If Getz really ends up working out and Alexei turns out to be really as good as he's looked so far, where does Gordon Beckham fit in the picture down the line?

3B/DH/RF??

Edited August 13, 200817 yr by whitesoxbrian

3B/DH/RF??

DH? For a young, toolsy 1st rounder who can play middle infield?

 

Plus RF needs a strong arm, and Beckham's arm is the one question mark they have about him being a future SS.

 

He'll be an infielder.

 

 

If Getz really ends up working out and Alexei turns out to be really as good as he's looked so far, where does Gordon Beckham fit in the picture down the line?

Barring a change in GM's...there's 29 other teams out there. Hell, I could see Beckham traded by KW even if Getz stinks.

Beckham, a top 10 first round pick could be playing with the club as soon as 2010. It would seemingly be a good problem to have with ALexei, Getz and Beckham all on the team at once. Add CQ, Danks and Floyd to the mix and we have a pretty young and talented core on this team for the next few years, especially if Fields can finally make the adjustments needed to stay in the bigs..

Mark Buehrle just makes baseball look so easy sometimes.

Chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

Get him over to third, or even in, AJ.

Super sacrifice, AJ.

Just swing away AJP, as you ground out to the right side most of the time anyways.

I really don't get the sac in the 1st with nobody out and runner on 2nd.

1-0 Sox!

Run is in.

What a great approach by Dye.

There we go.

Would anyone be opposed to switching JD and CQ in the line-up? I figure CQ will come up more often with runners on base with a guy who can hit for average like JD in front of him.

Go Griffey Jr! Hopefully Jermaine's ok.

Break it open SwizzleSwish.

I'll take a 2-0 lead after one.

 

Do your thing, Mark.

There was a little bit of a gimp there, right?

 

Looked like he was favoring the hammy....

There was a little bit of a gimp there, right?

 

Sure seemed like it. Hopefully it's just a strawberry from the slide.

Edited August 14, 200817 yr by fathom

Nice catch by Griffey Jr.....kinda

Junior making Carlos Gomez look silly out there.

Griffey is so slow.

Someone ready the O2 for Griff in the dugout.

Did anyone hear about the Share the Name- Share the Game promotion that the Sox did yesterday? If you have the same name as any of the players or coaches on the Sox you got half price tickets. Pretty good promotion, especially for Latinos. Unfortunately I doubt there are lots of Konerkos or Jeks' or Thomes out in the Chicago area. I wonder if they made exceptions for the many Vasquezes out there.