January 10, 200422 yr Not much of a suprise really, he was always headed home, The Baltimore Orioles appear close to renewing acquaintances with a familiar face. The Baltimore Sun reported Friday the team is close to signing free-agent right-hander Sidney Ponson. Ponson made his major-league debut with the Orioles in 1998, and he pitched for the team until he was traded to the San Francisco Giants last July in a four-player deal. The Sun reported financial terms to be similar to the three-year, $21 million deal Ponson rejected from the Orioles before the team sent him packing before the non-waiver trade deadline. At 27, Ponson would be considered the ace of a depleted pitching staff, which includes Kurt Ainsworth, Rodrigo Lopez, Eric DuBose, Matt Riley and Omar Daal. Ponson showed promise, compiling a 14-6 record and a 3.77 ERA with Baltimore last season prior to the trade. He went 3-6 with a 3.71 ERA for the Giants and later lost a three-run lead in Game 2 of the Division Series against the Florida Marlins.
January 10, 200422 yr ...Well there goes our Plan B...err Plan C...err....Ah whatever the f*** it was........
January 10, 200422 yr wow, that really sucks, i thought we had a good chance of getting ponson too... So what are we looking at here.... 1. Buerhle 2. Loaiza 3. Wright? 4. Cotts/Schoeneweis 5. Diaz What other starting pitchers are out there.... cause this isnt looking too good...
January 10, 200422 yr wow, that really sucks, i thought we had a good chance of getting ponson too... So what are we looking at here.... 1. Buerhle 2. Loaiza 3. Wright? 4. Cotts/Schoeneweis 5. Diaz What other starting pitchers are out there.... cause this isnt looking too good... Don't forget Garland....
January 10, 200422 yr Author Wright won't start. I'm pretty sure of that, cos KW says he's only gonna sign 1 more veteran for da pen, hence we'd only hav Koch, Marte, Wunsch, Polite and 1 veteran with Wright prob gonna eat up long innings like Gary Glover used to. I thought it was interestin that on the White Sox main site they had Diaz penciled in as the 5th starter, although if Pacheco puts up sum great spring trainin numbers, I could definitely see him bein our 5th starter like Josh Stewart was last year.
January 10, 200422 yr Don't forget Garland.... Lol.. oh yeah... forgot about the cub killer garland.. we'll need him in late June against those north siders.. :fthecubs
January 10, 200422 yr Author Lol.. oh yeah... forgot about the cub killer garland.. we'll need him in late June against those north siders.. :fthecubs Hopefully he'll keep improvin and we need him to, cos Loaiza ain't gonna post another 20 win season, so we need Buerhle and Garland to step it up.
January 10, 200422 yr Hopefully he'll keep improvin and we need him to, cos Loaiza ain't gonna post another 20 win season, so we need Buerhle and Garland to step it up. As I've always maintained, Garland is the key to the teams success or failure this season. If he can step up and win 15+ then we have a legitimate shot at winning the division. If he has a bad year or another mediocre one then we're toast.
January 10, 200422 yr Author As I've always maintained, Garland is the key to the teams success or failure this season. If he can step up and win 15+ then we have a legitimate shot at winning the division. If he has a bad year or another mediocre one then we're toast. Confidence is always a key with Jon. He had a terrible start to last season and almost got traded to St. Louis but if he has a good start to the season, I think he's more than capable of winnin 15 games. The thing I worry about him though is that he only really brings it in a big game e.g in Boston when he threw a no hitter I think thru 7 innings.
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