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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 9, 2010 -> 02:51 PM) Just because we don't have anybody better doesn't mean that JP sucks any less. How the f*** does a major league baseball player amass 22 extra base hits in 734 PAs? He's terrible. I don't care, And stolen bases have long proven to be overrated. Why do you think they are overrated? Any time you can put yourself in a better position to score is a very good thing.

At the end of these three years, barring any significant lost playing time, Paulie will probably unseat Frank Thomas as the Sox' all-time homeruns and hits leader.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 7, 2010 -> 05:20 PM) According to the Chicago Sun-Times' Joe Cowley, the White Sox are considering Derrek Lee as a Plan B or C at first base. We know the above, so just sign D-Lee already. Plan A = Konerko Plan B = Gonzalez Plan C = Fielder Plan D = Lee

It really is somewhat remarkable how switching out the name of "Kotsay" and replacing it with "Dunn" changes the entire complexion of our line-up, no matter where you bat him.

Good grief! All of this action in the last 24 hours, and we still have all of next week to get through. Phew!!

If Adam Dunn plays his usual 158-161 games a season throughout the length of this contract while keeping up his typical home run production, he'll be hitting his 500th career home run in a White Sox uniform sometime during the fourth year of the contract.

Not another year of this Oney Baloney crapola. Oy!

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Nov 29, 2010 -> 08:43 AM) If we swap Konerko and Dunn for about the same price (which seems likely for the duration of the contracts), I cannot see how anyone could be disappointed on the baseball side of things. Dunn is a much better bet to be productive next year, the following year and the third year in a deal. I love Konerko, but if the choice is Dunn at $12 million per year or Konerko at that same price (let's say give or take $2 million), I am running with Dunn despite how much I love Paulie on a personal level. Before last year's incredible year, Paulie was an average player at his position. Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2007 CWS 151 549 71 142 34 0 31 90 78 102 0 1 .259 .351 .490 .841 2008 CWS 122 438 59 105 19 1 22 62 65 80 2 0 .240 .344 .438 .782 2009 CWS 152 546 75 151 30 1 28 88 58 89 1 0 .277 .353 .489 .842 He has had a great career here, but at 35 years old when the season starts, I would expect a year closer to an .820 OPS than a .950 OPS. Sentimentality aside, the Sox need the most efficient player for the money and Adam Dunn is definitely that. Let's not forget that in this specific scenario, if we sign Dunn, we would also be losing our #1 draft choice to the Nationals next year. We're a little further down in the draft order next year as a result of that "debacle" of winning 88 games this year (sorry, Thunderbolt - couldn't resist!), but our first round drafting in recent years has been pretty good. So although you are correct in terms of talking about a more efficient use of money when comparing Dunn to Konerko one-on-one, you also have to take into consideration the probability and likelihood of missing out on several years of production from a top flight talent as a result of surrendering the draft pick.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 18, 2010 -> 01:56 PM) the Cubs know damn well they need Wrigley to continue doing what they do. Even if they tear it down, they'd just rebuild an almost identical stadium in the same place (but with better bathrooms, walkways, etc.). They'd play a year someplace else, probably multiple other fields, mostly The Cell. That's where it would get sort of interesting for them. There isn't a whole lotta real estate to play with over there, as the park is more or less jammed into that space as it is. How do they make the kind of changes they'd like in a new park with such limited space to do so? It's a similar bind as to what eventually brought the steep upper deck to the New Comiskey Park. As you might recall, the Sox were restricted as to how far they could expand (i.e. the width of the park) due to similar space constraints, and that unfortunately resulted in them going in the only direction they could go, which was up. For the Cubs to try and avoid obstructed views themselves, as well as provide additional places for dining, shopping, skyboxes, and what not, it would be interesting to see how they could accomplish that without building upwards as well.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Nov 17, 2010 -> 04:36 PM) Jason Churchill now going in on this rumor too. Wonders is the Phillies would try and get rid of Ibanez. Maybe Ibanez + Cash for Quentin and someone else. Ibanez had a sub-par year last season, and he's going to be 39 next summer. No thankee!

QUOTE (Lillian @ Nov 4, 2010 -> 11:00 AM) Of course, I"m very familiar with the Cot's Contracts website. However, the list of left handed free agents in this year's class is not very impressive. Adam Dunn is the most intriguing name, but he doesn't want to DH, and he's a defensive liability. I think a trade may make more sense. Trading one of our pitchers not named Peavy + the very realistic chance that the pitcher named Peavy might not come back from the freak injury he experienced last year = two potentially big holes in the rotation. I don't see how we become a better team under that scenario, even with the acquisition of the much-needed lefthanded bat as a result of the trade. I think the "buying low" scenario on Carlos Pena mentioned earlier might make more sense. Perhaps he would be willing to sign an Adrian Beltre-like contract, a one-year deal where he tries to rebuild his value. Under this scenario, he could rotate between first base and DH with Paulie (provided, of course, we resign Konerko), while one Dayan Viciedo spends the year honing his craft at first base down at AAA. Then in 2012, the Tank moves to 1st and Konerko to DH. Just one thought that was bouncin' around my noggin'. Otherwise, if getting a lefthanded bat has to come via a trade, I think you try and do it in a deal with Quentin as the centerpiece.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 15, 2010 -> 04:01 PM) In terms of raw value that's a loser for the Cardinals right now...Quentin's value has just dropped so much between injuries and disappointment. Haha, sorry - I didn't mean a straight-up deal. I meant to say Quentin+.

