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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 18, 2009 -> 06:58 PM) I read an interesting quote from Contreras who I read was throwing 95 when he went to Colorado. He said wherever he went, he wanted to take the Colo. pitching coach with him. I'm not blaming Coop for Contreras, but this notiion that he fixes everyone is silly. Can Coop fix me? If he can add 25 MPH to my four seamer I may have a good shot next year. I should start working on my breaking pitches too. STEP ONE: learn a breaking pitch.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Dec 18, 2009 -> 03:34 PM) Hudson's arm is also nowhere near conditioned to throw a full 190+ inning season. I didn't necessarily say he could, but I have a lot more confidence in his conditioning over Freddy's. Hudson 2009 : 166 IP Garcia 2007-2009 : 173.1 IP

Personally, I really don't feel comfortable with Garcia at all. He did far better than I expected him to last year, but should we really depend on him for much of anything? Typically teams don't have a 5th starter they're comfortable with, so if he comes out with a high fours ERA maybe it wouldn't be so bad considering he's our 5th. But do you think that Huddy would do better as a starter if he's still on the team in 2010? Personally I'd rather see Hudson than Garcia, if he's on the team I don't really want him to be a reliever. What do you guys think? We really don't have any other minor league options that are realistic as a MLB starter.

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QUOTE (Kalapse @ Dec 16, 2009 -> 03:32 PM) Andy Gonzalez: .185/.280/.249/.529, 39 OPS+ Brent Lillibridge: .158/.273/.179/.452, 21 OPS+ If Lillibridge hadn't had only half the at bats that Andy Gonzalez did, then he could be in better contention for worst player, but really he was only up at the plate for a little more 100 times, whereas Gonzalez had pretty much gotten a fulltime role as a utility player in the latter half and ended with over double the ABs that Lilly had. Here's the game that made me hate him forever. Check out the 3rd inning.

I refuse to accept that anyone can justify any player other than Andy Gonzalez as the worst Sox player of the decade.

QUOTE (DABearSoX @ Dec 16, 2009 -> 01:58 PM) Make your list Well, this depends, are we counting only full time players? Or bench / Sept call ups? The guy who I honestly feel was the absolute worst, was Andy Gonzalez. To this day I am still very angry that he was playing full time while Jason Bourgeois stayed in AAA. Ridiculous.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 15, 2009 -> 01:36 PM) I would have prefered Pods or Wise in RF when Dye had the day off and kept Rios in CF. Can Pods even make the throw from RF to 3B ?

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They said Buehrle has never had a bad year. I love the guy, but I'm pretty sure I can point out a year that could be considered, "bad" for him.

Say for example, his heal problem, if he was DHing that whole time, you think he would have been healing quicker? (Yes, obviously with Thome we couldn't DH him at the time)

If we got him who's gonna the full time middle infielders? This is pretty unlikely that we'd acquire him since KW sees the infield as complete. Edit- after reading that you said he was a former LF I realized I missed that the first time. In that case, it could be interesting. He's more of an offensive potential force from 2b than lf tho.

He's had plenty of other injuries besides that.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Dec 11, 2009 -> 10:28 AM) Freaky injurires happen to injury prone players. 1 or 2 injuries I can see but when it is 4 and 5 you become a Jim McMahon type of guy. Exactly. Some guys just have bodies that seem to get hurt in situations that others' would not. Also, if he pulls or tweaks a hammy or something, is he gonna recover quicker playing through it out of DH or OF?

Yes, he has a good arm, but what good is that if he's on the DL? I just feel like the risk of injury outweighs the added value he receives out of his ability in the OF and his offensivevalue@OF - offensivevalue@DH.

I feel like a lot of people have not really considered the idea of Quentin at DH. Obviously the knee jerk reaction to this thread is to exclaim how moving him to DH will "diminish his value" and he is too young in his career to become a DH. But think about this, is he a good left fielder? No, maybe averageish. If he was moved back to RF would he regain his semi-impressive defensive ability that some saw in him during his younger days? Its possible that he would be a better RF than he was LF, but it certainly wouldn't be anything that great. My real motivation for wanting him at DH is this, throughout his time on the Sox and prior to coming to the Sox in the DB organization, Carlos was always getting injured. A lot of people here view him as the current and future big hitter for the Sox. But I've always felt that he is so injury prone that I can't help but feel that he's not going to ever consistently play healthy which will deter him from living up to his full offensive potential. I say put him at DH to 1) cut down on his opportunity for injury, 2) eliminate ware and tare, 3) and he'll be able to recover from injuries easier by staying out of the field. I know the fact that Carlos stands on the plate and gets hit a lot is a big reason why he gets hurt a lot, but he also has lower body issues to which can be blamed on the fact that he's playing the field. If his body is injury prone, it will just become a matter of time before he gets hurt in the field. Don't over analyze this statement too much, but you know how for a while we all knew that year after year it would be a matter of time before Prior and Wood would make a trip to the DL even though every year the Cub fans would have complete hope and reliance on them? I don't want Carlos to do the same for us. Pros of Carlos at DH -Cuts down on opportunity for injury -Allows for better recovery when he tries to play through injuries (which he does and will do) -Allows CQ to primarily focus on hitting -provides potential for better defense in the outfield (dependent on his replacement) Cons of Carlos at DH -Its easier to find a good offensive DH than a good offensive COF -Carlos might get crabby becoming a 27 year old DH -Teams value position players over DH's when it comes time to trade him. What are your thoughts on this? For a while we thought Dye was going to become the Sox' future DH, but apparently that's no longer part of the picture. Switching him to DH could be feasible if the Sox can land to decent corner OFs, but if that's not happening, its not worth it.

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Project Prospect posted a review of players' speed in the AFL. Personally I always thought Danks had good speed, but according to this review, he's barely above average. I hope their small sample size is a bit off. http://projectprospect.com/article/2009/12/08/afl-speed-data

Flowers hit for a lot better average in the minors, Napoli had real impressive power though. Would you be happy if he became Napoli?

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Nov 25, 2009 -> 03:32 PM) When was the last time we signed a Bora$ client? Jordan Danks?

One of the great things about Big Frank is that he's a line drive hitter who has hit over 500 HR.

I've always liked him. I don't think his offensive ability is completely gone. When he was on Cleveland he was great.

You're right, this isn't really that close. Originally when I made this thread I had thought there was a lot more close competition with him since the PED era, but after looking at his numbers compared to everyone else's, its not even really debatable despite the fact he's a DH.

Do you really think the fact that he is known to have been "clean" a factor? I mean, its not like there was anyway to prove that he was 100% clean whereas others were not via speculation alone (with some exceptions)