August 17, 200916 yr Per Rotoworld: "Jim Thome will have Monday off after aggravating his left foot during Sunday's game. Carlos Quentin or Scott Podsednik will DH. Thome appears to be day-to-day." Source: Chicago Sun-Times I would be downright shocked if he just missed a game or two. Ill set the over under for games missed because of this injury at 3.5. What u taken?
August 17, 200916 yr Sure this is most likely very minor but another reason I worry about signing him over Dye next season. The guy is on the field a total of about 5 cumulative minutes per game and still gets injured.
August 17, 200916 yr Lots of foot injuries for the Sox this year. Maybe they need more massages on the feet.
August 17, 200916 yr QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 09:19 AM) Lots of foot injuries for the Sox this year. Maybe they need more massages on the feet. Send in your application.
August 17, 200916 yr under. jimmy's a tank, he'll be fine. besides, he doesn't need feet when he hits the ball over the fence every AB. JI JIM THOME
August 17, 200916 yr QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 07:03 AM) Sure this is most likely very minor but another reason I worry about signing him over Dye next season. The guy is on the field a total of about 5 cumulative minutes per game and still gets injured. Yeah, I agree. He's also nothing more than a late-inning pinch hitter in interleague games.
August 17, 200916 yr QUOTE (WCSox @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 11:21 AM) Yeah, I agree. He's also nothing more than a late-inning pinch hitter in interleague games. With no other move, we're way too righthanded at that point. Perhaps we can convince Kotsay to come back with a semi-platoon offer. I figure if the Sox traded Rowand for Thome, they were willing to look past his uselessness in IL and WS games. So if they cut ties with him now, it'll be solely due to age and his HR/walk predictability. Edited August 17, 200916 yr by Princess Dye
August 17, 200916 yr It'll be a resounding slap to the face of Pods if they DH him tonight. I for one hope it happens. That'd mean they prefer to play a guy in LF who actually would benefit health wise from some DH time.
August 17, 200916 yr QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 10:00 AM) With no other move, we're way too righthanded at that point. Perhaps we can convince Kotsay to come back with a semi-platoon offer. I figure if the Sox traded Rowand for Thome, they were willing to look past his uselessness in IL and WS games. So if they cut ties with him now, it'll be solely due to age and his HR/walk predictability. My best-case scenario is Kenny signing Hank Blalock and letting both Thome and Dye leave as FAs. But with the recent financial commitments to Peavy and Rios, I don't see it happening. They need to spend on the bullpen before anything else. Having Thome's left-handed bat for one more year would be nice, but this lineup desperately needs to get younger.
August 17, 200916 yr QUOTE (WCSox @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 12:19 PM) My best-case scenario is Kenny signing Hank Blalock and letting both Thome and Dye leave as FAs. But with the recent financial commitments to Peavy and Rios, I don't see it happening. They need to spend on the bullpen before anything else. Having Thome's left-handed bat for one more year would be nice, but this lineup desperately needs to get younger. I love the thought of Blaylock, but then the chain of events to follow would push another lefty bat out - Getz Although it's gonna be all the rage next offseason to get something for the Cuban Miss-SS-ill, as in his misses at SS make me ill. I will be here all week. Edited August 17, 200916 yr by Princess Dye
August 17, 200916 yr QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 11:31 AM) Although it's gonna be all the rage next offseason to get something for the Cuban Miss-SS-ill, as in his misses at SS make me ill. I'd move him back to 2B before I put him on the trading block. He's lost a lot of value over the past 5 months and we're going to need to keep these young-ish guys around.
August 17, 200916 yr QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 01:31 PM) I love the thought of Blaylock, but then the chain of events to follow would push another lefty bat out - Getz Although it's gonna be all the rage next offseason to get something for the Cuban Miss-SS-ill, as in his misses at SS make me ill. I will be here all week. I find him to be intriguing too but I'm not sure if he can play 3B as a full time player anymore. Having him and Konerko as our 1B/DH wouldn't be so bad.
August 17, 200916 yr I love the thought of Blaylock, but then the chain of events to follow would push another lefty bat out - Getz Although it's gonna be all the rage next offseason to get something for the Cuban Miss-SS-ill, as in his misses at SS make me ill. I will be here all week. Blalock is lefty too.
August 17, 200916 yr Thome has had this foot problem earlier as well as back spasms. My guess is one or two games max and he is back at DH Edited August 17, 200916 yr by elrockinMT
August 18, 200916 yr Author QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 05:46 PM) Thome has had this foot problem earlier as well as back spasms. My guess is one or two games max and he is back at DH Ok then over/under number of games until the next minor injury that keeps him out for a series........13.5??
August 18, 200916 yr Levine said he was fine to play yesterday, but wouldn't be able to with Ozzie's rule that if any player takes themselves out of a game on their own will, you automatically sit the next. We'll probably see him back in the line-up tonight.
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