JohnCangelosi

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Dec 11, 2009 -> 04:27 PM) Like Toby Hall? Precisely :-) Did we just jinx it?

Is anyone else worried that we all agree on this signing? Makes me a bit nervous :-P

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Nov 23, 2009 -> 06:31 PM) Here's a list of most of the bad contracts in baseball. I left off bad deals that teams obviously aren't going to want to trade, like Torii Hunter, Jeter, etc. as well as bad deals where the trading team has already eaten a large portion of salary, making the deal no longer a bad one (like Lugo for example). Of what is here, is there anything that makes sense for the Sox with Linebrink and Paulie? Is there anything that makes sense for another team? Some of these deals are better than others, but feel free to mix and match because they all suck. C: Jorge Posada 10:$13.1M, 11:$13.1M Chris Snyder 10:$4.75M, 11:$5.75M, 12:$6.75M club option ($0.75M buyout) 1B/DH: Travis Hafner 10:$11.5M, 11:$13M, 12:$13M, 13:$13M club option ($2.75M buyout) Todd Helton 10:$16.6M/year, 11:$19.1M, 12:$23M club option ($4.6M buyout) Paul Konerko 10: $12M Mike Lowell 10:$12M David Ortiz 10:$12.5M, 11:$12.5M club option (no buyout) Lyle Overbay 10:$7M 2B/SS: Luis Castillo 10:$6M, 11:$6M Mark Ellis 10:$5.5M, 11:$6M club option ($0.5M buyout) Christian Guzman 10:$8M Edgar Renteria 10:$9M, 11:$10.5M club option ($0.5M buyout) 3B: Eric Chavez 10:$12M, 11:$12.5M club option ($3M buyout) Brandon Inge 10:$6.6M Michael Young 10-13:$16M annually (total of $15M deferred) OF: Milton Bradley 10:$9M, 11:$12M Pat Burrell 10:$9M Eric Byrnes 10:$11M JD Drew 10:$14M, 11:$14M Kosuke Fukudome 10:$12.5M, 11:$13.5M, 12:$14M player option Carlos Guillen 10:$13M, 11:$13M Jose Guillen 10:$12M Carlos Lee 10:$18.5M, 11:$18.5M, 12:$18.5M Gary Matthews Jr 10:$11M, 11:$12M Magglio Ordonez 10:$18M club option ($3M buyout), 11:$15M club option (no buyout) Juan Pierre 10:$10M, 11:$8.5M Manny Ramirez 10:$20M (voidable) Aaron Rowand 10:$12M, 11:$12M, 12:$12M Alfonso Soriano 10-14:$18M annually Nick Swisher 10:$6.75M, 11:$9M, 12:$10.25M club option ($1M buyout) Willy Taveras 10:$4M Vernon Wells 10:$12.5M, 11:$23M, 12:$21M, 13:$21M, 14:$21M Chris Young 10:$3.25M, 11:$5M, 12:$7M, 13:$8.5M, 14:$11M club option ($1.5M buyout) SP: Bronson Arroyo 10:$11M, 11:$11M club option ($2M buyout) Jeremy Bonderman 10:$12.5M Aaron Cook 10:$9M, 11:$9.25M, 12:$11M mutual option ($0.5M buyout) Ryan Dempster 10:$12.5M, 11:$13.5M, 12:$14M player option Aaron Harang 10:$12.5M, 11:$12.75M ($2M buyout) Kyle Lohse 10:$8.875M, 11:$11.875M, 12:$11.875M Derek Lowe 10:$15M, 11:$15M, 12:$15M Kevin Millwood 10:$12M Jamie Moyer 10:$6.5M Oliver Perez 10:$12M, 11:$12M Nate Robertson 10:$10M Ervin Santana 10:$6M, 11:$8M, 12:$11.2M, 13:$13M club option ($1M buyout) Carlos Silva 10:$11.5M, 11:$11.5M, 12:$12M mutual option ($2M buyout) Jeff Suppan 10:$12.5M, 11:$12.75M club option ($2M buyout) Jake Westbrook 10:$11M Dontrelle Willis 10:$12M Carlos Zambrano 10:$17.875M, 11:$17.875M, 12:$18M, 13:$19.25M vesting player option Barry Zito 10:$18.5M, 11:$18.5M, 12:$19M, 13:$20M, 14:$18M club option ($7M buyout) RP: Francisco Cordero 10:$12M, 11:$12M, 12:$12M club option ($1M buyout) Kyle Farnsworth 10:$4.5M, 11:$5.25M club option ($0.5M buyout) Brad Lidge 10:$11.5M, 11:$11.5M, 12:$12.5M club option ($1.5M buyout) Scott Linebrink 10:$5M, 11:$5.5M Damaso Marte 10:$4M, 11:$4M, 12:$4M club option ($0.25M buyout) David Riske 09:$4.25M, 10:$4.5M, 11:$4.75M club option ($0.25M buyout) JC Romero 10:$4M, 11:$4.5M club option ($0.25M buyout) Kerry Wood 10:$10.5M, 11:$11M club option Out of all the bad contracts on this page, I think PK is amongst the best of the bad, and I wouldn't even say his is bad, albeit it is a bit pricey. I wouldn't mind dealing Liney for Bradley, as was sugggested earlier, as I think Ozzie can turn the piece of sh*t around and the guy has exceptional talent. I know he's a bad seed and all, but that's what they said about Dennis Rodman as well. When he came to the Bulls, he didn't mess around because he knew MJ was the boss. I believe Ozzie is of the same ilk...

