joejoesox

sox > twins > royals > indians > tigers i think the royals rotation isn't really that bad

QUOTE (scenario @ Apr 5, 2009 -> 12:31 PM) He's 2-3 with a 4.86 career ERA against the Sox. 15 K's vs. 12 BB's in 33 innings; a 1.59 WHIP. And we have a .308 batting average against him. Ignore the stats, he man-handles us! lol Do people check things before they post them?

Kenny is building his lottery team for Reinsdorf. Oh wait....

72-75 (1 voter is me!) i think our pitching staff will be average, probably a bit below average (Danks @ 3.6+ ERA, Mark @ 4.3~), Floyd putting up a 4.5 ERA, Colon/Contreras/Marquez/Richard (They'll all pitch this year, it'll be musical chairs in 4th and 5th spots) posting a combined ERA of around 5-ish offense will once again be homerun-or-nothing, except Dye and Thome won't hit 35+ (I'm guessing Dye sits around 28-30, and Thome around 25-27)and will ultimately score a very very average number of runs given they play 82 in the bandbox Thome will miss a significant amount of games due to an injury, to either his back or abdomen I can see a few veteran players (Dye, Konerko) being dealt at the deadline for more "Impact Players"

looking at melky's numbers over the last 3 seasons (2006, 2007, 2008, 2005 was a 6-game season for him, doesn't count), .329 OBP (has declined every year since 2006), .374 SLG (.703 OPS), hitting .267 I seriously believe BA could more/less mirror those numbers (maybe raise the SLG, lower AVG) yeah i went there

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 22, 2009 -> 05:42 PM) They offered him the same deal and he passed. Anyone see the Sox going back and offering him another deal? Not gonna happen

BA or Fields leading off = LOL The fact that this is even a consideration by Guillen says a hell of a lot.

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Mar 16, 2009 -> 05:52 PM) If we had Edmonds, then I would hope Edmonds would be an everyday Centerfielder, and that Wise can be subbed in at LF/CF/RF whenever he's needed. Not that hard of a concept because Anderson shouldn't be anywhere near the everyday line-up, he should be in AAA. Without Edmonds, then I'd rather have Wise as the everyday CF'er with Anderson only being used as a late-inning defensive replacement. After 2006, the Sox should never give Anderson another shot again. wow

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 15, 2009 -> 03:22 PM) According to Cowley Contreras was sitting between 90 and 93 for that first inning. holy s***

does anyone here honestly think chris getz is a better option at 2B than beckham to start the season, and is a better (more capable) baseball player at this point in time? seriously, there's really no reason why Getz should be given a shot over Beckham, not one good reason and before someone says "what if Beckham struggles and has to be sent down, and hurts his confidence?" my response if Beckham struggles, getz is DEFINITELY going to struggle because Beckham > Getz

this is bad news.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 12, 2009 -> 04:26 PM) Is wasserman still in? The Royals announcers said German came in. you're right, it's german wasserman was pulled after recording 2 outs

Wasserman is awesome

first pitch swinging, wonder what kind of pitch it was

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 11:28 PM) I agree with all of this except for the part where it definitely can happen, and should not be ruled out. If Lillibridge starts hitting, he’s a fantastic option as a leadoff man. how many of you think brent lillibridge is going to all of the sudden figure it out, and then translate this new-found hitting ability (in spring training) to the major leagues as a professional leadoff hitter yeah, i'll go ahead and put my money on it definitely not happening

a lot of things are going to have to go right for us to win the division again, so i figure why not experiment with what a lot of us here think might be good choices starting CF: alexei starting 2B: getz starting SS/LeadOff: beckham you could probably flip-flop getz/beckham 1/2, both could be exciting to watch at the top of the lineup for sure

I just want to say that there's no f***ing way BRENT LILLIBRIDGE is going to be our leadoff hitter. Seriously that simply cannot and will not happen. It'll either be Owens or Getz, and I'm hoping to god it isn't Owens Gee, he's hitting .194, with 4 SINGLES and 0 stolen bases on the spring. Wow, I just got a huge sense of deja vu, I could've sworn I'd seen this before

AJ is just a bad catcher.

konerko is hard to watch anymore.

well, one thing to be said, we're playing better baseball (going by win/loss record) this spring than in past springs

6-0 on the terrible defensive play by Getz.

Danks getting pounded. Cleveland just getting more confident about facing us when the season starts, they always own us anyways

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 03:27 PM) So.....What position does Betemit play well? Its not SS and not 3B so far. Is none an option? This guy blows.

4-0 I can see me turning this game off sooner rather than later, I don't like watching blowouts

I can see Cleveland winning this game like 12-2 or something