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QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Mar 27, 2007 -> 09:17 PM) Im feeling wins in the 70's for this team with how we are now. The difference in production between Molina and Widger/Alomar just cost us 20 games, apparently. QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Mar 27, 2007 -> 09:32 PM) the problem is they may be required to score even more runs than last season. If you assume that is the case, that overall the pitching will be worse than their 2006 4.61 ERA, then nothing the offense does matters anyway. A team with pitching that poor won't go to the playoffs.

QUOTE(hitlesswonder @ Mar 27, 2007 -> 09:25 AM) Erstad's stats from 2001 are clustered much closer together than his 2000 .900 OPS year. I think it's safe to ignore a career year from 7 years ago in predicting his performance for 2007. Erstad from 2001 through 2006 hit .270 with a .323 OBP and .693 OPS, with about 13 SBs a season. Iguchi so far in the AL has hit .280 with a .347 OBP and .780 OPS with 13 SBs a season. One hundred points of OPS is a big difference, and Iguchi will have a higher OBP this year than Erstad IMO. I think having Erstad hit #2 is bad decision. Precisely. Thank you hitlesswonder.

It's a shame if we lost him for the season, but the marginal effect on the team is rather insignificant. Bad case scenario- we end up with around 20 fewer total bases for the entire season than we would have had with Hall. And that's if we don't go out and pick up a catcher.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Mar 26, 2007 -> 09:10 PM) I love to make horrible comparisons, so I'll make another - Chase Utley didn't start until his 3rd year in the league. or How about, Aaron Rowand, who even got sent back to AAA, and wasn't a full timer till his 4th year at age 26.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Mar 26, 2007 -> 09:30 AM) If Hall does start a game at 1B that means both of your catchers are playing in the game at the same time, something no manager likes to do Why is that? In case a huge fireball hits the field (but not the dugout)?

Which would cost more? Which would produce more on the field? ARod Fields Sweeney or Crede Uribe Dye

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Mar 23, 2007 -> 12:10 PM) Lefty One Out GuY Nice, thanks. I would have guessed Lefty (something) Out Getter.

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Mar 23, 2007 -> 11:59 AM) Logan is a LOOGY On a sidenote. I know that a LOOGY is a lefty reliever who's main role is to get left-handed hitters out, but I have never heard what exactly L.O.O.G. (and maybe 'y') stand for. Someone enlighten me if you can

Would you have preferred Garcia for Gio and Floyd, or Garcia for Gio and Lieber?

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 20, 2007 -> 09:46 AM) He still has a shot. To wit... Why would the starter be pushing a guy in AAA? The answer is he wouldn't. It seems clear from the quote that Ozzie still thinks BA has a shot. Erstad isn't a given just yet. Also... He is referring to Erstad as security. If Oz is stupid and puts Erstad as the starting CF, then I'll be just as upset as you are right now. But that article actually reaffirms my belief that Ozzie is being Ozzie - he thinks BA has an attitude, and he's giving him the 3rd degree by saying Erstad is solid out there. I think some people might be surprised come April 1st or so. ETA: Check out the quote at the end of the article... Combine that with him saying Anderson won't be a backup, and I think its pretty clear Anderson is still in the picture for starting in CF. Yes, my hope is still that this talk is all an elaborate campaign to push Anderson to work his butt off. or Despite being a stupid move by the Sox, Erstad actually a really good year. or When Erstad is no good, Anderson takes over

QUOTE(Damen @ Mar 19, 2007 -> 07:08 PM) That would be the frontrunner for NL Rookie of the Year, projected as a 282avg/538slg/ 20HR/20SB Chris Young. But hey, we lost a much needed reliever (for last year anyways), but got back Vazquez in return. That trade will go down as the worst Williams ever makes. If he slugs .538, I'll eat a catcher's mitt. He hasn't had a batting average as high as .282 since rookie ball. ESPN projects his batting average at .248

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Mar 17, 2007 -> 06:38 PM) And it saddens me a bit, that we didn't sign a lefty reliever in the off-season, although there weren't many good ones available this off-season. Sisco

QUOTE(bmags @ Mar 16, 2007 -> 03:32 PM) i can't find video anywhere...darn it. go onto the White Sox homepage, look in Multimedia, Top Plays Archive

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Mar 16, 2007 -> 10:43 AM) I still think that grab on Hafner was the Sox' defensive play of the year. It extended the game another inning so Dye could win it on a single up the middle and it was such a huge momentum shifter for Brian, he ended up homering the next day and going on a nice run offensively after that catch. And get this one after he ran from right center all the way over to left center he finished the play off by - wait for it - crashing into the wall. Since he had so much momentum going in that direction he couldn't keep himself from hitting the wall, I thought that was pretty grinderish but hell I don't even know what the word means anymore. Do you know roughly when in the season that game was. I'd like to see that clip. Also, 'grinderish' means: "of or pertaining to lame slogans a marketing department s***s out" "Sox Fever: These young grinder kids and medium-aged veterans wear black and can play!"