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 08:04 AM) This is unacceptable. I assume you're serious? I live in Europe, where people are more relaxed and not paranoid about the little things in life, so I guess the culture here is rubbing off on me.

I can't see us paying much more than $5M for this position this year unless we make some trades and free up some room under our "cap", which leads me to believe we're going to try to force the hand of the available DH's out there who don't get offers and low ball em as they won't have other options at that point. I think this is why KW said we won't address this position most likely until the end of the offseason. If no one offers Chop Sui anything, perhaps we can come at him with a 1 or 2 yr deal that is acceptable to us and we can snag him up. Thoughts?

Isn't PK a 5 and 10 guy? Or are we just assuming he'll accept the trade since he lives out west anyways and was close to signing with them in the 2005 offseason? I guess there is nothing wrong with going to the Angels squad, as they have a better chance than us next year on paper you'd have to say...

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Nov 5, 2009 -> 10:22 AM) I really liked Chris Getz. Is Mark Teahen the answer in RF field though? Doesnt seem like he has the power numbers to be a significant factor at that position. Nor does he have the power numbers for 3B either. I wasn't a fan of Getz or Fields anyways so to me it's not a big deal, but we're going to need to do more than this offensively to be a factor next year.

QUOTE (dmbjeff @ Oct 9, 2009 -> 03:48 PM) cowley is a f***ing idiot....yeah lets keep jenks and have even more money tied up. we cannot go and get a bat without trading a big contract first. jenks is most likely to be dealt. no one will trade for rios,kw wont trade peavy, buehrle isnt going anywhere and PK probably won't be dealt either at $12 million. that leaves jenks as the one to go. As much as I don't want to see Bobby to go, I think you're right as we're maxed for payroll right now. I don't think we get much in return but several prospects for Jenks most likely, so this leaves a HUGE void to fill in our bullpen. But, we do need another bat in the middle of the lineup and a leadoff hitter assuming we don't resign Pods. Will be an interesting offseason...