Could A Quentin/Rasmus swap possibly work?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 13, 2010 -> 01:05 PM) $1.375 million if you want to be exact. And next year he would definitely be worth that as the option to rest the rookie Morel against certain tough right-handed pitchers, while losing nothing at 3rd base defensively. Add to that his ability to give both Alexei and Gordon the occasional break (and again, providing high-caliber defense in the process), and you have yourself the right man as your primary back-up infielder.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 13, 2010 -> 08:16 AM) That's certainly the best way to do it with Teahen. However, there's one other way things could work. Hypothetically, lets' imagine a situation where the Sox make a large deal for a top flight player. Say, Quentin + someone else, and the return is an Adrian Gonzalez or a Prince Fielder. Suddenly we're sitting there with a vastly improved team, but we have a hole that we need to fill. If we fill it with a person who is just a warm body, overall the team has been upgraded. Teahen can be used in that way. If you go into the season with the team as constructed right now, Teahen is a utility backup/platoon player with Quentin in RF and maybe Morel at 3b, but I'm not ruling anything out, as I expect this to be anything other than a boring offseason. Your hypothetical is a good one, but don't be tempted to think Teahen can or should be the one to plug up a gap as a result of a deal for a top flight player. In this scenario, Alejandro De Aza starts in right field for me long before Teahen does. Why? Because at least he brings SOMETHING to the table. He's a good defensive player with good speed, a guy who can at least do a little damage on the bases when he gets on. My point all along with Teahen is that he doesn't bring ANYTHING to the table. Nothing! Terrible defense, strikes out a lot, doesn't have any power, no speed - in other words, what would tempt you to run this guy out there on anything remotely resembling a regular basis, even if you had a hole to contend with? Whether it's putting De Aza out there, or resigning Andruw Jones (that probably wouldn't be a bad platoon, De Aza/Jones, now that I think about it), but there have to be at least a hundred better options than running Teahen out there. Unfortunately for us, the guy just isn't a good baseball player. Period.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Oct 13, 2010 -> 06:21 AM) But then what do they do with Teahen? RF? *shudder* Teahen should only go to right field or any other of the so-called positions he can play when the primary bench player for that position cannot. In my view, Teahen is the 25th player on next year's roster, and only that because we're stuck with him due to that horrible contract extension. But under no circumstances should he be viewed or spoken about as a starting player any longer. I think we all saw last year (and KC fans the five years previous) that neither his bat and certainly not his glove deserve the nod as a starting player. That ship has sailed. So that puts him on the bench, and to me he's the guy who fills in at 3rd or 2nd when Omar is unable to do so for whatever reason, and in a corner outfield position when whoever the new 4th outfielder is not available. In other words, he becomes the Scott Linebrink of the position players. If it works out any differently, if they run him out there more often than that, then I think the Sox are worse off overall as a result.

Wonder what it would take to un-tether Nick Markakis from the Orioles. He's a terrific all-around player, a young left-handed batter who also happens to play a nifty right field. Floyd is from the Baltimore area. I wonder if some sort of package featuring him and [you fill in the blank] could bring Markakis to the South Side.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 3, 2010 -> 02:41 PM) Nancy standing O. This game makes me depressed to see AJ, Kong, & Nancy. Ditto.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Oct 3, 2010 -> 01:19 PM) Nancy Faust last game as well. After 41 years and 3,000+ games. Pretty amazing run. Gonna miss her!

THE TANK GOES YARD!

19 homers, 48 RBIs, great defense - not bad value we've received from one Mr. Andruw Jones this year as a back-up outfielder, all for the paltry price of $500K.

The more you watch Morel, the more you like him.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 27, 2010 -> 07:36 PM) Gameday only but it loked to be at least warning track Just before the warning track, actually, but hit fairly decently

Yet another dazzling play at shortstop by Alexei.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 27, 2010 -> 01:04 PM) I bet someone would be willing to simply take that on, but I wouldn't expect anything of value back in return. Really though...if we're paying for his salary...he's very useful as a utility guy. That's a good use of a roster spot. What does he do that one could particularly classify as "useful"? Is it the dreadful defense he trots out to whatever position he's sent to? Or perhaps the lack-of-power/high strikeout rate he brings to the team offensively? How about the lack of speed. No, just because he is inexplicably run out to various positions on a far more routine basis than he ought to be does not automatically make him useful. To me, a utility guy has got to do at least one thing particularly well in order to be considered useful. Andruw plays good defense with occasional power - that's useful. Omar still plays great defense - he's useful, too. Castro has been useful due to his defense (and surprising offensive output). But Teahen? I don't see where he provides value in any part of his game. In fact, I'll go so far as to say that I don't see how he is any more useful than Lillibridge, for crying out loud. I really don't. I know that stupid contract extension is likely going to force this square peg into the round hole which is our roster next year. But I respectfully submit that having him around is, by far, not a good use of one of those roster spots in the least bit.