Jose Abreu

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 16, 2014 -> 08:49 PM) Smart move. No hurry given his service time, make him prove that he is legit. I think he's already proven himself, but I agree that it's smart.

Is 3B not considered a position battle? Or LF?

Hey guys!!! Talk about a pain in the ass!!! Am I right? :

#STProbs

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Feb 15, 2014 -> 04:03 PM) Alexei Ramirez. He now weighs -10 pounds :

Our defense can only get better but it will still be below average.

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John Danks says ball coming out of his hand this year vs last year is like "night and day". Adam Eaton has grown one inch. Flowers and Konerko refer to each other as "Kid (Flowers)" and "Dad (Konerko)".

I say Abreu vs Tanaka vs The Field

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 09:44 PM) Probably Bud Light. .... yeah. Probably.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 09:02 PM) I wonder what Ervin Santana's favourite beer is Maybe there's a brand called 'Inconsistent'

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QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Feb 12, 2014 -> 08:14 PM) Also I should point out that Ervin Santana on a 3-year deal during the age of 31-33 somehow is too old whereas 34-year-old Dunn needs to play so we can maybe save a few pennies. Ha. At least pick one or the other. Shut up about Ervin Santana.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Feb 12, 2014 -> 07:30 PM) DeAza has been a 2.0, 2.9, 1.7 oWAR player the last 3 years and his defense outside of last season has at least been passable. He's only making a little over $4M and is under control for 2 years, and is a lefty bat. He actually has *trade value* which is a good thing, not a bad thing. The Sox actually chose to tender him a contract when they didn't have to, and could get out of his contract in a heartbeat if they wanted to and still pick up a prospect, even if it's not an exciting one. And none of that is true for Dunn. De Aza is one of the worst baserunners I've ever seen and his defense is absolutely atrocious. You're telling me those aren't problems?

Dunn and De Aza are both problems.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Feb 11, 2014 -> 10:20 PM) Can we add Ervin and Santana to the language filter? But what if I want to talk about Carlos or Johan?

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Feb 11, 2014 -> 08:37 PM) So basically what your saying is that your initial statement about Santana was bulls***. Good. Nothing personal Mr. Abreu, I'm very happy about your addition to the lineup, but I find it necessary to make sure people get the story straight on Santana. He's a quality pitcher overall. My initial statement was a joke, but I proved that Santana only kills us because our offense sucks.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Feb 11, 2014 -> 06:25 PM) Hah His balls With the our mouths of our offense Hitters vs. Santana during his career: .253/.315/.421/.736 White Sox (below) vs. Santana during his career: .223/.282/.419/.701 BATTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS Gordon Beckham 26 5 1 0 3 6 3 6 .192 .276 .577 .853 Alejandro De Aza 16 4 1 0 1 2 0 7 .250 .250 .500 .750 Adam Dunn 15 3 0 0 1 1 3 4 .200 .333 .400 .733 Tyler Flowers 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 Avisail Garcia 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 Conor Gillaspie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jeff Keppinger 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Paul Konerko 40 8 3 0 0 5 3 10 .200 .277 .275 .552 Josh Phegley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Alexei Ramirez 27 8 0 0 1 2 1 2 .296 .321 .407 .729 Dayan Viciedo 9 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 .111 .200 .444 .644 Totals 148 33 5 0 8 19 11 38 .223 .282 .419 .701 2013 Sox offense: .249/.302/.378/.680 2012 Sox offense: .255/.318/.422/.740 2011 Sox offense: .252/.319/.388/.706 2010 Sox offense: .268/.332/.420/.752 Maybe if the Sox have an offense like 2010 or 2012 they could do something against him. Probably not because the 2014 offense is going to blow. Let's compare Santana's career line vs. opponents of .253/.315/.421/.736 to Sox team pitching stats now: 2013 Sox pitching vs. opponents: .256/.322/.408/.730 2012 Sox pitching vs. opponents: .250/.319/.405/.724 2011 Sox pitching vs. opponents: .261/.317/.397/.714 2010 Sox pitching vs. opponents: .264/.325/.395/.720 Let's compare now to the career lines of the main pitchers the Sox have run out over the last 4 seasons: Edwin Jackson: .272/.339/.429/.767 Chris Sale: .226/.285/.353/.638 Jose Quintana: .258/.313/.406/.719 Gavin Floyd: .260/.326/.422/.748 John Danks: .259/.318/.421/.739 Jake Peavy: .234/.295/.378/.674 Dylan Axelrod: .302/.363/.489/.852 Philip Humber: .271/.333/.440/.773 Hector Santiago: .230/.335/.374/.710 Mark Buehrle: .276/.324/.430/.754 So yeah Santana is soooooo much worse than our average pitching staff performances & soooooo unlike the majority of what we've run out at least for the last 4 years that he's just gonna get crushed by this monstrous derpa derpa derpa offense we're all expecting to come bursting out of the gate yeah f***in right I call bulls***. You guys are sucking wind here and you're not even 60 yards from the starting point you've got a long way to go with your bulls*** if you want to get to the finish line of any argument that has Ervin Santana as a substandard pitcher. It's not that he's bad, it's that 1. Our offense sucks 2. He's one of the most inconsistent pitchers ever. Multiple times he's gone from a 5 ERA to a 3 year-to-year, and he's due for a 5.0something this season.

QUOTE (TomPickle @ Feb 11, 2014 -> 05:22 PM) Ervin Santana You're right, we'll hit him harder than any other pitcher.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Feb 11, 2014 -> 04:33 PM) I think Abreu will live up to the hype and have a monster season ^agreed.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Feb 10, 2014 -> 08:56 PM) Wait, why are the Cardinals number 1?? What the hell did they do? Over paid for a SS that just got off a suspension and trade a hometown hero for a CF that hasn't proven much at the MLB level? And sign an old back up? I know, Peralta is a scumbag and the Freese trade wasn't that great.

2nd to the Cardinals. http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/sports...offseason-moves

I don't think they'll trade him. However we still need to move an OF or Keppinger.