Series Preview: White Sox vs. Red Sox

By Zach Hansen

 

The White Sox will be welcoming the Boston Red Sox into Chicago, for the final series of the first half. With Thome-Konerko-Dye and Ortiz-Ramirez-Varitek, this series features the two best lineup triads in baseball. Boston will be coming into Chicago with a bit of a chip on their shoulder. The favored Red Sox were swept by the White Sox in the 2005 ALDS, and some outspoken members of Boston’s team feel slighted by manager Ozzie Guillen’s All-Star selections (despite having four representatives).

 

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Tampa came within .............. sweeping 4 from these pussies. If we dont get AT LEAST 2 of 3 I'll be shocked.

 

 

RIP EM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited July 7, 200619 yr by kapkomet

Tampa came within ............ sweeping 4 from these pussies. If we dont get AT LEAST 2 of 3 I'll be shocked.

RIP EM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Well, Vazquez and Garcia won't be pitching. As long as Ozzie doesn't foolishly throw Politte out there, we should take 2 of 3.

Edited July 7, 200619 yr by kapkomet

i look forward to this, Go SOX!

 

of the white nature.

Well, Vazquez and Garcia won't be pitching. As long as Ozzie doesn't foolishly throw Politte out there, we should take 2 of 3.

 

Garcia's pitching Saturday.

i look forward to this, Go SOX!

 

of the white nature.

Racist. :headshake

 

Garcia's pitching Saturday.

 

NM then. I don't like his chances at all against Boston.

NM then. I don't like his chances at all against Boston.

 

 

Well, it is a day game. Beckett has been giving up a lot of home runs as well. One team will probably have to out slug the other rather than one pitcher shutting the other team down.

 

That being said, the score will probably end up being 1-0.

we'll bury the red sox

 

book it

Mr G.

 

Add me to the BLogan fan club.

Positional Stats Breakdown

 

Catcher

Pierzynski .325 BA, .369 OBP, .454 SLG, 17 2B, 6 HR, 29 RBI

Varitek .244 BA, .327 OBP, .405 SLG, 10 2B, 9 HR, 40 RBI

 

Edge - Chicago (BA 80 pts higher, better OBP, SLG)

 

First Base

Konerko .315 BA, .385 OBP, .571 SLG, 16 2B, 21 HR, 67 RBI

Youkilis .304 BA, .410 OBP, .479 SLG, 21 2B, 10 HR, 41 RBI

 

Edge - Chicago (11 more HRs, 26 more RBI)

 

Second Base

Iguchi .291 BA, .346 OBP, .428 SLG, 13 2B, 9 HR, 38 RBI

Loretta .305 BA, .351 OBP, .386 SLG, 18 2B, 3 HR, 34 RBI

 

Edge - Chicago (Fairly even except 3 to 1 HR ratio)

Third Base

Crede .300 BA, .339 OBP, .526 SLG, 17 2B, 16 HR, 57 RBI

Lowell .298 BA, .353 OBP, .493 SLG, 30 2B, 9 HR, 41 RBI

 

Edge - Chicago (HRs to 2Bs are a push, 16 more RBIs and the D)

 

Shortstop

Uribe .239 BA, .267 OBP, .436 SLG, 14 2B, 11 HR, 46 RBI

Gonzalez .272 BA, .315 OBP, .397 SLG, 12 2B, 5 HR, 26 RBI

 

Edge - Chicago (Due to Uribe's recent hot stretch, otherwise a push)

 

Designated Hitter

Thome .293 BA, .416 OBP, .648 SLG, 10 2B, 29 HR, 75 RBI (in 273 ABs)

Ortiz .277 BA, .384 OBP, .605 SLG, 15 2B, 29 HR, 82 RBI (in 311 ABs)

 

Edge - Chicago (Close but near equal production in 38 less ABs)

 

Rightfielder

Dye .321 BA, .406 OBP, .630 SLG, 14 2B, 22 HR, 61 RBI

Nixon .323 BA, .431 OBP, .474 SLG, 20 2B, 6 HR, 42 RBI

 

Edge - Chicago (Huge lead in SLG, HR, and RBI)

