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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 02:16 PM) So was Alex Gordon. Anyway...that doesn't really tell you anything...he was playing there mostly on a rehab stint, and he performed well enough there that it got him a callup and eventually helped interest the Braves in a trade. anyhow, don't want him anywhere near the Sox Like you said, he was Mark Kotsay on juice before, now he's Mark Kotsay without the juice, and with the fragility of Wood/Prior

Ankiel was playing for the Royals Triple A team for god sake

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 02:06 PM) I'm not sure if I'm even joking, but can someone list the 2001 All-star roster? Probably a better idea of the type of player KW/Ozzie will target. Actually, Garcia and Manny were the only 2 players from the 2001 ASG that played for the Sox since 2001 I think you are probably referring to the guys who were former allstars, then faded and then targeted by Kenny, guys like Vizquel, Jones and Putz

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 12:55 PM) I think I have to half-disagree with you here. No matter how big DV is, he's still fairly quick getting to the ball at 3b. He also has a major asset that you've neglected to mention...he has a rocket launcher for a right arm...so he'd be able to cover up somewhat for deficiencies with his speed. That said...if both of them turn out...Morel at 3b and Viciedo at 1b/DH is a better option than Morel blocked by Viciedo and traded for peanuts. Even if he took a big, big, big jump up this year...I wouldn't pencil Morel in at 3b any time next year just yet. He's got an injury to recover from and his bat still needs development time. He could easily be ready by next June...or he could hit a slump and need some time to work through it. He raced upwards this year with doubles power; with time, some of that might turn into HR power. I'd hate to see us rush him when he clearly is a guy who could benefit from more time in Charlotte. I think Omar will be back next year unless he decides to retire. I'm not sure how else to structure things though...there's a whole lot of other decisions to make first. He does have a great arm, but it's still highly unlikely he will turn out to be good at third defensively. and I don't know what's the organization's plan for him, if they were to have faith in him, they wouldn't have put him at 1st base this year. I am assuming he will eventually be PK's successor at 1st base if he isn't traded by then, and Morel will be the long term solution at 3rd.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 12:23 PM) First of all...I wouldn't care about that at all if they put up decent OBP's. More importantly though...what makes you think Andruw Jones will be back next year? I was quoting the a post, obviously I was just analyzing the scenario the OP mentioned.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 12:35 PM) Guys can improve an awful lot with the glove given experience at the position. Case in point; Alexei Ramirez. Careless and disappointing at SS last year. Experience and an offseason of work...and the best fielding SS in the league this year. Alexei is a natural SS and has all the gifts to succeed at that position. He has always shown flashes of how good he can be defensively, and he finally puts it together this year. I just don't see how Viceido being 5'10 and 240 will turn out to be a sufficient third basemen defensively. From what i have seen so far in the big leagues and the minor leagues, it's highly unlikely Viceido can bring a good glove at third.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 10, 2010 -> 02:46 PM) I say work with Viciedo all winter on his defense at third and he is the starting third baseman next year. Lillibridge proved hitting wise that you can reinvent yourself over the winter. Can't Viciedo do the same on the defensive end? Take him somewhere warm starting in midJanuary and work on his defense for a month til spring training starts. I would think the Tank can become an adequate third baseman. He already has to be as good as Teahen defensively. If Tank can't be adequate at third, then I guess we sink. But we already know Mark T can't be our regular third baseman if we hope to be a contender for the division title. 1) that is not saying much. 2) Lillibridge didn't reinvent himself, he is still a poor hitter. He got off to a hot start and that was a fluke, his post ASB OPS is .500 3) With hard work, some players may turn out to be pretty decent defensively. But Viceido is way too big, lacks the quickness and the range to be a sufficient third basemen. (There is a reason they call him Tank) A similar case would be Miguel Cabrera, who was terrible in the outfield and third base, and eventually switched over to first base. Viceido is the same path. 4) Why put Viceido at third when we have Morel who is almost MLB ready? His glove at third is great from what i've heard. He should be ready by ST next year, if not definitely by June. We can resign Omar and put him at third until Morel is ready.

