12 minutes ago, Orlando said:

Potential lineup with Ozuna looks amazing:

 

Robert-CF

Yoan-3B

Abreu- 1B 

Grandal- C

Eloy- LF/RF

Ozuna- RF/LF

Anderson-SS

McCann-DH

Madrigal-2B

 

WOW, finally respectable players at every spot. When Ozuna is your 6th hitter, you are doing something right. 

Still would much rather have McCann as a backup and bring in another hitter for the DH spot (unless Sox do want Collins there) but I like it.

Monthly Stats over the last 3 seasons, in which he seemed pretty consistently good. Last year he missed July and had a terrible September, but was pretty good, outside of that:

it	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
April/March	23	23	98	88	11	26	3	0	6	21	0	0	9	26	.295	.357	.534	.891	47	3	0	0	1	1	1	.351	92	144
May	28	28	121	108	18	37	5	0	8	18	0	1	13	20	.343	.413	.611	1.024	66	4	0	0	0	2	1	.363	121	171
June	27	26	109	101	16	30	5	0	6	15	0	0	8	24	.297	.349	.525	.873	53	3	0	0	0	0	0	.338	89	125
July	26	25	113	105	15	31	11	1	4	27	0	0	8	30	.295	.345	.533	.878	56	4	0	0	0	0	0	.380	89	130
August	28	28	121	102	15	32	3	0	7	22	1	2	18	17	.314	.413	.549	.962	56	1	0	0	1	1	0	.316	110	153
Sept/Oct	27	25	117	109	18	35	3	1	6	21	0	0	8	27	.321	.368	.532	.900	58	3	0	0	0	0	0	.382	95	141

 

 

Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
April/March	25	25	112	108	8	27	3	0	2	17	0	0	3	27	.250	.268	.333	.601	36	3	0	0	1	0	2	.313	59	67
May	25	23	100	88	12	24	3	0	1	6	2	0	11	15	.273	.354	.341	.694	30	3	0	0	0	0	2	.319	88	94
June	27	27	110	102	12	34	2	1	7	21	0	0	6	19	.333	.373	.578	.951	59	0	1	0	1	0	0	.351	148	161
July	26	26	112	105	11	22	2	0	3	14	0	0	6	19	.210	.250	.314	.564	33	2	0	0	1	1	0	.226	49	52
August	20	20	87	81	9	26	3	1	3	11	0	0	5	10	.321	.368	.494	.862	40	1	1	0	0	1	1	.338	127	134
Sept/Oct	25	25	107	98	17	30	3	0	7	19	1	0	7	20	.306	.355	.551	.906	54	1	1	0	1	0	0	.319	137	149

 

 

Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
April/March	27	27	114	100	24	26	5	0	10	28	3	0	13	25	.260	.351	.610	.961	61	5	1	0	0	2	1	.246	135	154
May	27	27	117	106	17	24	7	0	6	22	1	0	10	22	.226	.291	.462	.753	49	6	0	0	1	0	0	.228	86	98
June	24	23	95	87	11	26	3	0	4	12	4	1	8	21	.299	.358	.471	.829	41	1	0	0	0	0	0	.355	108	118
August	26	26	106	92	16	26	5	1	4	15	4	0	14	22	.283	.377	.489	.866	45	3	0	0	0	0	1	.333	117	123
Sept/Oct	26	26	117	100	12	16	3	0	5	12	0	1	17	24	.160	.282	.340	.622	34	6	0	0	0	0	2	.155	57	69

 

 

 

1 minute ago, MyNamesRod said:

As someone said before, ozuna hits right handed pitchers well anyway so he does help with that 

Nice, good info.  Even better.

1 minute ago, Moan4Yoan said:

Who are the best lefty RF options?  Joc probably?  He would cost talent just for one year of his services.  After Joc, Kole Calhoun?  He is trash.

I hate the idea of adding a left-handed bat just to add a lefty bat to the lineup.  Give me the best hitter, regardless of handedness.

There's a few to trade for but Joc would be up there as he should not cost much. Calhoun is a hard no, I see him coming here and falling apart.

You know I want the rumor to be true just for the simple fact I want see how big of an idiot Bruce Levine really is.

12 minutes ago, Orlando said:

Potential lineup with Ozuna looks amazing:

 

Robert-CF

Yoan-3B

Abreu- 1B 

Grandal- C

Eloy- LF/RF

Ozuna- RF/LF

Anderson-SS

McCann-DH

Madrigal-2B

 

WOW, finally respectable players at every spot. When Ozuna is your 6th hitter, you are doing something right. 

Throw in Vaughn come 2021 and that lineup could hit 250 HRs.

