Josh Fields wants a trade

[Harry Chappas]

Why isnt Becks an All-Star at 3B? 300 avg close to .400 OBP with developing power and a plus glove. Who cares if he is ACTUALLY elected to the game as long as he plays at an All Star level.

 

At this point in time sub-par defense and low power numbers. He does not have a plus glove although he may in a few years.

[EvilJester99]

I think they said it best on Mully and Hanley this morning....BA and Wise are not players who should be on a "good" teams MLB roster... hench why BA was sent to Pawtucket....

[Balta1701]

Why isnt Becks an All-Star at 3B? 300 avg close to .400 OBP with developing power and a plus glove. Who cares if he is ACTUALLY elected to the game as long as he plays at an All Star level.

Because quite simply, there are likely always going to be people putting up numbers as good or better than him. Longoria and ARod are the top of my list; if b*^&( T*%s stays healthy he's probably going to be on pace for 40 home runs and he's a Yankee. Then there's Longoria. Then there's Michael Young, who has a shot to be leading the league in hitting every year. And it's not like this is a position where no one is coming along who can challenge him either: Moustakas in K.C., Brett Wallace in Oakland if he sticks there, Dayan Viciedo in Chicago if his power develops.

 

Beckham's numbers just aren't going to be eye-popping at 3b. They will be solid, but at 2b, he's an MVP candidate.

[wsgdf_2]

I think they said it best on Mully and Hanley this morning....BA and Wise are not players who should be on a "good" teams MLB roster... hench why BA was sent to Pawtucket....

 

 

That's it right there.

[RockRaines]

Because quite simply, there are likely always going to be people putting up numbers as good or better than him. Longoria and ARod are the top of my list; if b*^&( T*%s stays healthy he's probably going to be on pace for 40 home runs and he's a Yankee. Then there's Longoria. Then there's Michael Young, who has a shot to be leading the league in hitting every year. And it's not like this is a position where no one is coming along who can challenge him either: Moustakas in K.C., Brett Wallace in Oakland if he sticks there, Dayan Viciedo in Chicago if his power develops.

 

Beckham's numbers just aren't going to be eye-popping at 3b. They will be solid, but at 2b, he's an MVP candidate.

Like I said, not being in NYC or Boston will keep him out of the ASG at most positions anyway, but he WILL be playing all star caliber at that position anyway, so who cares if other players are elected by fans.

[WCSox]

Beckham is probably not going to be an allstar at 3rd base. To start off, ARod, Young, and Longoria are there for a long time, and then every year it seems like there's more than a few guys who step up and put up near .900 OPS's there. He'll need to be legitimately hitting .330+ and putting up 30+ HR a year before he's an all star there. Especially with Longoria's glove.

 

Beckham at 2b is an all star right now. The only 2b with a higher OPS than him is Zobrist.

 

I meant to convey that he's going to be an All Star-caliber player, and I'm assuming that he's not going to stay at 3B for the long-term.

 

[ChiSox_Sonix]

Did all of this stem from Brian refusing to play winter ball a couple years ago? That was him, right?

 

He got sick, so he left IIRC

[elrockinMT]

So long Josh is all I can say here

[Dick Allen]

Sox sure are trading previous so called first round picks for nothing shows how pathectic they were in talent evaluation!

Fields and BA are two of KW's favorites. It probably kills him to move them for basically nothing.

[shipps]

The Sox suck and Kenny Williams never makes the right moves. We can never get young talent because we never evaluate well. We are just so bad.

[lostfan]

The Sox suck and Kenny Williams never makes the right moves. We can never get young talent because we never evaluate well. We are just so bad.

Don't forget, Ozzie is racist

[BigSqwert]

The Sox suck and Kenny Williams never makes the right moves. We can never get young talent because we never evaluate well. We are just so bad.

I like the cut of your jib.

[shipps]

Don't forget, Ozzie is racist

 

I loathe every waking moment watching the Sox because of all these reasons.

[greg775]

Great, so now we'll get nothing for Fields except some Class A ball guy or a guy like Kotsay.

Bummer.

[Kyyle23]

Great, so now we'll get nothing for Fields except some Class A ball guy or a guy like Kotsay.

Bummer.

 

 

I was totally hoping for Halladay too

[greg775]

You don't think Fields could have been shopped last winter to get a much better prospect/player?

As well as BA?

Now they are scraps. In the offseason, Fields was taking over for Crede to the delight of all the Crede bashers. He was our starter with some promise. Now he's nothing but garbage on the trade market. BA also was likely to be our starter. Now we get old Kotsay for him? Scraps.

Edited July 29, 2009 by greg775

[Kyyle23]

You don't think Fields could have been shopped last winter to get a much better prospect/player?

As well as BA?

Now they are scraps. In the offseason, Fields was taking over for Crede to the delight of all the Crede bashers. He was our starter with some promise. Now he's nothing but garbage on the trade market.

 

You mean when both of their values were at an absolute low, with Fields coming off an injury year, and Brian Anderson coming off watching Wise taking CF down the stretch instead of himself?

 

No, I dont think they could have gotten better prospects. Not at all

Edited July 29, 2009 by KyYlE23

[lostfan]

You don't think Fields could have been shopped last winter to get a much better prospect/player?

