July 2, 201114 yr QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 07:14 PM) Phil Humber could be the White Sox's representative the the All Star game. Miggy, Tex, and A-Gon will all make it over Paulie, right? Maybe Santos will get a selection, or maybe AJ.
July 2, 201114 yr QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 07:15 PM) Who's have thought he'd still even be on the team? This guy.
July 2, 201114 yr Nobody. And very few were "sure" what we'd get out of Sergio. Certainly nobody was predicting 16/18 or 17/19 in saves, whatever he has. On the other hand, if you put up the numbers for Dunn/Rios/Beckham/Jackson/Danks (W-L) (and Thornton) at this point, you'd have to guess we were 6-12 games under .500 and on the verge of breaking the team apart. Say what you will, KW always seems to come up with guys like Humber or Sergio on the cheap...enough to almost offset the "big/bad" moves. And 7-1 in Peavy starts? That's a bit unexpected as well. Konerko is most deserving, along with Humber and then Sergio. Alexei would have been on the outside of the conversation about 2-3 weeks ago. Same with Carlos. Edited July 2, 201114 yr by caulfield12
July 2, 201114 yr We actually have about a handful of guys who can make a solid case for an all star selection, Humber is definitely one of them.
July 2, 201114 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 06:19 PM) Nobody. And very few were "sure" what we'd get out of Sergio. Certainly nobody was predicting 16/18 or 17/19 in saves, whatever he has. On the other hand, if you put up the numbers for Dunn/Rios/Beckham/Jackson/Danks (W-L) (and Thornton) at this point, you'd have to guess we were 6-12 games under .500 and on the verge of breaking the team apart. Say what you will, KW always seems to come up with guys like Humber or Sergio on the cheap...enough to almost offset the "big/bad" moves. And 7-1 in Peavy starts? That's a bit unexpected as well. Konerko is most deserving, along with Humber and then Sergio. Alexei would have been on the outside of the conversation about 2-3 weeks ago. Same with Carlos. If you looked at it based on positional value, Alexei is probably the most deserving.
July 2, 201114 yr QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 06:18 PM) Miggy, Tex, and A-Gon will all make it over Paulie, right? Maybe Santos will get a selection, or maybe AJ. Paulie should be in over Tex. With the DH, room for more.
July 2, 201114 yr 10 starters usually go to the All-Star game according to a Trib article I read: Automatics Weaver (Top three pitcher in the AL this year) Beckett (Ditto) Verlander (Ditto) Sabathia (more on reputation than pure numbers this year, but still pitching well) Haren (great year + name) Shields (Six CGs, enough said) So there are six guys that are for sure going to go. That leaves four guys to be selected. Last Options Humber Gonzalez Pineda Ogando Tomlin Price Lester Felix Hernandez I am not going to put their statistics on there, but Humber is as good as any. Felix probably gets in on name, ditto for Lester and Price. So, IMO, Humber has to beat out Gio and Pineda. Ogando has dropped off a bit and Tomlin has a 3.86 ERA. So we can hope...
July 2, 201114 yr QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 06:43 PM) 10 starters usually go to the All-Star game according to a Trib article I read: Automatics Weaver (Top three pitcher in the AL this year) Beckett (Ditto) Verlander (Ditto) Sabathia (more on reputation than pure numbers this year, but still pitching well) Haren (great year + name) Shields (Six CGs, enough said) So there are six guys that are for sure going to go. That leaves four guys to be selected. Last Options Humber Gonzalez Pineda Ogando Tomlin Price Lester Felix Hernandez I am not going to put their statistics on there, but Humber is as good as any. Felix probably gets in on name, ditto for Lester and Price. So, IMO, Humber has to beat out Gio and Pineda. Ogando has dropped off a bit and Tomlin has a 3.86 ERA. So we can hope... If Gio doesn't go, who does from Oakland? QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 06:40 PM) Paulie should be in over Tex. With the DH, room for more. There is no DH this year.
July 2, 201114 yr Isn't Sabathia pitching on the Sunday before the all-Star break and likely out of the game. Thought I read that he plans to go to the Bahamas.
July 3, 201114 yr Was just looking at pitching stats, does Bartolo f***in Colon really have an era under 3? What the f***?
July 3, 201114 yr QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 06:45 PM) If Gio doesn't go, who does from Oakland? There is no DH this year. Pitchers don't bat in the all star game any more, DH only.
July 3, 201114 yr QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 06:59 PM) Isn't Sabathia pitching on the Sunday before the all-Star break and likely out of the game. Thought I read that he plans to go to the Bahamas. I heard the Verlander will also be scheduled on the Sunday before AS game.
July 3, 201114 yr Author QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 08:00 PM) Was just looking at pitching stats, does Bartolo f***in Colon really have an era under 3? What the f***? Stem cells on his achilles. http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/story/...pies/48933666/1
July 3, 201114 yr QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 07:04 PM) Pitchers don't bat in the all star game any more, DH only. Where the hell was I when this was announced? Oops.
July 3, 201114 yr QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 07:40 PM) Paulie should be in over Tex. With the DH, room for more. Why is there a DH in Arizona?
July 3, 201114 yr QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 09:49 PM) Why is there a DH in Arizona? Because its an "exhibition" that matters, they got rid of the pitcher batting and there is DH in NL parks too
July 3, 201114 yr Humber's performance today was really really impressive. Is this guy for real?? Man he's a great great story this year.
July 3, 201114 yr QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 02:15 AM) Humber's performance today was really really impressive. Is this guy for real?? Man he's a great great story this year. He's real so far. Might as well ride him as long as you can. He's Estaban Loaisa II. He may totally suck next year, but this year he's one of the best in baseball.
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