December 21, 200421 yr Angels non-tendered shortstop David Eckstein. Eckstein figures to land on his feet after being ousted by the Angels. St. Louis makes a great deal of sense here. The White Sox might also want to consider him as a replacement for Willie Harris.
December 21, 200421 yr Eckstein is the quintessential model of a "grinder." Defintely wouldn't be a bad pickup if his price is right. Most noteable improvement he'd offer over Harris is his ability to hit LHP (179 ABS; .279 AVG, .345 OBP). However, Eckestein's defense (esp. range) is less than stellar. He hasn't fielded 2B since 2001, and wouldn't be expected to platoon w/Harris. Uribe's glove is better suited at SS; moving him to 2B shouldn't be an option. I'm fairly positive St. Louis Cardinals will sign Ecksetin. In addition to the likelihood he'd earn their fulltime SS position, Cardinals are an attractive option.
December 21, 200421 yr I hate to say this about such a little acquisition, but could he push us over the top? Sounds crazy, I know...but one thing this team has lacked over the past couple years was a real good spark plug, and they have lacked energy. That is EXACTLY what Eck is. To me...this makes too much sense NOT to happen. I could see Eck landing here for $3-4 mill a year with Cairo ending back up in St. Louis, or maybe they acquire a SS through a trade. However...if we get him, does he hit leadoff, second, or late in the order? To me, he seems to be the ideal #2 hitter for this team...solid OBP(lowest was .325 in 03, highest was .363 in 02...I expect somewhere in the .340 range from him, similar to tis past year), can hit to all fields, bunts the hell out of the ball, makes all kinds of contact(he has struck out over 50 times 1 time in his career, that being 01 when he struck out 60 times)...and to top it off, he is quite good defensively. I look at Eck and see too many good things about him for the Sox not to sign him. Signing him could quite possibly be priority #1 right now, and signing Wade Miller should be priority #2...and if you have any money left over, look to get AJ.
December 21, 200421 yr Getting Eck would be huge, but I have abseloutely zero faith KW will get it done. *sigh*
December 21, 200421 yr Author I already broke this news, I win. You did, but it does deserve it's own thread.
December 21, 200421 yr Getting Eck would be huge, but I have abseloutely zero faith KW will get it done. *sigh* Well said my friend.
December 21, 200421 yr He'd be a perfect pickup, platoon partner for willie, grinder, utility MIFer. though I think that you guys would be surprised that we have the same guy on our roster for cheaper... Wilson Valdez.
December 21, 200421 yr We need a pesky hitter like him that drives the opposing lose its focus. He would fit right in with our new team identity, "defense, speed and pitching(need a SP still).
December 21, 200421 yr god i'd love to have Eck here.... damn... Podsednik Rowand Thomas Konerko Dye Uribe Crede Davis Eckstein if crede has a decent season... damn that would be great...
December 21, 200421 yr god i'd love to have Eck here.... damn... Podsednik Rowand Thomas Konerko Dye Uribe Crede Davis Eckstein if crede has a decent season... damn that would be great... It would be pretty good.
December 21, 200421 yr I'd pick him up. he's an ideal backup infielder who can platoon with Harris, perhaps even start.
December 21, 200421 yr Sign Eck to play second. Use Willie as an all around utility guy, he can spell Arow in CF and Eck at second. Sign AJ Sign Perez Call it a very successfull offseason. It would also be the most balanced lineup we could possible have gotten
December 21, 200421 yr More like... Eck-2B S-Pod-LF Thomas-DH Kong-1B Dye-RF Pierz-C (sorry being hopeful) Crash-CF Uribe-SS Crede-3B That's good for me.
December 21, 200421 yr More like... Eck-2B S-Pod-LF Thomas-DH Kong-1B Dye-RF Pierz-C (sorry being hopeful) Crash-CF Uribe-SS Crede-3B That's good for me. You gotta have Pods leading off, C'mon.
December 21, 200421 yr More like... Eck-2B S-Pod-LF Thomas-DH Kong-1B Dye-RF Pierz-C (sorry being hopeful) Crash-CF Uribe-SS Crede-3B That's good for me. I would flip Eck and Pods Pods is our burner and can get on, Eck is a guy who has excellent bat control and can hit the ball to right. I would have Dye hit in front of Thomas who would flourish with all of the fastballs he would see. Thomas would get protection from Kong and Arow and AJ would give the lineup the line drive doubles hitters in the 6 and 7th that would keep innings going. Exciting, now I wont be able to sleep dammit. Pods Eck Dye Thomas Kong Arow AJ Uribe Crede
December 21, 200421 yr I would flip Eck and Pods Pods is our burner and can get on, Eck is a guy who has excellent bat control and can hit the ball to right. I would have Dye hit in front of Thomas who would flourish with all of the fastballs he would see. Thomas would get protection from Kong and Arow and AJ would give the lineup the line drive doubles hitters in the 6 and 7th that would keep innings going. Exciting, now I wont be able to sleep dammit. Pods Eck Dye Thomas Kong Arow AJ Uribe Crede Better.
December 21, 200421 yr Author I would flip Eck and Pods Pods is our burner and can get on, Eck is a guy who has excellent bat control and can hit the ball to right. I would have Dye hit in front of Thomas who would flourish with all of the fastballs he would see. Thomas would get protection from Kong and Arow and AJ would give the lineup the line drive doubles hitters in the 6 and 7th that would keep innings going. Exciting, now I wont be able to sleep dammit. Pods Eck Dye Thomas Kong Arow AJ Uribe Crede I think are highest obp guy should bat third to give everyone else a better chance of knocking him in.
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