But Blanco would be more expensive than Josh Anderson, for sure.

 

Maybe Poreda, Allen, someone like that...the Braves won't just give him away for free to us, they have no incentive to do so...and he's their primary "insurance" behind Schafer. Not to mention the fact that Blanco has a major league track record of relative success that Josh Anderson didn't.

 

The way Poreda has looked, I'm not sure they would take him for Blanco. Probably...but he hasn't even been throwing 93-94-95-96 yet. He's in the low 90's. And Matt Thornton can get crushed at 96-97 as a one pitch pitcher, as we saw last night.

 

But Blanco would be more expensive than Josh Anderson, for sure.

 

Maybe Poreda, Allen, someone like that...the Braves won't just give him away for free to us, they have no incentive to do so...and he's their primary "insurance" behind Schafer. Not to mention the fact that Blanco has a major league track record of relative success that Josh Anderson didn't.

 

The way Poreda has looked, I'm not sure they would take him for Blanco. Probably...but he hasn't even been throwing 93-94-95-96 yet. He's in the low 90's. And Matt Thornton can get crushed at 96-97 as a one pitch pitcher, as we saw last night.

If KW even considered sending Poreda or Allen away for Blanco, he should be sent to a rubber room immediately. Willits in no better than what is already here. He's a switch hiitting Jerry Owens.

For the record....

 

Willy Taveras is hitting .292 with 5 BBs 2 Ks and 3 SB with 0 CS.. The OBP is somewhere in .400's I believe with 1 2B and 1 3B so far in 8 games.

Unlike, Swisher that's a sample size that's going to rapidly plummet.

If KW even considered sending Poreda or Allen away for Blanco, he should be sent to a rubber room immediately. Willits in no better than what is already here. He's a switch hiitting Jerry Owens.

Reggie Willits is 100x the baseball player Jerry Owens is.

Unlike, Swisher that's a sample size that's going to rapidly plummet.

Fact: Willy Taveras sucks.

Unlike, Swisher that's a sample size that's going to rapidly plummet.

 

 

You're telling me that you expect Swisher to win the AL MVP?

 

Because if he keeps these numbers up all season, there's no way he doesn't finish ahead of even the beloved Jeter.

i expect Swisher to play to career norms, same with Taveras. Career norms tell us that Swish is a good player, and that Taveras is not.

Reggie Willits is 100x the baseball player Jerry Owens is.

100 x 0 is still 0.

Fact: Willy Taveras sucks.

 

More like Willy Taveras is a below-average player who has had a couple good seasons. The term "sucks" should be reserved for people like Wise and Owens.

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100 x 0 is still 0.

 

 

lol

The player the White Sox really could use, as probably so could everyone else, is the 1990-1996 version of Tony Phillips. He could play just about every position equally as mediocre. Good enough where he wouldn't embarrass himself. Led off. Walked a ton. Drove in runs. Hit homers, and drove the opposition nuts.

I guess Mark DeRosa's about the closest thing you can find to Tony Phillips (minus the speed)...or Chone Figgins.

 

When you think about it, he (Phillips) was kind of a hybrid of the two. I was thinking about Billy Hall too, but I'm not sure how his skills would translate to the AL.

 

Wonder if Lillibridge will ever hit a home run...he's the closest we have, though....or Hitless Alexei. That name thing jinxed him.

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The player the White Sox really could use, as probably so could everyone else, is the 1990-1996 version of Tony Phillips. He could play just about every position equally as mediocre. Good enough where he wouldn't embarrass himself. Led off. Walked a ton. Drove in runs. Hit homers, and drove the opposition nuts.

 

Yeah he was that good kind of crazy when he was on your favorite team, and the guy you wanted banned from the league when playing for the opposition. One of a kind when it came to playing the game, he had a hitch in his swing that you wouldnt want anyone mimicking, but it worked for him and his timing. He was certainly scrappy

Chris Getz while batting leadoff: .292 avg, .370 OBP, with some speed (just 1 SB so far, no CS though) - and he's still learning the majors. The Sox don't really need a leadoff hitter.

 

Brian Anderson since Wise's injury: .313 avg, .476 OBP. Brian is starting to figure it out.

 

I think we need to take a deep breath and let these two do their thing for a while.

 

Patience it a virtue in life and baseball. We must expect a resurgence from those who are stuggling

Chris Getz while batting leadoff: .292 avg, .370 OBP, with some speed (just 1 SB so far, no CS though) - and he's still learning the majors. The Sox don't really need a leadoff hitter.

 

Brian Anderson since Wise's injury: .313 avg, .476 OBP. Brian is starting to figure it out.

 

I think we need to take a deep breath and let these two do their thing for a while.

 

Agreed.

I think we need to take a deep breath and let these two do their thing for a while.

You're no fun at all.

 

Commie.

You're no fun at all.

 

Commie.

Whatever, Klingon.

 

Chris Getz while batting leadoff: .292 avg, .370 OBP, with some speed (just 1 SB so far, no CS though) - and he's still learning the majors. The Sox don't really need a leadoff hitter.

 

Brian Anderson since Wise's injury: .313 avg, .476 OBP. Brian is starting to figure it out.

 

I think we need to take a deep breath and let these two do their thing for a while.

 

I also agree....

 

Brian is looking good at the plate and we all know about his D....if these 2 keep it up our squad looks pretty good for the rest of the season

Agreed.

 

 

Anderson's walk rate will start to fall, because opposing pitchers will see he's not swinging early in counts and put him down 0-1, 0-2, and then it will be sayonara (if they have good control, which most MLB pitchers do).

 

So, in the next weeks, he needs to start squaring the ball up better on the bat (driving the ball into the gap, most of his hits haven't been liners exactly...like the play today that Garza makes 9 times out of 10) and he also needs to become at least somewhat dangerous with RISP.

 

Most of Brian's hits have been "Getz-like" so far...in fact, Lillibridge actually is hitting the ball with more authority the last 2-3 games than either Getz or Anderson.

 

Summary: he hasn't done anything to lose his job, far from it, but a little bit more will be expected...some doubles and timely RBI's, for example

Anderson usually hits the ball with authority, it's making contact that's been the problem. There is no way his walk rate is going to stay this high, but if anything it means he's looking comfortable at the plate and seeing decent at-bats. I'm not going to put the cart before the horse, I'm still not confident in his swing and it'll take several more weeks before we can see where he's really at.

Anderson usually hits the ball with authority, it's making contact that's been the problem. There is no way his walk rate is going to stay this high, but if anything it means he's looking comfortable at the plate and seeing decent at-bats. I'm not going to put the cart before the horse, I'm still not confident in his swing and it'll take several more weeks before we can see where he's really at.

 

It also means that he's not swinging at junk all the time anymore.

 

If pitchers start laying it in there early in the count, Brian should be smart enough to adjust and crush some pitches.