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QUOTE(beautox @ Apr 20, 2007 -> 01:15 AM) If he starts getting regular playing time either at the mlb or milb level it will be. I agree, joe will have to put up a year similar to last to get 2 B level prospects, but hes entering his prime and even though he has started out cold i have faith in him. what are they going to rebuild with? their pitching is there but they have no positional players, and they're not going to rebuild after signing zito to that deal 7 years/$126M. they're two years away from rebuilding, itd be better for them to flounder in mediocrity and hope they can get the WC. C - Bengie Molina (07-09) 1B - Rich Aurilia (07-08) 2B - Ray Durham (07-08) SS - Omar Vizquel (05-07) 3B - Pedro Feliz (07) LF - Barry Bonds (07) CF - Dave Roberts (07-09) RF - Randy Winn (07-09) Well, I'd kind of forgotten about Zito, I'll admit that, but they would be much better off rebuilding come next year. There just seems to be an all-around lack of talent on that major league roster, and while I'm not informed on their system, it seems as though I've heard there's not much there. At the very least, for the Giants to remain even in mediocrity, they'll need to bring in a huge bat in LF to remain solid, and I just don't see them competing regardless of that. The DBacks are just ridiculously loaded for the next 4-5 years or so, the Dodgers look like they'll be contenders for atleast a couple years, the Padres have a ton of young pitching (partly because of that park), and the Rockies aren't a bad team by any means either. I just hope KW wises up and sends Anderson to AAA so he can salvage some of his value. Atleast see if he can still hit or not; rotting on the bench will do him no good. I would have not cared in the least if Anderson were on the MLB roster if he were getting 2-3 starts a week, but 1 start a week isn't gonna cut it.

QUOTE(beautox @ Apr 20, 2007 -> 12:33 AM) on a side note, i see Joe getting moved to the NL(giants/phillies) in my eyes Joe Crede's value is 2 b level 'specs. from the phillies the following come to mind. MI Adrian Cardenas RHP Kyle Drabek From the Giants 2B Kevin Frandsen LHP Jonathan Sanchez great stuff but hes been sent to the giants pen, hes also had some health issues. They've already got Zito, Cain, Morris, Ortiz and soon enough Lincecum. As for Anderson, i could see the braves as a good fit for him. from the braves side i think we would have to send a little bit of pitching along with Brian to get Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Jones is a FA after this season, and they have on one ready to step in with a glove. i still think brian becomes a decent hitter 270/280 with 30HR. Saltalamacchia is a switch hitting catcher, and he has .300avg 30HR potential and a solid glove behind the plate. I'd make love to both trades. However, I'm not sure Anderson's value is high enough to get a prospect of Saltalamacchia's value. And Crede will have to turn it around and repeat his performance last year to even get two B prospects. Also, if this is Bonds' last year with the Giants, they'll rebuild, that I have to imagine. Without Bonds, I don't think that team is close to competitive.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Apr 19, 2007 -> 10:53 PM) What out of 2 out of 6 did you not understand? Those .367 and .369 are the only ones in the past 6 years. Nixon cost 3 million and will be hurt soon, as he always is every season. Nice try though. So you're twisting stats? K Regardless, I'll take his .349 in 2001 and .342 in 2004 too. Erstad costs $1 mill, and will be hurt soon, as he always is every season. Atleast Nixon produces. Nice try though

QUOTE(rangercal @ Apr 19, 2007 -> 08:25 PM) It's April. Give it a break. How many people wanted JD gone in April of 2005? I've been tired of Erstad to Dye comparisons since February. JD had actually been a good player consistently before coming to the Sox - he'd had an .800 OPS season the year before, and had been good in 5 of the previous 6 years. Completely opposite that of Dye, Erstad has been far below average in 5 of the last 6 years, he's been banged up, and his best year - 2004 - was worse than those 5 years that Dye was good in. On top of that, the lowest Dye's average ever touched was .164 - horrid, of course, because there's no argument. However, he was atleast hitting for a shred of power during that time period, and he wasn't leading off, getting the most at-bats on the team. Erstad is. Erstad never should have been signed in the first place.

and they wouldn't even give him up for Buehrle. Good riddance. per rotoworld

QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Apr 19, 2007 -> 12:23 PM) Logic + Ozzie = 2005 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS Does that compute?? no Logic + KW = 2005 World Series Champions That makes a little more sense. I wouldn't have won a World Championship as the manager, but that's because I wouldn't have the respect of the players, even if I were aged 20 years. Ozzie does because he's been around the game for 20 years. That doesn't make him smart or a good or logical manager at all. It merely makes him a respected manager. I'd question the level of respect any young player coming up from within the organization has for Ozzie Guillen right now. That's a problem for a team that's in a retooling phase.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Apr 19, 2007 -> 05:46 PM) They are better? How so? Dellucci has an on-base percentage of .350 or better twice in the last 6 years. His career batting average is .262. He had one season where he hit 29 home runs, but hasn't ever come close to that before. You are overvaluing him I believe. Nixon is always hurt and can't hit lefthanders. How exactly are they better? Maybe the grass is always greener for you. He's also had an OBP of .367 and .369 in his past two seasons. Or do you just not count those? His OBP over his past 1206 PAs is .359. How do you disqualify that? How about an .853 OPS over the same time period? He's good, and about 150 to 200 points of OPS better than Podsednik. Even playing solely against RHP, he'd be an amazing LFer for the White Sox. Nixon cost $1 mill and is putting up a .292/.370/.417/.787 line thus far. Guess what other OFer cost $1 mill? He's hitting .156, if that helps you figure it out.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Apr 19, 2007 -> 05:44 PM) Now wait, you mean you can hit against Joe Borowski. I thought he was Paplebon, and Cy Young wrapped up into one superbeing. softball curveball is unhittable

