May 10, 200421 yr Set the budget limit at 80 Mill instead of 60 (they're over right now). With 15 extra Mill (and prospects), you could buy all sorts of talent around July. An ace. A lead-off hitting 2B. A closer. Maybe more, with a salary exchange.
May 10, 200421 yr call up Reed and bat him in the 2 spot trade Lee, get a good starter and call up Reed.
May 10, 200421 yr If you could make any one change to the 2004 Chicago White Sox, what would it be? Make Billy Botch the water boy and sew the Big Skirt's lips shut.
May 10, 200421 yr trade for Kip Wells. I heard he may be on the block too. That'd be a good move to help shore up the rotation cause Cotts aint ready.
May 10, 200421 yr Right now, with the players we have, I'd tweak the lineup as so: Harris Olivo Maggs Thomas Lee Valentin Konerko Crede Rowand/Perez I'd let Uribe hit in the same postion as the player he is subbing for, and he'd be in there for someone, almost daily. Putting JV is the 6 spot breaks up that string of RH hitters. Those opposing pitchers can just get into groove seeing the same thing batter after batter. Olivo has been handling the bat well enough and is speedy enough to be effective in the two hole.
May 10, 200421 yr Find someone dumb enough to trade for Konerko and/or Valentin. The Sox NEED a 2B and a starter.
May 10, 200421 yr Find someone dumb enough to trade for Konerko and/or Valentin. The Sox NEED a 2B and a starter. Dont know what team you've been watching, but 2B ain't a big problem. A lefty bat(preferably in CF), and another starter.
May 10, 200421 yr Make Billy Botch the water boy and sew the Big Skirt's lips shut. That's 2 things...
May 10, 200421 yr Trade Konerko [possibly to LA, maybe a salary swap for Jeff Weaver to free up space. [Weaver is owed $15.5 mill over next two years, PK owed $16.75; LA could put Green back in RF; Dave Roberts blew out his hammy and is on the DL, the same one he hurt last year. My guess is LA plans on getting by without him, esp. with Bradley in CF. Ventura is at 1B now. PK could platoon w/ him at worst] Frank can play 1B, along with Ross Gload, or Jeremy Reed. Reed could get regular time at 1B [his spot his first 2 years in college, his Jr, year he played OF] to see if he can hit in the bigs. If he hits, it makes Lee tradeable for a possible ace by the trading deadline. Players can rotate in the DH spot, with Valentin seeing the majority of time there, along with Lee. While Weaver may never regain his Det. form, he could be a solid #5. He's always had success vs. the AL Central. A steady diet of Central teams may be what he needs. The key is the Sox have too many power hitting RH, who can't hit an off speed pitch. If every pitcher threw a 2-0 fastball to PK, he'd be in the HOF. Moving PK is the first step toward retooling the Sox lineup, giving them flexibility to move guys around who aren't so one-dimensional as PK.
May 10, 200421 yr Dont know what team you've been watching, but 2B ain't a big problem. A lefty bat(preferably in CF), and another starter. I'd probably move slick Willie to CF!
May 10, 200421 yr I would also change the lineup around.... CF--Harris LF--Lee RF--Ordonez DH--Thomas 1B--Konerko SS--Valentin 2B--Uribe 3B--Crede C--Olivo
May 10, 200421 yr If you could make any one change to the 2004 Chicago White Sox, what would it be? I would get another stud pitcher in here and have Reed up here in the two hole. I'd probably add a left handed bat as well, maybe find a way to get Casey for Konerko or something.
May 10, 200421 yr Trade Lee for a starter Call Up reed. I'll add a couple things to that cause that's what I'd do also. But I'd then stick willie in center and uribe at 2b and reed in left. And my lineup would look like this: 1. willie cf 2. uribe 2b 3. Maggs rf 4. Frank dh 5. Jose ss 6. PK 1b 7. Reed lf 8. Crede 3b 9. Olivo c
May 10, 200421 yr Didnt Lee do really good last year in the 2 spot ?? Would it help maybe to move him back there again ??
May 10, 200421 yr I'd probably move slick Willie to CF! Yeah, I would do that too. But then I put Uribe at 2B. We don't need a 2Bman...or a SS. BTW, if I could do one thing, I'd get an ace.
May 10, 200421 yr Author Didnt Lee do really good last year in the 2 spot ?? Would it help maybe to move him back there again ?? Carlos had 253 at bats in the 2 spot last year and batted .320. I hope ozzie will at least try him again at the two spot after waht he did last year
May 10, 200421 yr I thought he batted 2nd alot last year and did pretty good. If it works i dont see why they dont try it.
May 11, 200421 yr Dont know what team you've been watching, but 2B ain't a big problem. A lefty bat(preferably in CF), and another starter. I know a lefty CF we could use.......Ken Griffey Jr.
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