July 28, 200421 yr You guys actually think FRank Cattalanotto is gonna help this team make it to the playoffs? You gotta be kidding me. You are gonna need a way more superior bat to even make a difference. This team is gonna need way more than that...maybe a starting pitcher or someone who will hold runners and throw them out. And I also think jurassic Everett was not the answer either. I still Think we could have gotten something a more productive bat with Rauch's value
July 28, 200421 yr So who do you want. Another power hitter who either homers or K's. We need a hitter like Catalannato who is not all or nothing.
July 28, 200421 yr Losing Frank and Maggs would kill any team. Our only hope is if our current guys somehow ignite and that includes Borchard. No more trades please.
July 28, 200421 yr Obviously no matter how many trades the Sox are gonna execute it will not fix all of their problems......
July 28, 200421 yr Author Who do i want? I would like to package together something to get a good pitcher. I wouldnt waste our young talent on frank catalanotto. Hes only played 54 games. Hes definitley not the answer
July 28, 200421 yr I think Frankie C is exactly the type of player we need right now. Someone who can get on base and to back that up, look at the last 2 games. We've scored 5 runs on 5 solo homers.
July 28, 200421 yr You are gonna need a way more superior bat to even make a difference. That's what a lot of people thought about the Shannon Stewart trade made by Minnesota last year. Giving up Kielty, an up and coming stud, for injury-prone Shannon Stewart. Boy were those people wrong. Catalanotto could be exactly what this team needs...last year, when Robbie came on and starting getting on base at the top of the order, it helped the power hitters immensely. Cat could come in here and do exactly that. And he would not cost a ton...not like Freddy Garcia or even Carl Everett.
July 28, 200421 yr You guys actually think FRank Cattalanotto is gonna help this team make it to the playoffs? You gotta be kidding me. You are gonna need a way more superior bat to even make a difference. This team is gonna need way more than that...maybe a starting pitcher or someone who will hold runners and throw them out. And I also think jurassic Everett was not the answer either. I still Think we could have gotten something a more productive bat with Rauch's value It is called the little things. Every successful team needs guys who will do them, guys who don't need to be in the lime light. We have enough stars on this team, we need some guys who will just come in and bust their balls doing whatever they can for the team to win. Frank is a veteran utility player. He is not a bad player. He would fit very nicely into the two hole. If we have no one on base for our power, we will never get more than a solo homerun.
July 28, 200421 yr Yeah, let's not do anything, pack up our bags, let the season die out a slow, painful death when we're 2.5 games out, with 2 months of baseball left because obviously losing 3 in a row just made hell freeze over.
July 28, 200421 yr That's what a lot of people thought about the Shannon Stewart trade made by Minnesota last year. Giving up Kielty, an up and coming stud, for injury-prone Shannon Stewart. Boy were those people wrong. Catalanotto could be exactly what this team needs...last year, when Robbie came on and starting getting on base at the top of the order, it helped the power hitters immensely. Cat could come in here and do exactly that. And he would not cost a ton...not like Freddy Garcia or even Carl Everett. I agree 100%. Even with Thomas and Maggs out of the lineup, I'd take our 3, 4, 5, 6 (Lee, Everett, Konerko, and hopefully in the near future, Valentin) over a lot of other teams. I'd really like to see a correlation between how our 1 and 2 hitters do each day, and how our offense as a whole does that day. It seems whenever our top of the order guys don't play well, our offense goes down easily.
July 28, 200421 yr Catalanotto would help this team a ton. We need another contact guy at the top of the order and someone needs to tell ozzie to move jose down in the order, anyways if kenny could somehow get Frank the lineup would looks like this: rowand cat lee carl pauly jose crede willie/uribe catching trio That lineup is real balanced plus you then have two guys at the top of the order who can get on for the boppers. The middle of the order isn't the problem right now it's the top and bottom of the lineup.
July 28, 200421 yr Catalanotto would help this team a ton. We need another contact guy at the top of the order and someone needs to tell ozzie to move jose down in the order, anyways if kenny could somehow get Frank the lineup would looks like this: rowand cat lee carl pauly jose crede willie/uribe catching trio That lineup is real balanced plus you then have two guys at the top of the order who can get on for the boppers. The middle of the order isn't the problem right now it's the top and bottom of the lineup. That would be a pretty damn solid line-up, imo at least.
July 28, 200421 yr I'd really like to see a correlation between how our 1 and 2 hitters do each day, and how our offense as a whole does that day. It seems whenever our top of the order guys don't play well, our offense goes down easily. That is true for many, if not all, teams. The Cubs have found out the hard way how important Kenny Lofton was for them down the stretch last year. Minnesota found out the easy way how important a good leadoff hitter is down the stretch by acquiring Stewart down the stretch for last year.
July 28, 200421 yr That would be a pretty damn solid line-up, imo at least. Ditto, 2 .300 hitters at the top of the lineup would make this lineup damn solid.
July 28, 200421 yr Ditto, 2 .300 hitters at the top of the lineup would make this lineup damn solid. Don't you mean 3? I mean, Caballo isn't a table setter, but the #3 hitter is still at the top of the lineup.
July 28, 200421 yr Don't you mean 3? I mean, Caballo isn't a table setter, but the #3 hitter is still at the top of the lineup. Yeah your right, I just meant the top two guys to get on for Carlos, Carl, Pauly, Jose but yes he is at the top of the order and a .300 hitter. You win, I lose.
July 28, 200421 yr Yeah your right, I just meant the top two guys to get on for Carlos, Carl, Pauly, Jose but yes he is at the top of the order and a .300 hitter. You win, I lose. Yay! What do I get?
July 28, 200421 yr Ditto, 2 .300 hitters at the top of the lineup would make this lineup damn solid. Not true, the bottom of the order is still very weak, and Guillen is persistant in batting Valentin 2nd.
July 28, 200421 yr Not true, the bottom of the order is still very weak, and Guillen is persistant in batting Valentin 2nd. Well I think most of us agree that Arow should bat 2nd as of right now so hopefully ozzie will find this out. As for the bottom of the order yeah it would still be a little weak but not as weak.
July 28, 200421 yr Well I think most of us agree that Arow should bat 2nd as of right now so hopefully ozzie will find this out. As for the bottom of the order yeah it would still be a little weak but not as weak. Agreed.
July 28, 200421 yr Just for reference, here are Frankies numbers this year: 189 ABs, 1 HR, 24 RBIs, .323 Avg, .364 OBP, .444 SLG, 12/23 BB/K, .809 OPS.
July 28, 200421 yr Just for reference, here are Frankies numbers this year: 189 ABs, 1 HR, 24 RBIs, .323 Avg, .364 OBP, .444 SLG, 12/23 BB/K, .809 OPS. AKA He's good.
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