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QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 10:05 AM) I'm guessing Poreda called up, Richard back to the pen as the long reliever/spot starter. Colon is released. Leaving the rotation the rest of the year: Buerhle, Floyd, Danks, Contreras, Poreda Isn't that what most of us predicted to start the year back in the winter? Look at Poredas #'s this year: Poreda 2009 stats He is more than ready to go. . AA vs the major leagues. Its no lock he's "ready to go". He has had control issues. In the big leagues that tends to bite you. I don't think they would put him in the rotation.

QUOTE (watchtower41 @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 10:04 AM) God, I can't stand Cowley. What a clowndick. Someone better call Joe and tell him Poreda is confirming he's being called up on the radio. He is a hack.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 10:03 AM) apparently 3-4 of them were advanced scouts, but included in the mix were the Phillies and Cubs per Bruce Levine. The Cubs and Sox play in a week so I don't know if there's a trade to be made there. Phillies are interesting. I wonder if Dotel is someone being dangled. Thornton has been lights out. Maybe give him the 7th or 8th even with Linebrink getting the other, and have Poreda come in depending on match-ups.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 09:55 AM) . And honestly, I value Getz over Fields because at least Getz can play subpar defense I've never been a fan of Fields, but give him a little credit. He definitely can play subpar defense.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 09:44 AM) If you were able to get the best deal for him out of any of their players though talent wise in return, I'm sure they would at least consider it. And who knows, maybe if they keep playing as they have been, Haren might ask for a move. You would have to overpay for one of the best pitchers in baseball, and since it would be cost cutting you couldn't give them any money back. That means cleaning out the farm system. Probably at least your top 4 prospects, maybe more, and then it probably wouldn't get done. He's not available. Just because you are out of it doesn't mean you trade all your huge building blocks for prospects. You will never win that way. They traded a bunch to get Haren and signed him long-term, they will build around him, not trade him for some question marks.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 09:37 AM) Because? Arizona isn't exactly setting the world on fire at the moment. They're last in the AL West and with the Dodgers playing well they don't have much of a chance to contend this season. Josh Byrnes could decide to reload, and they've got quite a few early picks in this season's draft IIRC. Not saying it's going to happen, but you just can't rule it out and say it's definitely not. Look at Haren's contract. Its very reasonable and he's an ace. You don't "reload" by trading your reasonably signed young ace.

The White Sox could be trading a reliever. Everyone needs them and teams will overpay. Hawk and Stone were talking about it the other day saying teams would have to pay double to get a good reliever. Maybe they were hinting at something.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 09:24 AM) Interesting timing to say the least. I'd expect something to happen with Colon or even Clayton Richard if we're talking about acquiring a Dan Haren type of pitcher here. Chris Young has an OPS of .547 right now also. You'd certainly be buying low on him that's for sure. There is no way the Sox get Dan Haren. Let's just put that one to rest.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 08:54 AM) Frank will break the record for saying "most definitely" more times in an hour than anyone has ever done before. Good for Frank though, and nice to see him moving on with his life. Will the number come close the the "and so forth and so on" that Bo Jackson likes to add to every other sentence?

What's funny is since Beckham has been recalled, Fields has DH'd a couple of times, taking playing time away from Jim Thome, also a guy who has raised his average recently and hit some over the wall. Not a peep out of Thome, a guy who at 38 is probably better than Fields will ever be. Maybe Josh should try to learn from some excellent examples the Sox have standing around. If he has questions that's fine. Airing them through the media is wrong. I wonder what is going on in Ozzie's mind. Fields talks to him but apparently doesn't like the answer so he's going to KW. I don't see this rubbing Ozzie anything but the wrong way. He's pretty sensitive to anything that can remotely be considered a slight.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 08:03 AM) I don't see any issue with anything Josh said. He's right. He was bad, but had improved noticeably, then got replaced while he was improving. The promotion of Beckham was done at the wrong time, for both Josh/Gordon AND for the team, I agree with Josh on that. I honestly think people's vitriol on here, about him being a mental midget (which looks to me to be far from the truth), and all that ridiculousness, is mostly due to his error yesterday potentially costing the game. Fields' fielding has indeed been a disappointment, no one could say otherwise. But the presence of Beckham on the team will only make Beckham, Fields and Getz WORSE in the short run. Now that he's here, I hope KW has the sense to make another move to let 2 of those 3 guys know who really has a starting job. Otherwise, this little experiment will continue to be a disaster. Poor defenders with 3 homers and 60 strikeouts hitting .238 really shouldn't be saying anything about playing time. He's still getting it. He wouldn't on most teams.

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 03:28 AM) "Aaron Poreda This is the biggest day of my life... I'm goin to Chicago, the big leagues, and I ain't never goin back!!!!!" For Whom, what exactly is going on? The Score is reporting this now, no doubt getting the info from your fine work. You should ask them for a stipend. I will not ask what you were doing on Poreda's Facebook page at 3 in the morning.