 

Leftfielder

Ramirez .310 BA, .440 OBP, .628 SLG, 13 2B, 3 HR, 65 RBI

Podsednik .269 BA, .349 OBP, .391 SLG, 18 2B, 2 HR, 32 RBI, 27 SB

 

Edge - Boston (Leads in every category except 2B, 3B, and SBs)

 

Centerfielder

Crisp .254 BA, .308 OBP, .355 SLG, 6 2B, 3 HR, 13 RBI

Anderson .182 BA, .274 OBP, .313 SLG, 8 2B, 5 HR, 20 RBI

 

Edge - Boston (Closer than I expected, but 72 pts in BA is big)

 

Bench

Ozuna (.432 BA, .468 OBP, .545 SLG, 13 RBI), Mackowiak (.294 BA, .388 OBP, 14 RBI)

Cintron (.285 BA, 19 RBI, 8 SB), Gload (.304 BA, 6 RBI), Widger (.209 BA, 7 RBI)

 

Cora (.304 BA, .407 OBP, .359 SLG, 9 RBI), Mirabelli (.169 BA, 9 RBI)

Harris (.159 BA, 1 RBI), Kapler (.370 BA, .370 OBP, 7 RBI)

 

Edge - Chicago (Benches are not even close)

Edited July 7, 200619 yr by RME JICO

DH - edge Boston (statistically even, but Papi has a ton of GW hits and a few more RBI)

DH - edge Boston (statistically even, but Papi has a ton of GW hits and a few more RBI)

 

No way, check out their stats with RISP:

 

Thome (65 ABs, 9 HR, 46 RBI, .385 BA, .505 OBP, .846 SLG, 1.352 OPS)

Ortiz (94 ABs, 7 HR, 49 RBI, .277 BA, .405 OBP, .532 SLG, .937 OPS)

 

Ortiz has had 29 more ABs with runners in scoring position, and he gets a lot more SportsCenter coverage for every single hit.

 

VORP

Thome 39.1 > Ortiz 31.2

Edited July 7, 200619 yr by RME JICO

No way, check out their stats with RISP:

 

Thome (65 ABs, 9 HR, 46 RBI, .385 BA, .505 OBP, .846 SLG, 1.352 OPS)

Ortiz (94 ABs, 7 HR, 49 RBI, .277 BA, .405 OBP, .532 SLG, .937 OPS)

 

Ortiz has had 29 more ABs with runners in scoring position, and he gets a lot more SportsCenter coverage for every single hit.

 

VORP

Thome 39.1 > Ortiz 31.2

 

Great job RME!

Ozzie and Coop need to look back at how we handled Big Sloppy and Minnie Ramirez in the playoffs last year. Control those two and it's game over, insert coin.

Nice work RME, you should do a break down for every series, me gusta

No way, check out their stats with RISP:

 

Thome (65 ABs, 9 HR, 46 RBI, .385 BA, .505 OBP, .846 SLG, 1.352 OPS)

Ortiz (94 ABs, 7 HR, 49 RBI, .277 BA, .405 OBP, .532 SLG, .937 OPS)

 

Ortiz has had 29 more ABs with runners in scoring position, and he gets a lot more SportsCenter coverage for every single hit.

 

VORP

Thome 39.1 > Ortiz 31.2

 

Great Job!!

I'm throwing this out there right now. Mark Buehrle is getting a No Decision in tonight's game against the BoSox. Brandon McCarthy will pitch excellent relief and get the "W". It'll be his birthday present.

I'm gonna stick my neck out and say that at some point in tonight's ball game the White Sox will give Mark the lead and he will give it RIGHT back.

I heard Iguchi will be back tonight -- any chance Pablo will get the start in left?