QUOTE (scotty22hotty @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 10:29 AM) I'd just roll the dice and have TCQ as the full time '11 DH and resign Jones as the RF if Quentin is willing to accept a full time DH at the young age of 29, then I think the Sox will be more than happy to keep him. I am mean Quentin at DH can put up something like .250-30-100, and with more upside because his confidence will not be affected by his poor defense, and will keep him healthy thus leading to even better production But then having both Jones and Quentin in the lineup means that we will have two homer happy guys in the everyday lineup who will not hit above .250, and possibly 3 if we go with Flowers at catcher, do we really want that?

just checked to see how horrible CQ's defense at right field is He is dead last of all qualified MLB player in terms of UZR and UZR/150, with a UZR/150 of -28.8 Konerko is also in the bottom 10 in UZR/150 with -12.0 In case you were wondering, of the unqualified players, our golden boy Teahan at 3B has a UZR/150 of -24.2, and Kotsay at RF would a whopping -81.0 UZR/150 I'd say we need to fire our fielding coach

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 07:09 PM) Bobby was still touching 98-99 earlier this season. I think he usually sits at 95 this season. When he was having weight issues the previous years, he throws 93-94, and he allegedly lost weight coming into this season, so figures. The funny thing is, the guys throw over 100mph Strasburg and Chapman are skinny dipsticks also, it really depends on the guys arm speed to a good fastball, so Sale should be fine even if he stays Alexei skinny

i still remember the good ol days when Jenks was throwing 100 mph then he "bulks up" and couldn't even strike out Mark Reynolds.

i really think that EJax was on a roll throwing the baseball up till the game vs Cleveland where he already threw 8 innings of 1 run ball, with 120 pitches for the night. but Ozzie decides to leave him in in the 9th, and he gave up 3 hits and 2 runs. At that moment, i was really hoping the bad ending won't derail EJax from his hot streak, you know, baseball players are all about streaks, rituals and superstitions. EJax has really cooled off since, and back to earth he comes.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 11, 2010 -> 02:03 PM) LoL ?? not saying Westbrook is better, but Westbrook sure knows how to make things happen with his athleticism, haven't seen the same from DRose in the Worlds

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 11, 2010 -> 12:12 PM) I don't know if anyone is following the FIBA World Championships, but Kevin Durant has been dominating, making his case as maybe the best player in the world. USA up double digits on Lithuania in the semis. yep, and DRose had another bad game, got benched most of the second half in favor of Westbrook. It just seem like Westbrook is everywhere on court with his athleticism. Rose needs to learn something from that guy.

we should really push signing vmart, if we let konerko, jenks, and aj walk, and trade away CQ, i think we should have the cap space to do it. I think a package of CQ and Danks2 should be good enough to get Choo, if not a guy like Markakis. If we do sign Vmart, talk about the flexibility we have LF Pierre 2B Beckham C Vmart DH Manny CF Rios RF Choo 1B Viceido SS Alexei 3B Morel bench: Viquel De Aza Jones (I heard he's willing to return for the same money) Castro Both Morel and Viceido are fairly young and inexperience, we can throw them out there 4-5 days a week and still have a pretty good secondnary lineup with Vizquel at 3rd, Vmart at 1st and Castro catching. I am no expert at contracts, but I think Vmart can be had for 5 year $65 Mil or so? really gives us someone who can play the catcher and first base, and switching hitter in the middle of the lineup.

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 10:51 PM) Fuentes would be nice right now - with Threets going down. in case you missed it, fuentes was traded to them evil twins this morning

I am not sure if this has been brought up but I hope his 149 pitch outing will not come back to haunt us later on. At the moment when I saw him throwing all those pitches I was like ehh that's not our problem. But now we will have to keep our fingers crossed