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 4, 2009 -> 02:54 PM) It's definitely the worst day of the year I feel. End of baseball. At least under KW and Oz we've had meaningful baseball for the majority of most of the seasons. Good point- it's always a sad day indeed. Only good news coming out of this season is it appears we have 5 solid starters going into next year. With Thome and Dye most likely gone we're going to need to put some more power into this lineup I believe, although it will be nice to get the slow guys outta there from clogging up the bases. 2010 LF Pods SS Beckham RF Quentin 1B Konerko DH ??? C AJ CF Rios 2B Ramirez 3B Viciedo Pods won't be back if he gets a ridiculous offer for 2-3 yrs. But my guess is he WILL get a 2 yr offer, which may lead us to looking at other options. I KNOW Beckham is going to play 3B next year, but to me its a joke as we could have so much offensive production from SS & 2B from him and A Ram, we'd have 180 RBIs and 35 HR's from the middle infield. That's pretty damn good. But no one thinks about that. Booooooo

2009 WhiteSox 79-83

Who else sees this as a charitable lineup by Ozzie? Ramon Castro? Jermaine Dye instead of PK? Doesn't AJ own Verlander too? I guess Ozzie wanted to see AJ finish at .300

Despite that inning right there, Pena scares me. Big. I don't look forward to him on the mound next year in the 7th or 8th Inning with the lead for sure

Not Ozzie's best effort in putting him back out there for the 8th IMO

I'd like to see Peavy deliver a gem tonight in a playoff type situation. I also would love to see the offense put together 3 straight games where we hit like we're capable of, which has been incredibly rare this season

I sense by the way Hawk talks and eludes to when talking about Rios, I think he has given up on him ;-)

get scared? He's making $9.7M next year. He's looked absolutely horrible, almost as if he has no chance out there. Tell me I am being an alarmist and he's going to come back to form next year...

What amazes me is most of you think that Pods will be back next year? My guess is he gets a 2 yr offer which I am not sure we match given his injury history and he's not getting any younger...thoughts?

I can't believe I am watching this game...

Whats the attendance today? 45? ;-)

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 28, 2009 -> 09:49 PM) Beckham is really starting to look like a good fielder at third. He should be there for a long time. Can Lexi improve enough to be next to him at ss for the next 10 years? Does anyone else agree with me that long term we need Beckham playing SS or 2B? He appears to be a .300 25 hr and 100 RBI type guy and we believe he can play the middle infield. Having those types of numbers at that position gives us a substantial advantage over our competition. Putting him at 3B is fine, and he is getting much better there defensively, but having him at 3B negates some of his abilities, however. I hear this rarely discussed on this site but for me this is a HUGE thing. Having him at SS or 2B gives us flexibility and talent that very few teams have in the middle infield, especially with Alexei there as well.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 25, 2009 -> 04:47 PM) Really? The Tigers go with a rotation of Verlander, Jackson, insert pitcher here (Porcello or Robertson or washburn) followed by Verlander and Jackson again and they don't have a prayer? Supposedly the Yankees series gets the extra offday, so they can do that on normal rest and still fire 2 aces at the Yankees in 4 games, with the odd game being in Detroit. Sabathia is still the Yankees top guy but he's struggled in the playoffs before, Burnett's been his usual inconsistent self, and then Pettitte's had some injury concerns lately. The Tigers could easily knock off the Yankees if Verlander shows up. He pitched 14 innings against the Yankees this year and gave up 2 runs. Jackson pitched 13 innings against them and gave up 2 runs. I still don't give them a shot, really. The Tigers don't even have a #3 starter, and yes, their 1&2 are studs but the best they will get is a split in NY and then they will be drummed in DET

I'd like to see some fire out of the boys tonight. We still gotta compete and I wouldn't mind sticking it to the Tigers. The bottom line is no team in this division has a PRAYER against the Yankees so I guess its not the worst thing in the world we didn't win. We just didnt have the team D, speed, or offense to make it happen this year.

I like what I see from Peavy, despite the home runs. It's the first time I've seen him pitch and it just appears as if his control is a bit off. But he can move it in with the cutter/slider on the lefties and run the fastball in on the righties...both with late movement...and his sinker will do him well in the Cell also. Real exciting having him here the next few years.

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