Game 1 Starting Pitchers (Buehrle vs Lester)

 

Mark Buehrle 9-5, 116.2 IP, 50 ER, 28 BB, 51 K, 3.86 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, .275 BAA

Vs LH Batter .185 BAA, 0.83 WHIP

Vs RH Batter .298 BAA, 1.46 WHIP

Home 5-1, 64.0 IP, 20 ER, 19 BB, 31 K, 2.81 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, .224 BAA

BOS Batters vs Buehrle

(Crisp 10-26, .385 BA, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 4 K)

(Ortiz 13-37, .351 BA, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB, 4 K)

(Ramirez 8-18, .444 BA, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 6 BB, 3 K)

(Varitek 9-20, .450 BA, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 0 K)

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Jon Lester 3-0, 26.1 IP, 9 ER, 17 BB, 27 K, 3.08 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, .247 BAA

vs LH Batter .182 BAA, 1.25 WHIP

vs RH Batter .256 BAA, 1.61 WHIP

Away 1-0, 11.0 IP, 3 ER, 6 BB, 8 K, 2.45 ERA, .293 BAA

No White Sox batter has faced Jon Lester

 

Edge – Even (Buehrle is better at home, but the heart of Boston’s order has hit Buehrle hard; Lester has a suspect WHIP and Away BAA that may be exposed against Chicago's hitters)

 

Lefty Relief Pitchers

Cotts 34.0 IP, 10 ER, 10 BB, 25 K, 2.65 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, .205 BAA

Thornton 28.1 IP 11 ER, 11 BB, 30 K, 3.49 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, .202 BAA

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Lopez 6.1 IP, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 4.26 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, .211 BAA

 

Edge – Chicago (Lopez is the lone Lefty out of the pen for Boston)

 

Righty Relief Pitchers

Riske 9.0 IP, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, 1.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, .188 BAA

McCarthy 42.1 IP, 21 ER, 13 BB, 29 K, 4.46 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, .252 BAA

Politte 26.1 IP, 25 ER, 13 BB, 13 K, 8.54 ERA, 2.09 WHIP, .359 BAA

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Timlin 29.1 IP, 8 ER, 8 BB, 17 K, 2.45 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, .265 BAA

Declarmen 20.0 IP, 9 ER, 7 BB, 18 K, 4.05 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, .295 BAA

Hansen 9.1 IP, 5 ER, 3 BB, 10 K, 4.82 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, .222 BAA

Seanez 31.0 IP, 17 ER, 14 BB, 36 K, 4.94 ERA, 1.55 WHIP, .270 BAA

Tavarez 42.1 IP, 24 ER, 19 BB, 26 K, 5.10 ERA, 1.51 WHIP, .281 BAA

 

Edge – Even (Boston has more options and they don’t have Politte; Riske has been very effective in a short period of time.... for Chicago)

 

Closer

Jenks 38.2 IP, 11 ER, 11 BB, 47 K, 2.56 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, .220 BAA

Papelbon 42.2 IP, 2 ER, 7 BB, 43 K, 0.42 ERA, 0.68 WHIP, .149 BAA

 

Edge – Boston (This one is close, but only 2 ER and 7 BBs in 42 IP is pretty impressive. Both teams will need to score before these two get in the game)

 

Teams

Chicago Home 32-12, .289 Team BA, 4.41 Team ERA

Boston Away 24-22, .283 Team BA, 4.59 Team ERA

 

Overall Edge - Chicago (The teams and positions match up pretty even with the edge going to Chicago)

The only AL team Lester has faced is Texas and he lasted 4 1/3 with 5 hits 3 runs and 4 walks.

 

Beating up on the NL doesn't rank you as top dog in my book. Let's see what he can do against a top 10 hitting team.

OMFG WILLIE HARRIS!

OMFG WILLIE HARRIS!

 

Remember . . . Willie Harris scored the winning run for the Sox in game 4. Don't mock him too much

 

 

I've been looking forward to this series for a long time, I already have my tickets for when the Pale Hose come to Fenway. Should be a good one

No way, check out their stats with RISP:

 

Thome (65 ABs, 9 HR, 46 RBI, .385 BA, .505 OBP, .846 SLG, 1.352 OPS)

Ortiz (94 ABs, 7 HR, 49 RBI, .277 BA, .405 OBP, .532 SLG, .937 OPS)

 

Ortiz has had 29 more ABs with runners in scoring position, and he gets a lot more SportsCenter coverage for every single hit.

 

VORP

Thome 39.1 > Ortiz 31.2