed about ozzie being asleep at the wheel.

f***ing ozzie, let him swing the f***ing bat!

beckham 1 pitch one out!

nice play by wilson, 4 pitch ab by pods

I'm not going to get worked up with ozzie hes trying to keep his clubhouse togeather right now with rios coming over, we all know he was brought here to play CF im not going to worry about; also is getz hurt? some numbers to consider for rios over the last week .429/.438/.857 1.295, post all star .274/.325/.479 .804 and lastly .346/.382/.615 .997 RISP 2 out

unrelated to the sox but the pirates just signed Zach Von Rosenberg as a sixth round pick for $1.2 million, i would love to see us offer goodwin that kind of money and bring him into our system.

Serious Question: If Carl Crawford could be had for Tyler Flowers Jordan Danks John Ely and Nevin Griffith, with a 48 hour window to negoiate an extension would you pull the trigger? Crawford is 28 and for the season he is putting up this line .313/.370/.462 .832 for his career .295/.334/.438 .772 over the past 3 years batting lead off .252/.323/.357 .680 batting in the #2 hole .311/.348/.470 .818 for comparisons sake Rios over the same span in the same spot in the line up Rios batting lead off .280/.336/.488 .824, Rios in the #2 hole .367/.393/.670 1.063 and for good measure batting third in the order .293/.351/.460 .811 Carl Crawford of 4 years/$15.25M (2005-08), plus 2009-10 club options * 4 years/$15.25M (2005-08), plus 2009-10 club options o signed extension 4/05, replacing 1 year/$0.37M deal for 2005 which included a $20,000 bonus for reaching 500 PAs o $0.5M signing bonus o 05:$0.5M, 06:$2.5M, 07:$4M, 08:$5.25M, 09:$8.25M club option ($2.5M buyout), 10:$10M club option ($1.25M buyout) o 2010 salary may increase to $11.5M with escalators o $5.75M deferred, without interest ($1.25M in 2006, $2M in 2007, $2.5M in 2008) o $3.25M of 2009 option deferred without interest (or entire $2.5M buyout deferred without interest) o $4M of 2010 option deferred without interest o 2010 option may increase up to additional $1.5M based on rank in MVP vote ($0.6M each for 1st-4th, $0.3M each for 5th-10th) o award bonus: $25,000 each for Gold Glove, Silver Slugger or LCS MVP; $50,000 each for WS MVP, Rookie of Year; $50,000 for All Star ($25,000 for selection); $0.1M for MVP ($50,000 for 2nd-4th in vote, $25,000 for 5th-10th) o assignment bonus: $0.8M if traded in 2005-06; $0.6M if traded 2007-08; $0.5M if traded 2009-10 o Tampa Bay exercised 2009 option 4/1/08 * 1 year/$0.32M (2004) * 1 year/$0.3M (2003) * agent: Brian Peters * ML service: 6.072 from Cots

finish him!

First thing i would do if i was KW in the offseason is the following. Buy out Dye and offer ARB, chances are he turns it down and goes for one more multi year deal before calling it a career and if not no Harm no Foul. Off ARB to Dotel, the market for relivers this year looks to be thin, if he accepts we keep depth in our bullpen and if not we get potential picks. Sign Jim Thome to a one year deal with a club option for '11 4m for each year with incentives to make it up to 12m with a 500 or 800k buy out If Dye Declines and Bobby Abreu hits the market offer him a two year deal similar to Thomes, If Dye declines and Abreu isn't available offer podsednik a 1 year deal as a stop gap for Danks/Mitchell. Keep AJ and Jenks unless you can get a good return on them. Ideal Line up. 2010 2011 2012 L Abreu LF/RF L Getz 2B L Getz OF R Rios CF R Rios CF R Rios OF R Beckham 3B R Beckham 3B R Beckham 3B R Quentin RF/LF R Quentin RF/LF R Quentin DH L Thome DH L Abreu DH L Danks OF R Konerko 1B R Flowers C R Flowers C L Pierzynski C R Viciedo 1B R Viciedo 1B R Ramirez SS R Ramirez SS R Ramirez SS L Getz 2B L Danks RF/LF L Mitchell OF SP Buehrle SP Peavy SP Floyd SP Danks SP Hudson CL Jenks SU Thornton SU Pena MR Linebrink MR Nunez/Torres LO ? LR Carrasco

horrible base running.....awful.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 10, 2009 -> 07:22 PM) Does this make Jor Danks trade bait this offseason? No, you don't want to piss off D1! and mitchell while awesome is still raw. D2 is going to have to work on his contact rate and come out of this nose dive hes been in. But now with rios in hand i see KW signing Scott to a one year deal as a stop gap to Danks. Our late 2010/2011 core is scary good, obviously not all will make it and some will bust; but in the words of KW we are here to Dream. DH - Thome (last year of his contract) C - Flowers 1B - Viciedo 2B - Getz SS - Ramirez 3B - Beckham LF - Quentin CF - Rios RF - Danks SP Buehrle SP Peavy SP Floyd SP Danks SP Hudson CL Jenks? SU Thornton SU Pena MR Linebrink MR Nunez LR Carasco sick!

I really hope that by tomorrow afternoon Rios is in our #2 spot putting up these #'s .367/.393 /.670 1.063(his three year splits in the two hole) and Beckham moving down to #3

If all it takes is CJ, than kudos to our scouting department. I would be willing to go CJ + Kyle for Rios

Because flowers is hitting a robust .300/.333/.450 .783 at AAA and .302/.426/.529 .956 across two levels. AJ is making $6.25M for next year in 2010. AJ should be able to bring us a couple of nice looking prospects and that 6.25 could be better spent when you have a cheap opition at catcher that is just about ML ready.

I wouldn't mind seeing AJ back on the south side next year; his contract is very manageable and he only has one year left, but you've got a very good looking catching prospect in flowers down at AAA waiting for his chance and AJ is having the second best year in his career directly behind '03 when he put up this line .312/.360/.464 .824 as a 26 year old, he is now 32 years old, if you can get good value for him you move him, simple as that.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 10, 2009 -> 01:46 PM) If Danks/Mitchell aren't ready I'd sign Pods for a 1 year deal. Even if they're ready I'd like to keep him in as the 4th OF/Pinch runner. Sorry i didn't make this clear, im thinking of the lineup of late 2010 and beyond. I don't think Dayan will be ready to start next year and even if he was the sox brass are going to let Konerko ride out next year all the while seeing what we have in Flowers/Viciedo/Danks/Morel the way flowers has hit in the minors this year along with another trip through the AFL i could see the sox moving AJ to a team like the rays or brewers who could be looking to bolster their catching position. I think the sox bring back Thome because we need a LH power bat, hes going to come at a cheaper price because hes limited to DHing and he wants to play close to home, and the sox would like to see him reach #600 in their uniform. I could see them bringing back Pods on a one year deal if figgins is out of reach, and just as a stop gap for Danks/Mitchell

I can only hope, the sox would be set moving forward for the next four years with our rotation and around the diamond and our bullpen looks to be slightly above average. If we need to move salary in the off season we've got Jenks and AJ both whom could bring back a few good looking prospects. our core going forward would be set DH - Thome C - Flowers 1B - Viciedo 2B - Getz SS - Ramirez 3B - Beckham LF - Quentin CF - Rios RF - Danks/Mitchell