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 03:20 AM) I despise LeCoattail (and this was before the "Decision"). But from a statistical/all-around standpoint, there's nobody close. And I'd pay to see this video. LeBron's defense was pretty mediocre pre-2009. Certainly not the case now. I see LePiggayback averaging something like 26-8-9 on ridiculous efficiency next year. Rose very well could be and should be one of the top players in the game soon. But even if he maxes out, he still probably won't be better than Chris Paul, let alone LeSidekick. lets hold off that judgment for now. Chris Paul wasn't a superstar or even an allstar after 2 years in the league. He basically averaged 17 and 9 while shooting 43% from the field. Rose on the other hand was an allstar after 2 years, led his team to the playoffs each year, average 20 and 6 while shooting 49%. He is already consider one of the best if not the best midrange shooter, scorer, and slasher at his position, and overall, one of the tops in the league in those regards. Once he start hitting the 3 consistently, learn to play shut down defense, and he actually gets a real team around him, there is no reason he can't be better than CP3. Paul took off and became a superstar in his third season, and there is no reason we can't expect the same from rose. If you say Rose might never be as efficient as Paul is in terms of TS% and holding a high AST/TO ratio, that I won't argue with you. But Rose will have the ability to do things on the court Paul will not be able to do. Think about it, Rose has better size than CP3, and is the best athlete at his position (athletes usually take longer to develop, just like in baseball), and he incredible work ethic, and a winning attitude. There is no reason, if he reaches even 90% of his potential, that he won't be better than CP3 p.s. I really think 2 years from now, when Rose learn the ins and outs of tough D, he will pulverize CP3 when they go head to head, just like how Deron chews up Paul in head to heads.

Per Espn Insider: good news keep coming for d rose fans.

I guess Blake Nation of Seattle will have the easiest time campaigning for this contest. Just Vote for the Blake Nation!!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 20, 2010 -> 08:40 PM) McGrady is a me first type of guy. There are a lot of NBA people hoping he would take the minimum in Miami so he could ruin that team. I would be shocked if the Bulls sign him even if he would play for the minimum and would be more shocked if the Bulls signed him if he actually was a useful player and lasted the entire season on the roster. I strongly disagree with you on that one. McGrady was one of my favorite players back in the days, I catch over half of the magic/rockets games back in the days. People often mistaken him as a me first type of guy because he takes a high volume of shots. But when playing with Yao Ming, he often feeds the ball to the post to set up Yao, and takes his shots when Yao is not available. You are talking about a swingman who was one of the best passers in the league at his position, and averages 5-6 assists a game in his career. He is definitely not a shoot first type of guy like Jamal Crawford, Allen Iverson, or even Kobe. Character-wise, he is actually a pretty mild manner guy. Rarely does he go into public and criticize anyone or demand anything of any sort. And look at his effort and donations to the Dafur Charities, switching his number from 1 to 3 just to promote his humanitarian efforts, he is actually a pretty unselfish guy to say the least. Before the end of last season, he actually talked about willing to take less money to play in New York if the Knicks were able to sign Lebron and Bosh. Also, at this point of his career, the last thing he cares about is his individual glory. He is most likely looking to be part of a winning team in which he will finally make it out of the first round. All that said, signing T-Mac will be a risk, but it' a risk that's worth taking as he can still be a good passer, a threat to score and shoot from long range, even in limited minutes.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 14, 2010 -> 02:23 PM) Why, did someone kick you? nice catch man ... limb - limp same difference. About Omer Asik From Wikipedia Looks like this guy is a bit of an injury prone and had some knee surgeries in the past. For a 7 footer, it's gonna be problematic. From what I've read, he is a great shot blocker, but his offensive game is limited. Base on his injuries and lack of offensive game, should we hunt for an scoring big man, perhaps bringing back Brad, so he can serve as an insurance, if not a mentor for our youngsters?

I haven't watch Q Rich play in a while, but I will go out on a limp and say he is a better defender than both Korver and Reddick. The dude is a very good three point shooter, he's got the size that Reddick doesn't have and he is definitely more athletic and probably a better defender than both of them. He will be a better starting 2 guard than either Korver or Reddick. AND the dude only signs for 3 years $7.5 mil, only half of what Korver makes, and really make the Reddick offer seem outrageous, and a guy like Morrow costed 3 years and $12 mil also. I know we got cap space and all, but I rather look for bargains and save some of those money to make a run in free agency next offseason, or acquire a big name at the trade deadline when some teams are out of it. I mean other than the lucky Derrick Rose pick, the franchise hasn't really done much to impress me the past decade or so, I think it's time for some change in the management already.

holy hamburgers, what a night for Flowers! another SB for him? that is the second in 3 days. Looks like has been taking lessons on the basepaths instead of learning to swing for contact

what amazes me is they are really dominating as of late, especially the pitching. It's like if the Sox strikes first, you just know that the pitching will hold up till the end. They are also getting quality wins, it's not like they are barely winning by coming from behind most of the time. There weren't really doubts in many of those games that the Sox will come out on top. I think the team is really spoiling us now by not even giving the opponents a chance to win:)