February 20, 201016 yr Damon and Tigers near agreement. http://twitter.com/TBrownYahoo/status/9401993648 Edit: Done. http://twitter.com/JimBowdenXMFOX/status/9402198203 Edited February 20, 201016 yr by Sockin
February 20, 201016 yr QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 02:42 PM) Blalock is a Boras client. It would be interesting to see if the two parties could work together after the failed Damon Negotiations. Kenny did mention that he and Boras had some good discussions which might lead to inroads in the future. I see the Crawford idea, but I think it would be pretty difficult to trade Crawford midseason considering Friedman thinks this team is their best in team history. All true. I also imagine that Boras is also not happy with Kenny costing both him and Damon money with yesterday's announcement. But business is business, and two guys who don't like each other will still work together when it comes down to it. It'll be interesting to see how all of this shakes out.
February 20, 201016 yr Well I hope somebody is held responsible when Kotsay is hitting .250 and Jones is hurt and we have a Vizquel/Nix DH platoon.
February 20, 201016 yr QUOTE (jphat007 @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 04:51 PM) Well I hope somebody is held responsible when Kotsay is hitting .250 and Jones is hurt and we have a Vizquel/Nix DH platoon. It's not over yet... KW will probably trade some prospects around AS break for a overpaid player after his experiment already failed.
February 20, 201016 yr QUOTE (b-Rye @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 05:56 PM) It's not over yet... KW will probably trade some prospects around AS break for a overpaid player after his experiment already failed. And we're 10 games out.
February 20, 201016 yr So the Sox show some interest in two legitimate DH candidates, only to allow both to go to division rivals. When we finish 6 games out of first this season due mainly to being 11th in the AL in runs (or something close to that), I hope the front office brass understands why everybody is pissed. Edited February 20, 201016 yr by whitesoxfan101
February 20, 201016 yr KW and Ozzie just going to prove to us that mediocre hitting can win a championship.
February 20, 201016 yr QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 06:13 PM) KW and Ozzie just going to prove to us that mediocre hitting can win a championship. Well, we've done it once before, 9th in the AL in runs in 2005 with 741. I can't see this offense hitting either of those plateaus, though, and obviously this bullpen won't match that one. This is probably an 83 or so win team, the question is can they overachieve by 5 or 6 wins (certainly possible with this starting staff) and if they do, will that win total be enough to win a mediocre division? Edited February 20, 201016 yr by whitesoxfan101
February 20, 201016 yr QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 07:16 PM) Well, we've done it once before, 9th in the AL in runs in 2005 with 741. I can't see this offense hitting either of those plateaus, though. You really can't see this offense scoring 741 runs? I can. Not that I didn't want Damon, I really really did, but I don't think his absence puts us that far back. Certainly not worse than last year.
February 20, 201016 yr QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 06:17 PM) Our offense looks very mediocre on paper now. Well it already did on paper, this development moves it from mediocre to bad in my opinion. I think Johnny Damon could have moved us from a low to mid 80's wins team to a mid to upper 80's wins team, which might be the difference in our division. It's really a shame.
February 20, 201016 yr QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 05:18 PM) You really can't see this offense scoring 741 runs? I can. Not that I didn't want Damon, I really really did, but I don't think his absence puts us that far back. Certainly not worse than last year. Not worse than last year? We've replaced the power numbers from Dye and Thome with Jones and Teahan.
February 20, 201016 yr QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 06:18 PM) You really can't see this offense scoring 741 runs? I can. Not that I didn't want Damon, I really really did, but I don't think his absence puts us that far back. Certainly not worse than last year. Absolutely not. This is going to be a horrible offense unless Carlos Quentin returns to 2008 form (which is possible if healthy, but I don't trust his health) and/or Alex Rios returns to mid 2000's form. We could use another season like last year from Juan Pierre too, but that's a question mark. If all of those things happen, the offense could max out at average (6th to 8th range in runs in the AL), but that's going to be very tough.
February 20, 201016 yr Author QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 05:16 PM) Well, we've done it once before, 9th in the AL in runs in 2005 with 741. I can't see this offense hitting either of those plateaus, though, and obviously this bullpen won't match that one. This is probably an 83 or so win team, the question is can they overachieve by 5 or 6 wins (certainly possible with this starting staff) and if they do, will that win total be enough to win a mediocre division? I just wanted a left hand bat that didn't strike out a thousand times a year. And no, I did NOT want Jim Thome anymore. I didn't even want Damon in the beginning. This sucks.
February 20, 201016 yr QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 06:21 PM) We will be the Mariners of last year. I don't think we'll be THAT extreme (I think they were literally dead last in runs and 1st in ERA). However, the comparision is very valid, they were a low or mid 80's team that pitched great and could not hit a lick.
February 20, 201016 yr Alright, plan C: Jermaine Dye. Seriously, I would hope he would sign a $4M deal with us to DH considering he is getting NO OFFERS from anyone else right now.
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.