August 10, 20169 yr Author Let me be first to put this lineup out there: 2017 White Sox LF - Puig CF - Gomez RF - Eaton 3b-Frazier SS - Anderson 2b - LORRIE 1b - Abreu DH - Melky C - Matt Wieters
August 10, 20169 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 01:40 PM) Let me be first to put this lineup out there: 2017 White Sox LF - Puig CF - Gomez RF - Eaton 3b-Frazier SS - Anderson 2b - LORRIE 1b - Abreu DH - Melky C - Matt Wieters Yuck.
August 10, 20169 yr Author QUOTE (hi8is @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 03:44 PM) Yuck. This is totally on a dry erase board somewhere in US cellular field thou
August 10, 20169 yr I doubt he is physically able to be an above average MLB player, but it's such a Rick Hahn move to sign him.
August 10, 20169 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 01:46 PM) This is totally on a dry erase board somewhere in US cellular field thou Yuck.
August 10, 20169 yr Seeing that lineup just puzzles me. Each individual arent terrible baseball players (a case can be made for some) but as a whole they are yuck. Why is that?
August 10, 20169 yr QUOTE (shipps @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 02:49 PM) Seeing that lineup just puzzles me. Each individual arent terrible baseball players (a case can be made for some) but as a whole they are yuck. Why is that? Because you can picture a situation where what happened this year happens again, the new faces fizzle out, the familiar faces stink, and we're stuck watching JB Shuck every day?
August 10, 20169 yr Author QUOTE (shipps @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 03:49 PM) Seeing that lineup just puzzles me. Each individual arent terrible baseball players (a case can be made for some) but as a whole they are yuck. Why is that? I love it because it's the epitome of a soxtalk preseason "that lineups not bad, with our pitching we should win 88" lineup that would totally be 28th in the league again.
August 10, 20169 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 03:40 PM) Let me be first to put this lineup out there: 2017 White Sox LF - Puig CF - Gomez RF - Eaton 3b-Frazier SS - Anderson 2b - LORRIE 1b - Abreu DH - Melky C - Matt Wieters Retool and Recycle. The White Sox way.
August 10, 20169 yr His defense alone would be a huge improvement over what we have to send out there now. With a $9m annual salary, he is due something around 2.5 to $3 million for the rest of the season. That said, I highly doubt we do add him, unless they want to test drive him to see if they want to chase him next year.
August 10, 20169 yr Yeah while probably not ideal, if picking up Gomez meant seeing less or the end of JB Shuck playing for the White Sox I'm all for it.
August 10, 20169 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 04:37 PM) He's end of 2017 I thought, not a FA after this year? His BR page shows only 2016 under his contracts section.
August 10, 20169 yr QUOTE (shipps @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 01:49 PM) Seeing that lineup just puzzles me. Each individual arent terrible baseball players (a case can be made for some) but as a whole they are yuck. Why is that? Because you've got players who massed between 2012 - 2014 and now are below average.
August 10, 20169 yr Gomez and Rasmus (out of position a bit) likely are the two best CF options this offseason...unless you can conceive of the Royals trading Cain to the Sox next July and KW/JR getting him to sign a huge extension to forgo free agency. That would fit the Sox historical trend of adding name players 2-3 years past their primes. For some reason, Kendrys Morales as DH next season feels about equally likely as Morneau at this point. It all depends on Justin's desire to play for a contender again. Edited August 10, 20169 yr by caulfield12
August 11, 20169 yr Author http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/so-you-want...e-carlos-gomez/ This guys is definitely going to be our CF next year.
August 11, 20169 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 09:52 AM) http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/so-you-want...e-carlos-gomez/ This guys is definitely going to be our CF next year. If absolutely nothing else, you know the guy is going to catch most everything hit to center field. That alone is a big help to a team that depends on its pitching.
August 11, 20169 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 09:52 AM) http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/so-you-want...e-carlos-gomez/ This guys is definitely going to be our CF next year. Hell he might be out CF next week. I believe we are 6th in the pecking order.
August 11, 20169 yr Author QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 09:54 AM) If absolutely nothing else, you know the guy is going to catch most everything hit to center field. That alone is a big help to a team that depends on its pitching. He is, at least, a good defender. Gomez used to be one of those. I forgot to say that his defense has apparently gotten worse, too.
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