QUOTE(Y2HH @ Mar 14, 2007 -> 08:25 AM) I love how everyone just assumes Erstad is going to get hurt again. Didn't everyone in baseball just assume Dye would keep getting hurt, too?! agreed. and Frank Thomas isn't going to hit in '06 cause he can't play.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Mar 13, 2007 -> 01:58 PM) The White Sox organization is FAR from perfect when it comes to personnel moves and all this Rowand talk only makes them look worse. They put all they're eggs in the basket of a 23 year old AAA OF[Anderson], trading away a guy who some people for whatever reason seem to think is a pretty good player in Aaron Rowand and a potential 30/30 guy/top 12 prospect in all of baseball in Chris Young for a league average pitcher [Vazquez]just to clear the way for the 23 year old. And now they're apparently scrambling trying to find a replacement for this failed major leaguer. You forgot to mention that we got Thome in one of these 2 trades you referenced.

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Mar 10, 2007 -> 11:20 AM) Not in a game, but I would imagine that he has taken some fly balls. His bat is ready Anderson's bat was "ready" too as evidenced by his 2005 AAA season. 2006 spring training too.

QUOTE(Hideaway Lights @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 03:00 PM) The huge part of the risk is that the guy has great peripherals but has not gotten the job f***ing done for an entire season in the AL, and that he's coming off of a season with a ton of ups and downs. You know who hasn't gotten anything done for any season ever? Guys who are getting $11 million per for 5 years. A league average starter with no injury history who's pretty much a lock to pitch 200 innings is easily getting a hell of a lot more than $34.5 over 3 years on the free agent market, and Vazquez has the potential (has done it in the past) and the stuff to be a lot better than average. We locked him up now after a not-so-hot year which I bet will be his worst year with the Sox.

QUOTE(knightni @ Feb 28, 2007 -> 07:17 PM) What does Ichiro have to do with the White Sox? How about Honey Nut Iguchis.

QUOTE(hitlesswonder @ Feb 28, 2007 -> 07:50 PM) They picked the Sox for third last year...and were right. And they also picked the Twins to win the division...and were right. So, I'm not going to accuse anyone of smoking anything. I'll just go get ready for Garza pitching like Liriano. Bastards. I'll bet they didn't pick Detroit for second and 95 wins and they didn't pick Cleveland for 4th with 78 wins, though.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2007 @ Feb 25, 2007 -> 02:14 PM) Either I'm really hung over, or this post makes no sense. 31st place in the AL? What the hell does that mean? 33rd place? Last I checked there were 30 teams total. Pods was bad last year. Make no mistake about it. But he was great in 2005. To say he's overrated, save for the biggest HR in White Sox history, is to be blind and ignorant. Edit: I realize now you meant out of individual players. The rest of the post still stands. And our offense was flat mediocre in 2005. Dye and Konerko were terrible the first two months. Rowand was nowhere near the hitter he was in 2004. Oh, yeah, we had Carl Everett hitting third. So I wouldn't blame Pods for the amount of runs he scored. He was consistent enough (save August when he was clearly hurting), and got on base at a good enough clip that he should've scored 100+ runs. He scored only 80 runs because missed 33 games. Remember. Only 1 guy in the AL had fewer plate appearances and scored more runs than Pods. David Dellucci. He hit 29 home runs and played for Texas, the #3 offense in baseball, while the Sox were the #13 offense in baseball.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Feb 23, 2007 -> 01:23 PM) Brandon will be better than Vaz this year, actually, I don't think it'll even be that close. Vaz will be better than McCarthy this year, actually, and I don't think it'll even be that close.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Feb 21, 2007 -> 08:54 PM) It's basically the first 3 years of a players career before he becomes arbitration eligible so he is under complete team control and makes right around league minimum. I'm not entirely sure what to call this period of time and 'auto' seemed the most appropriate. Indentured servitude

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Feb 22, 2007 -> 12:36 PM) My only problem with Dye is that he's clearly losing a step out in RF. BUT, all of our problems would be solved if, say, we move him to LF in 2008 and sign a leadoff type hitter for RF. I wonder who that could be, though... Sweeney.

QUOTE(WHITESOXRANDY @ Feb 20, 2007 -> 12:24 PM) Yes. All of the other circumstances are exactly the same as 2005. No, they're not all the same. We have a much better offense now.