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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 11:47 PM) Hard to envision acquiring an impact bat without Hudson somehow being involved (not to mention not having Mitchell as a trade chip). I don't think Berkman would cost us Hudson. I'd qualify him as an impact bat. Oh yeah my bold prediction: we acquire Berkman at the end of June/early july.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 05:04 PM) How does jacob keep the other guy on the island while he's gone? What's preventing the other guy from leaving now? Right now? I'd say transport, that's why he's eying he sub.

QUOTE (scenario @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 04:57 PM) Babe Lillibridge with the big fly. Will probably set back his development as speed/singles guy by 6 months. I'd bet that Ozzie actually hates seeing him hit it out.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 04:08 PM) He had an OPS in the .900s when Ozzie said he was "disappointed." I think he had an 0-fer game or something. Ozzie said it in the morning of the 14th, in Nix's previous game (the 11th) he went 0-2 with 2 K's. Who knows what Ozzie saw in B games and on the practice fields.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 04:01 PM) Really, when was this? Recently? I could have swore that 2 weeks ago he looked awful and that was when they got called out. As of the 10th he was hitting .545 As of the 15th he was hitting .350 Today: .346 Ozzie called them out on the 14th, Nix was hitting .436 at the time.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 01:10 PM) So, how was it? I was still pretty f***ed up as of a few hours ago, unfortunately it fell on a Wednesday so I gots some s*** to do today. I'd LOVE to just stay in bed all day.

QUOTE (Ultimate Warrior @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 12:58 PM) I don't put any value into BA. It doesn't give bigger hits like doubles, triples, or homeruns any extra value, and it doesn't count walks. Adding walks into the equation alone give it much more value, hence OBP. A walk is just as good as a single. I'm sure you have seen something like this before. http://projectprospect.com/article/2009/07...stats-with-runs I just don't even bother with avg anymore. OPS is way better at evaluating how talented the hitter is. You really should. You won't find a player evaluator on the planet that simple ignores batting average. There's something inherently valuable about knowing how often a player gets a hit, it doesn't tell you everything you need to know which is why we have other stats to add more clarity to the situation but these other statistics do not making H/AB obsolete. OPS is a nice stat and all but it has some tremendous flaws in it's own right, a stat like wOBA has attempted to fix some of these flaws by using a runs value for XBH that actually makes sense rather than the 1, 2, 3, 4 that's applied with SLG while applying it to a scale we can understand (OBP).

QUOTE (Ultimate Warrior @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 12:56 PM) I know, i would really like that, but i just think it would be better to acquire one cheaply when we had the chance. We would probably have to give up some legitimate prospects to get that in the middle of the season. He'd be 100% worth a few good prospects, there was no one on the free agent market that can even come close to his production from the left side of the plate (not to mention the fact that he's a switch hitter [though not a great one], giving him another distinct advantage over the other lefty bats on the market who struggle mightily against lefties).

QUOTE (Ultimate Warrior @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 12:48 PM) At how little we would have had to pay them, it would be worth it. Sure they would be question marks, but would you rather have the current rotating DH thing, or that? The rotating DH is more than just a question mark, chances are it won't even be good. I guarantee you, if Jones and Kotsay falter for the first 2 months and we're still in the thick of things you'll see a big lefty bat acquired to take over that role. Keep an eye on Lance Berkman and how he bounces back from knee surgery, that guy makes a ton of sense.

QUOTE (Ultimate Warrior @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 12:46 PM) I too question whether we were ever going to actually bring him in. I never really believed the hype. Nix can play every infield position, just like Vizquel. Teahen could play 1st base and somebody like De Aza could play outfield positions. We had no need for Kotsay and Vizquel. Neither of them are good players. BA means nothing. Thome was our most productive hitter last year. Cust would rake in the cell, sadly he has been playing in the coliseum. How can you honestly say either of those players would make us no better? Either of those three would easily put up a top 3 OPS on the team this year. Instead, we are stick with a rotating DH with washed up players who will be lucky to put up a .750 OPS. Being capable of playing ever infield position and being able to do it well are two very different things. Nix absolutely can not be trusted to play SS where as Vizquel is above average at all 3 positions. And batting average means nothing? Um, no. To say there's no value in hits per AB is just ludicrous.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 24, 2010 -> 01:52 PM) That's because they WERE pitching BP, they were getting reps in working with certain pitches and focusing not on results, but mechanics. And the offense is still warming up. The season may or may not go badly, but you are putting far too much weight on ST results. 93% of the pitches Peavy threw were fastballs.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 11:33 AM) What I think is worth noting is...I'm pretty sure that's not unusual. Yankees: 107 Red Sox: 114 Twins: 131 Angels: 123 '05 Sox: 114 Yeah, I'm not too worried about it.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 11:20 AM) Do you guys realize that that article claims we fielded 126 different lineups in 162 games Could that really be true? Yes, any slight change to the batting order counts as a new one and 21 different players saw the field for the Sox last season. http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CH...ng-orders.shtml

