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i just read in the mailbag responce part of chisox.com that we KW is believed to have offered AJ a deal that is "signif**antly lower then his 3.5 million dollar salary from last year." my question is, if there is such a need for catchers in MLB and AJ can be had for around 3.5 million... why should we believe that he will sign for us for less then what he just got paid... when he did a good job last season? also, why should we believe that another club hasnt offered him something close to what he got last year?

this cd isnt out until march 2005: 1. mars volta - frances the mute This is a cd from 1978: 2. King Crimson - the power to believe CDs not released in 2004 that had a large influance on me in 2004... 3. TOOL - salival 4. Dave Matthews Band - remember two things 5. bjork - medulia - 2004 6. (honerable mention- dredg 2004 croquett demo) prediction for best 2005 cds: 1. new dredg 2. new mars volta 3. new tool 4. new nin 5. new opeth there no conologily to this list

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"Now, do you expect Contreras to out-pitch Loaiza? Uh, yeah, probably, given that he did last season. Do you expect Garcia to out-pitch Schoeneweis for the other half of the season? Absolutely. Hermanson to out-pitch Mike Jackson? Probably. Takatsu to out-pitch Billy Koch's half season? Yeah. Marte to pitch better? Probably. Do you see a trend here?" johnny_mostil on the WSI board

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you already said that... am i missing something or was it a mistake?

another thing i noticed about last season, is consistancy... looks like hes a bit like uribe... he is streaky... look april - .254 71 AB may - .384 73 AB june - .182 66 AB july - .188 48 AB aug. - .288 66 AB end - .258 85 AB two good months... 2 acceptable months... and 2 bad months if you take out his 2 bad months you would have.... .291 in 295 AB looks like he hit a really bad slump in june that lasted until july.... if he could stop from doing that... and continue to make strides in improvement... i could see him hitting .270 - .290.... and thats more then good enough for me.... work on working the count, stealing bases, and hitting LHP and harris just might succeed harris, crede, davis, and burke will be the position players im most intrested to see what happens... i think harris and crede will make good strides (crede breaking out the most, harris breaking out solid) and one of the catchers will be productive enough to become the definitive starter in all our minds (my money is on davis) another bright side is that he improved his hitting against RHP .059 points last year compared to 2003...

also, when did that maggs/harris injury deal happen? EDIT im moving this discussion to the harris thread

EDIT: another thing i noticed about last season, is consistancy... looks like hes a bit like uribe... he is streaky... look april - .254 71 AB may - .384 73 AB june - .182 66 AB july - .188 48 AB aug. - .288 66 AB end - .258 85 AB two good months... 2 acceptable months... and 2 bad months if you take out his 2 bad months you would have.... .291 in 295 AB looks like he hit a really bad slump in june that lasted until july.... if he could stop from doing that... and continue to make strides in improvement... i could see him hitting .270 - .290.... and thats more then good enough for me.... work on working the count, stealing bases, and hitting LHP and harris just might succeed harris, crede, davis, and burke will be the position players im most intrested to see what happens... i think harris and crede will make good strides (crede breaking out the most, harris breaking out solid) and one of the catchers will be productive enough to become the definitive starter in all our minds (my money is on davis)

harris showed a lot of ability, potential, and did improve last year a lot if he could settle in at 2B his defence (which is good already) would get even better.... that added comfort of him earning that position out of spring traning may do good things for him as well... he hit well last year .279 with a .366 OBP against RHP... another bright side is that he improved his hitting against RHP .059 points last year compared to 2003... i think it is possible and likely to see his numbers against RHP go up again in 2005.... i remember he did well durring the end, even hitting 5 for 5 in one game. if he could just learn how to hit left handers, he would be fine... with rock raines our first base coach, and with scotty "speed demon pods" harris will also be able to improve his stole bases total A TON... imo i think it would be very wise to have another second baseman to fall back on/platoon VS LHP but if it isnt someone like Cairo who has proven he hits consistantly around .280 - .300 vs LHP.. then i just say we gotta bit the bullet and really work harris to the bone against LHP this offseason and try to get him ready to do better.

i know that some players go to japan from the bigs and do better.. and some go from japan to the bigs and do worse.... however, some go from japan to have a lot of sucess here... he did have a break out year in 2004... a good year in 2003... and hit some what decent/OK at other times i think this is what might intrest us: "In his eight-year career with the Fukuoka-based Pacific League club, he hit .271 with 149 homers, 507 RBIs and 159 stolen bases in 894 games. He won the PL stolen base title in 2001 and 2003 and is also a four-time All-Star." id be intrested to see/hear more about him and why his production has been up in the last 2 years. no way do i see the sox or any other team offering him something like kaz matsui got

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nough said.

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everyone says hes injury prone... ive just heard about one injury that required surgery and should now be a thing of the past... what else has happened? is it illogical to think that if he is fully healed and that was the only injury hes had... that he really isnt as big of a risk as its made out to be?

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i sent a responce from tcaesar@gmail.com...... its not what i could do... its not my best.. its a first draft... and in the furure, id revise that stuff.... but it stilll gives you an idea as to what the Sox are tryin to do in 2005. I hope to talk to you soon, when the Sox are on top of the Central and pulling away.

thats some damn good offensive numbers for a team average eek

too bad Pierzynski is a freakin A HOLE HECK YEAH HE IS screw that weak bonner /me vomits

this is what im talkin about cairos splits VS LHP in 2004 .336 ave .377 obp .445 slg .822 ops cairos splits VS LHP for last 3 years .294 ave .333 obp .430 slg .763 ops thats even better then eckstein hopeflly KW is flying under the radar i havent heard much intrest reported about cairo... even by the sox. ?

why would you want that?

i dont know why we want cora... i mean, the guy has hit .286 over the last 3 years against LHP BUT.... thats only in 133 AB..... last year in 46 AB's he only hit .240 against LHP no thanks, his OBP is good but that is because last year he got hit by pitches at an amazingly flukey rate... 16 times all year i just dont get it adios