I think its for Gobble, unless they were just so disgusted by Colon's last outing they dump him. Poreda isn't going to start IMO, and Thornton is starting to make a lot of appearances. I think he becomes Matt Thornton Jr.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 8, 2009 -> 09:25 PM) SIGH On tigertalk.com they are b****ing about the Tigers offense calling for the head of their hitting coach and referring to Jose as Cy Contreras.

Contreras is cruising.

Thome now has 30 more homers than Frank Thomas and his OPS is only .010 lower than the Big Hurt's. There is no question he's a HOFer.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jun 8, 2009 -> 07:39 PM) We're gonna clone 9 Albert Pujols and sign them right away? Pujols is 1 for his last 14. Maybe Beckham is just imitating him.

QUOTE (ChiSox420* @ Jun 8, 2009 -> 07:39 PM) That's were the cloning machine KW is working on comes into play According to KW, Fields is a future All Star. Maybe he meant in a beer league.

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ Jun 8, 2009 -> 07:36 PM) No way Wise woulda had that. Not even close. If he made the catch he probably would have separated his shoulder thus depriving Ozzie of an automatic out in his line-up for another 2 months.

QUOTE (Baines3 @ Jun 8, 2009 -> 07:15 PM) Is KW trying to turn back the clock to 2005 or something? Most teams would try and make a trade for a pitcher. He tried. Peavy said no.

Somebody tell Hawk its a 5 game series, the rookie ump was going to be behind the plate 1 game regardless.

It used to be you actually had to accomplish something to question losing your job. Josh is still getting AB. A lot more than he would on most teams. Either learn to layoff balls you cannot hit or find something else to do.

Its sunny on the northside.

I thought Ozzie said he wasn't going to waste his time ripping the team yesterday. Things are getting desperate at 35th and Bill Veeck drive.

QUOTE (chisox2334 @ Jun 8, 2009 -> 06:07 PM) Even after a sit-down meeting with manager Ozzie Guillen, third baseman Josh Fields still wants answers from the White Sox organization — not only answers about his future, but also about what he felt was bad timing by the club in calling up highly touted prospect Gordon Beckham to play at his position. Fields called the situation ‘‘awkward.’’ » Click to enlarge image White Sox third baseman Josh Field still wants answers from the organization about his future. (Chris Sweda/Sun-Times) RELATED STORIES Guillen sounds off after Tigers beat White Sox, 5-4 ‘‘As a player you go through a thing where you kind of have people that have confidence in you — your front office and your manager having confidence in you — and I really don’t know this situation,’’ said Fields, who entered Monday hitting .242 with three home runs and 21 RBI. ‘‘It’s been weird. Ozzie sat me down the other day and tried to go through it a little bit, but it’s kind of hard to swallow. If I was still at .212 like I was for a while, it would be easier, but pulling my average up and the team getting into second place, it just kind of came surprising, I guess. “I asked [Guillen] a couple of questions, but I have more questions for [general manager] Kenny [Williams] and I haven’t been able to actually sit down and talk to him. I know the draft is coming up and stuff, but we’ll get to sit down here before long and we’ll get to ask all of the questions that I need to.’’ Asked if he was frustrated about the timing of the Beckham call-up, Fields responded, “I think so.’’ ‘‘Obviously, they have their reasons,’’ Fields said. ‘‘I’m just an employee, so I don’t make decisions. But you can always look at things and say ‘Why this, why that?’ We’re struggling now and I think everyone knows that, that’s the truth. As a team and individually, we were really struggling, but to then come back to within [3œ] games ... I mean, I would kind of consider this a big change, not just a small tweak. To be doing pretty well as a team at that time and then to make a big change, it’s still kind of a question that I’ll have to ask.’’ Fields isn’t even sure he will like the answer, but at least he’ll have one that eases his mind. All he is hoping for is that something gives. Whether that means him being traded or some other piece of the team being moved, that remained unclear for Fields, 26, who was in the starting lineup for the first game of Monday’s doubleheader vs. Detroit. ‘‘Right now it’s kind of sit and see how it plays out,’’ Fields said. ‘‘I’ve been getting in there and playing some third, I played the DH the other day, so it’s not like I’ve sat a whole bunch of games, Ozzie is still playing me. But it’s kind of an awkward situation for everyone. Not only myself, but teammates as well. You don’t want that to happen. ‘‘I think something will happen pretty soon, whether it’s something like them getting rid of me or something like that for someone else that can possibly help the team. You never know. I don’t think it will stay awkward for too much longer. They’ve won too long and know how to win, and they’ll figure something out.’’ Poor "I'm not hitting .212 anymore, I'm hitting .238 thank you with 3 long ones, and some day I may learn how to play defense" josh. Get him the hell out of town.