I wonder what the contract would look like. I also feel like we are to right handed.

 

it worked for the other guy, let’s see if my “love for jerry” gets a response lol

Edited December 7, 20196 yr by Orlando

1 minute ago, SoxAce said:

Still would much rather have McCann as a backup and bring in another hitter for the DH spot (unless Sox do want Collins there) but I like it.

Unfortunately, we probably won’t be able to have an official Sox lineup for MLB The Show video game.  I’m guessing it’s going to be a rotation of primarily Grandal, McCann, Collins, and Abreu.  Eloy too, from time to time.

1 minute ago, Ben Waffleson said:

I wonder what the contract would look like. I also feel like we are to right handed.

5/90 is my guess 

5 minutes ago, Dlsoxfan said:

You know I want the rumor to be true just for the simple fact I want see how big of an idiot Bruce Levine really is.

Seriously, I want Levine to own this on Monday and look like a complete moron for having less sources than some no name Dominican reporter after checking with his own sources and saying it was a false report.

Edited December 7, 20196 yr by Moan4Yoan

2 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

Here's what I'll say on Ozuna. None of the Sox writers can confirm and many have denied that it's true already. Marcell Ozuna's family in the DR thinks it's true in addition to reporters there however. 

Thanks for this. Where are you seeing the stuff about Ozuna’s family? Interested to see this

2 minutes ago, fathom said:

5/90 is my guess 

I’m going 5 / $80 due to the draft pick loss.  I will go 5 / $90-$100 on Castellanos.

What makes this so weird is not a single person here in the beat reporters have said anything on it being true and we are 5-6 hours From when that was tweeted, you would think after a couple someone else would have picked up on it but who knows

1 minute ago, HahnsKiddieTable said:

What makes this so weird is not a single person here in the beat reporters have said anything on it being true and we are 5-6 hours From when that was tweeted, you would think after a couple someone else would have picked up on it but who knows

Maybe they were told by the Sox to shut the fuck up and now blow this one like the Machado, Pederson, and Wheeler leaks.

1 minute ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said:

Maybe they were told by the Sox to shut the fuck up and now blow this one like the Machado, Pederson, and Wheeler leaks.

Too bad you didn’t blow the Herrera deal

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Too bad you didn’t blow the Herrera deal

Lol. Obviously not nearly on the same level, but people like to give White Sox Dave shit for being the one to scoop the Shield's trade, and obviously that turned in to a disaster. At least the Herrera one was only money. Ha

4 minutes ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said:

Maybe they were told by the Sox to shut the fuck up and now blow this one like the Machado, Pederson, and Wheeler leaks.

You would think they would have decided that after screwing up the Machado deal. 
 

However if true it’s a good thing, but that would also be giving this organization too much credit lol

Ozuna doesn't hit RHP better than LHP. It's actually the opposite.

 

His numbers from this past season may appear that way, but he only had 89 PAs for LHP. That's far too small of a sample size to draw any conclusions. For his career, he has a 126 wRC+ vs LHP and a 109 wRC+ vs RHP. 

4 minutes ago, Jose Abreu said:

Ozuna doesn't hit RHP better than LHP. It's actually the opposite.

 

His numbers from this past season may appear that way, but he only had 89 PAs for LHP. That's far too small of a sample size to draw any conclusions. For his career, he has a 126 wRC+ vs LHP and a 109 wRC+ vs RHP. 

He’s hit righties better than lefties in two of the last three seasons.  Whether that’s the start of a trend or just small sample size I don’t know.

3 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

He’s hit righties better than lefties in two of the last three seasons.  Whether that’s the start of a trend or just small sample size I don’t know.

Almost certainly small sample size. 2017 was legit, but 89 PAs is nothing. 

6 hours ago, Orlando said:

Now Bruce is saying that this is indeed false.

For veracity context: Bruce Levine has no idea who Ozuna's agent is. 

I just cannot see a White Sox source doing that to Bruce. I am not a Bruce guy, but am sure his source is pretty connected to the team, and it’s not like the news wasn’t out yet. To say it is false when it is not would really be a dick move. Bruce is certainly more of a Cubs guy but he does give the Sox a lot more time on his show than most non flagship shows. That would be biting a hand that feeds you.

1 minute ago, macsandz said:

For veracity context: Bruce Levine has no idea who Ozuna's agent is. 

Aren’t you @bucketofsuck?  If so, what you hearing?

38 minutes ago, HahnsKiddieTable said:

What makes this so weird is not a single person here in the beat reporters have said anything on it being true and we are 5-6 hours From when that was tweeted, you would think after a couple someone else would have picked up on it but who knows

quizás ellos no pueden entender tweets en Español, no?