As well as BA?

Now they are scraps. In the offseason, Fields was taking over for Crede to the delight of all the Crede bashers. He was our starter with some promise. Now he's nothing but garbage on the trade market. BA also was likely to be our starter. Now we get old Kotsay for him? Scraps.

Do us all a favor and let Kenny borrow your crystal ball?

[Dick Allen]

You don't think Fields could have been shopped last winter to get a much better prospect/player?

As well as BA?

Now they are scraps. In the offseason, Fields was taking over for Crede to the delight of all the Crede bashers. He was our starter with some promise. Now he's nothing but garbage on the trade market. BA also was likely to be our starter. Now we get old Kotsay for him? Scraps.

Fields wasn't worth anything this past offseason. The time to deal him was when he hit a bunch of homers and people around here thought he'd hit 50 a season. But Crede was no sure thing and KW thought Fields was a potential all star so he wasn't going anywhere unless they got Cabrera or someone like that.

 

They won't be the last high draft picks that became worthless quickly, and its not just something that happens to White Sox players.

[greg775]

You mean when both of their values were at an absolute low, with Fields coming off an injury year, and Brian Anderson coming off watching Wise taking CF down the stretch instead of himself?

 

No, I dont think they could have gotten better prospects. Not at all

 

Then that shows why we are a .500 team at best. Our baseball team had BA and Fields penciled in as starters and you think they were were basically nothing. Those are 2 positions on a team filled with trash.

As far as Kenny.

That's his job to evaluate players. GMs always need a crystal ball so to speak. He should have moved Josh in the offseason and signed Crede to a Twins' like deal. Or given it to Beckham to begin with. The few weeks in the minors probably didn't matter much to Gordon to start the year. His ability was probably there to begin with unless you guys think that month or so in the minors helped him a lot.

 

And you said:

But Crede was no sure thing and KW thought Fields was a potential all star so he wasn't going anywhere unless they got Cabrera or someone like that.

If KW thought fields was potential all star, some other GM might have bit in the winter when teams are more apt to deal to make some changes.

Edited July 29, 2009 by greg775

[Chisoxfn]

Mariners are retooling and could be interested.

[Kyyle23]

Then that shows why we are a .500 team at best. Our baseball team had BA and Fields penciled in as starters and you think they were were basically nothing. Those are 2 positions on a team filled with trash.

As far as Kenny.

That's his job to evaluate players. GMs always need a crystal ball so to speak. He should have moved Josh in the offseason and signed Crede to a Twins' like deal. Or given it to Beckham to begin with. The few weeks in the minors probably didn't matter much to Gordon to start the year. His ability was probably there to begin with unless you guys think that month or so in the minors helped him a lot.

 

And you said:

But Crede was no sure thing and KW thought Fields was a potential all star so he wasn't going anywhere unless they got Cabrera or someone like that.

If KW thought fields was potential all star, some other GM might have bit in the winter when teams are more apt to deal to make some changes.

 

 

The same crede that had a cortizone shot in the past week? The guy who is DHing for the Twins? Thats just a great idea

[Dick Allen]

The same crede that had a cortizone shot in the past week? The guy who is DHing for the Twins? Thats just a great idea

Crede got hurt on a dive and jammed his shoulder so you never know if he would have been hurt with the White Sox, but who cares? One good think about Fields not being able to catch up to mediocre fastballs and Crede signing with Minnesota is we get to watch Gordon Beckham play baseball.

[Kyyle23]

Crede got hurt on a dive and jammed his shoulder so you never know if he would have been hurt with the White Sox, but who cares? One good think about Fields not being able to catch up to mediocre fastballs and Crede signing with Minnesota is we get to watch Gordon Beckham play baseball.

 

 

No, Im pretty sure he would have. He has every year. It was the reason I was cool with the decision to let him walk

[CanOfCorn]

Then that shows why we are a .500 team at best. Our baseball team had BA and Fields penciled in as starters and you think they were were basically nothing. Those are 2 positions on a team filled with trash.

As far as Kenny.

That's his job to evaluate players. GMs always need a crystal ball so to speak. He should have moved Josh in the offseason and signed Crede to a Twins' like deal. Or given it to Beckham to begin with. The few weeks in the minors probably didn't matter much to Gordon to start the year. His ability was probably there to begin with unless you guys think that month or so in the minors helped him a lot.

 

And you said:

But Crede was no sure thing and KW thought Fields was a potential all star so he wasn't going anywhere unless they got Cabrera or someone like that.

If KW thought fields was potential all star, some other GM might have bit in the winter when teams are more apt to deal to make some changes.

 

Greg...think of it this way...baseball is a below average game. Your best hitters only get hits less than 3 1/2 times per 10 at-bats. So, a GM, with FIFTY draft picks every year isn't going to hit on all of them considering some get hurt, some peak early, some might peak late, some can't get over the hump, some won't make adjustments, some get blinded by money, some get blocked by players, some can't/won't learn another pitch, some get a taste of the Show and can't perform, and so on. My point is: all GMs, including the "good" ones fail at talent evaluation from time to time. GMs are like cornerbacks...you might get burned, but you have to move on and I think Kenny has learned that lesson over the years and has become one of the top ten GMs in this league.