TitoMB345 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 White Sox All-Decade Team What do you guys think? Besides my obvious hate of the pick of Juan Uribe, the only one I question/laugh at is John Danks as one of the 5 best starting pitchers. I would have gone with Loaiza for 2003, like the article states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Carlos Lee, Magglio Ordonez, Jermaine Dye in the OF. I tell you what, they'll hit 110 home runs between them, and they'll be the worst defensive OF in history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshot7 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Defense? Whazzat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 02:13 PM) White Sox All-Decade Team What do you guys think? Besides my obvious hate of the pick of Juan Uribe, the only one I question/laugh at is John Danks as one of the 5 best starting pitchers. I would have gone with Loaiza for 2003, like the article states. I'm fine with Uribe. For every homer that Valentin hit, he would throw the ball into the 1st bsae stands on a routine grounder. Doesn't Loaiza also get credit for netting us another one of the top 5 SPs via trade?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 01:16 PM) Carlos Lee, Magglio Ordonez, Jermaine Dye in the OF. I tell you what, they'll hit 110 home runs between them, and they'll be the worst defensive OF in history. This year they might hit 75 between them, if JD can find a job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Only 14 times did a White Sox starter put up a 120+ ERA+ this past decade: 7 Buehrle 2 Danks 1 Loaiza 1 Contreras 1 Garland 1 Sirotka 1 Vazquez The top ERA+ season is Loaiza at 159, Buehrle has a couple in the 140's and Danks is #4 with the 138 he put up in 2008. Given that he's 1 of 2 Sox starting pitchers to have multiple well above average seasons (in terms of ERA+, anyway) it's kinda hard to keep him out of the rotation. Jose Contreras had a 4.47 ERA, 1.35 WHIP and 104 ERA+ in a White Sox uniform. I suppose 2005 trumps all. One could argue Valentin for SS given his .247/.319/.483/.802 line and 136 HR in 5 seasons with the White Sox compared to Uribe's .251/.293/.431/.724 and 87 HR over 5 seasons but Juan's defense and appearance on the 2005 team gives him the easy edge. The only other candidates would be Cabrera, Clayton and Alexei none of which spent enough time at short to warrant a case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 I would go with Valentin above Uribe, but I have an odd fascination with great mustaches. Plus Valentin was just awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitoMB345 Posted March 19, 2010 Author Share Posted March 19, 2010 Well, it's safe to say the 10's decade team will include Peavy, Danks, and Floyd, and most likely Buehrle unless he really does retire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitoMB345 Posted March 19, 2010 Author Share Posted March 19, 2010 Actually, I would have gone with Peavy for the 5th spot. His innings last year with us were awesome, ha. He was 3-0, with a 1.35 ERA, 344 ERA+, .850 WHIP, with 18 K's in 20.0 IP. Honestly, I'm just kidding, but I do have a huge man crush on this guy already. Can't wait for the season to start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitetrain8601 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 (edited) C AJ Pierzynski (Do I have to remind you why?) 1B Paul Konerko (by default) 2B Alexei Ramirez (Sexy Alexei brought us to the playoffs the last time we made it) 3B Joe Crede (default) SS Alexei Ramirez(yes, I did it) RF Magglio Ordonez(never had a bad year with us; just left on bad terms) LF Carlos Lee (very good) CF Scott Podsednik (what? I can't choose him. Fine, I choose rolling plastic bag in CF between 2000-2004) DH - Franklin James Thomas (I threw in the James cause it sounds important) Edited March 20, 2010 by nitetrain8601 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Ray Durham hit .279/.358/.455/.814 w/ 46 HR and 68 SB with the Sox between '00 and '02 and is one of the only guys to do anything against the Mariners in the playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gooch Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 02:16 PM) Carlos Lee, Magglio Ordonez, Jermaine Dye in the OF. I tell you what, they'll hit 110 home runs between them, and they'll be the worst defensive OF in history. I think they should have had to pick at least one guy who could play CF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 QUOTE (The Gooch @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 08:02 PM) I think they should have had to pick at least one guy who could play CF. Then I'd go with Rowand: .283/.337/.451/.788 batting line in 1823 PA and UZR/150's of 12.4, 26.3, 19.0 and 18.7 from '02 to '05. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 There is Rowand and then there's just a bunch of other dudes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 07:34 PM) C AJ Pierzynski (Do I have to remind you why?) 1B Paul Konerko (by default) 2B Alexei Ramirez (Sexy Alexei brought us to the playoffs the last time we made it) 3B Joe Crede (default) SS Alexei Ramirez(yes, I did it) RF Magglio Ordonez(never had a bad year with us; just left on bad terms) LF Carlos Lee (very good) CF Scott Podsednik (what? I can't choose him. Fine, I choose rolling plastic bag in CF between 2000-2004) DH - Franklin James Thomas (I threw in the James cause it sounds important) Iguchi and Durham are far better candidates at 2B than Ramirez, and Uribe and Valentin are far better candidates at SS than Ramirez. There's really no argument. He might be a favorite player, but he's not worthy of being on an all-decade team TWICE when he only played each position 1 season. Oh, and Frank Edward Thomas Jr. Franklin James Thomas sounds like a 19th century politician, not the greatest hitter in White Sox history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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