March 3, 200620 yr If you could take any player from any team and put them on the White Sox, factoring in age and ignoring salary, who would it be? For me, it would be Felix Hernandez. A 19 (soon to be 20) year old pitcher who is that talented and already good enough to post a sub 3 ERA in the AL doesn't come along that often. If anyone decides to post something like: "Who cares, it can't happen anyway", or something along those lines, here's your response: I told you in the topic subtitle that if you didn't want to answer the question to not even bother looking at the thread, so :finger
March 3, 200620 yr A-Rod, if salary doesn't matter. Miguel Cabrera, if salary does matter. Edited March 3, 200620 yr by SSH2005
March 3, 200620 yr Johan Santana. Pujols a close second, due to some level of "Where would he play"-ness. And the fact that if you think Vazquez will make a good 5th starter...imagine what Johan can do. Edited March 3, 200620 yr by Balta1701
March 3, 200620 yr Does the current roster matter or not? Because I would say we could use more offense than pitching.
March 3, 200620 yr If the Sox hadn't signed Thome, I would've said Pujols. But at this point, I think that the Sox could benefit from an established stud closer, so I'd go with either Lidge or Gagne (assuming the injury has had minimal effect).
March 3, 200620 yr QUOTE(mmmmmbeeer @ Mar 3, 2006 -> 02:36 PM) Mariano Rivera or A-Rod One of these years, age just has to catch up with Rivera. I don't know when it'll happen. But he just can't keep getting better every year. He can't have an ERA under .5 when he's 65. One of these years it has to happen...
March 3, 200620 yr QUOTE(WCSox @ Mar 3, 2006 -> 02:39 PM) If the Sox hadn't signed Thome, I would've said Pujols. But at this point, I think that the Sox could benefit from an established stud closer, so I'd go with either Lidge or Gagne (assuming the injury has had minimal effect). "I don't think that taste is there."
March 3, 200620 yr Even though he sucked last year, I still think Carlos Beltran would be a great fit on this team in CF.
March 3, 200620 yr If the Sox hadn't signed Thome, I would've said Pujols. But at this point, I think that the Sox could benefit from an established stud closer, so I'd go with either Lidge or Gagne (assuming the injury has had minimal effect). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You mean traded for Thome. But yeah, I just changed my answer from Pujols to A-Rod. We are set at 1B and DH but replacing Crede with A-Rod would add a TON of offense without losing anything on defense. If salary matters, I would take Miguel Cabrera at 3rd base. Edited March 3, 200620 yr by SSH2005
March 3, 200620 yr QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Mar 3, 2006 -> 03:41 PM) You mean traded for Thome. But yeah, I just changed my answer from Pujols to A-Rod. We are set at 1B and DH but replacing Crede with A-Rod would add a TON of offense without losing anything on defense. If salary matters, I would take Miguel Cabrera at 3rd base. Yes, traded. :banghead Replacing Crede with A-Rod would be a solid option as well (although I think that Crede might be slightly better defensively).
March 3, 200620 yr QUOTE(WCSox @ Mar 3, 2006 -> 02:43 PM) Yes, traded. :banghead Replacing Crede with A-Rod would be a solid option as well (although I think that Crede might be slightly better defensively). I think it's more than slightly.
March 3, 200620 yr QUOTE(G&T @ Mar 3, 2006 -> 10:45 PM) Vlad. He did a great job winning games for the Sox last year.
March 3, 200620 yr Also, considering we don't touch Santana, he would definitely be the pitcher I select.
March 3, 200620 yr QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 3, 2006 -> 03:44 PM) I think it's more than slightly. Outside of the ALDS, A-Rod played very well at 3B last season. But he was wretched both defensively and at the plate when it counted the most.
March 3, 200620 yr QUOTE(fathom @ Mar 3, 2006 -> 05:46 PM) He did a great job winning games for the Sox last year. Yeah, well I'll still take my chances.
March 3, 200620 yr QUOTE(G&T @ Mar 3, 2006 -> 02:48 PM) Yeah, well I'll still take my chances. There are vastly younger, healthier bats to take your chances with, IMO.
March 3, 200620 yr He's 32. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yep, and that's pretty old for a baseball player. Also, Ichiro only wants to play RF. I would only consider choosing him if he would play CF for us. There are much better players to choose than Ichiro, especially when you factor in age. Edited March 3, 200620 yr by SSH2005
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