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Apr 19, 2007 -> 04:47 PM) Since when is Iguchi speedy or high OBP? I don't get it. Plus, I read the whole thing, and you never mentioned who you wanted. Nixon and Delluci is better than what we have now or are they the same? You would pay more for the same thing we already have? Please give some better ideas than that and don't just say someone did a horrible job but then have no solution or other option. The only way he did a horrible job is if he had another better option and didn't get it done, which I can't see. You know, at some point, it does become about the numbers, and you clearly aren't looking at them at all. Nixon and Dellucci are the same thing as the Sox already have? No, you're being ignorant.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Apr 19, 2007 -> 04:59 PM) Unreal. What has Erstad done to deserve another shot at leading off? mimic Timo Perez

The Sox should just abduct Grady Sizemore so we can end this entire thing. Kick both Anderson and Erstad to the curb.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Apr 19, 2007 -> 12:12 PM) Hey, Brian, less time talking, more time being a good baseball player. You are an automatic out. Shut your mouth. At least it sounds like Anderson is coming to grips with the fact that he, himself, has put himself in this position, nobody else--something the Soxtalk community can not seem to grasp. How do you know? He's had 9 plate appearances this year. It's hard to tell anything by 9 plate appearances. On the other hand, Darin Erstad's had the worst 50 plate appearances I've seen since Brian Anderson, who was a rookie as opposed to a 12 year vet.

QUOTE(JERMAINEDYE4MVP @ Apr 19, 2007 -> 01:42 AM) PLEASE DON'T MOVE THIS THREAD. THIS IS IN APPRECIATION OF BUERHLES SUPERB OUTING TONIGHT THAT ROCKED THE SPORTS WORLD! THESE ARE THE FRONT PAGES OF EVERY LEADING SPORTS WEBSITES: I hate to be that guy, and I hate to ruin the moment, but, um, no. First of all, they're not going to talk about the NHL or NBA on MLB.com. I mean...duh? Secondly, check those final four. Clicking MLB brings you to the MLB home page of each of those sites. Very cool to see nonetheless though.

It's s***ty. I have Paint. I think it's beautiful.

what's sad right now is that at this point in each of their respective seasons as the White Sox starting CFers is that Darin Erstad currently is outperforming where Brian Anderson was at during this time of the year (follow)? Through 13 games Brian Anderson - 2006 .146/.234/.195/.429 Darin Erstad - 2007 .156/.220/.222/.442 However, Erstad better watch out. Anderson went 2 for 4 the next game and hit a homer, raising his OPS 115 points.

QUOTE(Felix @ Apr 18, 2007 -> 11:26 PM) Great job by Mark tonight, its great to see him back in pre-06 form ahem, pre-July 2006.

This copyrighted telecast is...by the Chicago White Sox and Major League Baseball and may not be redistruted without express written consent and a bunch of other garble-dee-gook. yeeeea uh

QUOTE(zenryan @ Apr 18, 2007 -> 10:05 PM) ^^I think it was orange t-shirt giveaway night dress like an orange chair night is more like it. and 150,000 were at the game, duh

would it be possible for someone to, like, record the game for me?

Darin Erstad - .156 average. I'll find something negative even if someone throws a no-no. quite frankly though I don't give a s***, hats off (on? VT) to MB, I kinda can't be pissed at anyone right now. Buehrle is a god among men right now.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Apr 18, 2007 -> 08:55 PM) Smallball

simply amazing...speechless

Need hats for bats. Keep bats warm.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Apr 18, 2007 -> 04:04 PM) I know it is early but I think the AL Central is not going to look as good as the "experts" believed. 88 wins may win it as the beat up on each other. I don't buy it at all. Every AL team has 18 games against the NL, and the AL Central has barely played any teams in the West and East. The AL East has 2, maybe 3 very good teams in it, and the AL West has Anaheim and that's about it (and I think Anaheim is a 3rd-4th place team in the AL Central; such very little power, and they've NEVER shown the willingness to acquire a big bat either in the offseason or at the trade deadline). The AL Central will beat up on itself a little bit, but they'll have plenty of teams they'll be able to pad that win total against throughout the rest of the year. Figure all 4 teams in the AL Central getting around 40 wins (I figured 12 against KC, and then 9, 10, and 9 against the other 3) within the division, and then figure they have another 86 or so to get to 90; it's 14 games over .500, which is a .581 winning percentage, which is very achievable. If you figure that scenario is very possible, I could easily see the AL Central being a power house division. It's entirely possible that 90 wins finishes 3rd again.