Thanks to everyone but Flash who is a jealous dick.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 10:42 AM) Though it's not considered a caught stealing, Podsednik has done it 3 times too if you include getting picked off. Haven't seen the statistics, but he was caught 23 times in '05, 19 times in '06 (and I'm assuming he got picked off atleast once in '06), and 13 last year and I believe he was picked off more than 7 times last year. The Sox are really good at getting mediocre base stealers. On his BR page click 'batting' at the top then scroll down to 'Baserunning & Misc. Stats' and the 'PO' and 'PO CS' stats are right in the middle. 8 in '05, 7 in '06 and an absurd 9 last season, 11 total. Last year he was caught stealing 13 times and picked off another 9 times and only produced 30 SB, 23 unnecessary outs on the basepaths with a payoff of only 30 SB? He truly is an awful baserunnner.

QUOTE (MattZakrowski @ Mar 24, 2010 -> 10:42 PM) People need to stop saying he hits righties well, because it's not true. Career .290/.347/.419, .330 wOBA vs RHP So unless you honestly believe a 34 year old player is going to substantially outperform his career averages, the best we could hope for is league average. League average includes catchers and shortstops and Brian Anderson, so this is bad for a DH. It makes very little sense. Kotsay's 3 year splits vs RHP: .275/.335/.403/.738, 654 PA, 10 HR Kotsay's 4 year splits vs RHP: .276/.339/.394/.732, 1088 PA, 14 HR Kotsay's 5 year splits vs RHP: .272/.330/.397/.727, 1525 PA, 26 HR I don't know who's spreading this rumor that Kotsay handles righties well but I wish they'd stop because they're confusing quite a few people.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Mar 24, 2010 -> 01:01 AM) How the hell is JD out of baseball at 36? Pride or I suppose stubbornness though I suppose the two go hand in hand. He's been banking on his past production landing him a starting RF/1B gig with an acceptable club but what he fails to comprehend is that when you're 36, coming off a bad year and incapable of doing the things in the field that once came easily to you the teams won't exactly be lining up with $10M deals in hand pleading for the honor of granting you a starting job. He could easily have signed by now, there have been more than a few suitors but he's having trouble coming to grips with his own fading ability and his pride is getting in the way of him accepting a diminished role.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 24, 2010 -> 01:07 AM) You hit .441? Maybe it's time to increase that difficulty, haha. I had it on All-Star up until the final month when I bumped it up to Hall of Fame for the final few games and playoffs. I'll see how that works in AAA, hopefully my numbers start to level out a bit.

My end of season stats: I did make it to exactly 30 and 100 including the playoffs. Looking forward to AAA next season, already signed a $1.4M deal to be the starting AAA 1B. (INSANELY unrealistic, minor leaguers get made the minor league minimum no matter how good they are)

QUOTE (lostfan @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 10:31 PM) Oh and I am fairly confident the poster with the earlier comment about Peavy getting lit up and wanting CR/AP back was being sarcastic/facetious. He was.

QUOTE (Sonik22 @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 09:57 PM) Yeah, I really like Justified Loved the pilot, if Lost hadn't run 6 minutes long I would have caught the 2nd episode. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing how this series takes off in the next few months. It has incredible potential.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 08:31 PM) There's very little possibility that they use an injection for muscle spasms in a professional athlete. The injection was to decrease inflammation around a nerve. The muscle spasms are there to protect the nerves from the instability in the spine. He could be in some trouble this year. PS. Hmmmm lots of soft tissue injuries (knee, plantar fasciitis) progressing to lower back problems. Sounds a lot like what happened to McGwire. When did he have a knee problem? I know he's had 2 surgeries on his right elbow, a strained calf, Plantar Fasciitis, the strained oblique and some lower back problems early in '06 but the only problem he's had with his knee that I'm aware of was a contusion from sliding in '08. I'm not disagreeing with you or anything, I'm just curious for the sake of continuity. Wasn't the oblique injury a red flag?

QUOTE (chisoxfan09 @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 09:23 PM) ST or not, the Sox have been mired in major offensive suckage the last 2 games. At least Teahen got 1 of the four hits. Sorry the run scored was un-earned and I can't put those nightmare lack of effort/offense 10 shutouts out of my head from last year. Especially to AAA rejects. Didn't the regulars score 3 runs off Gil Meche in 3 innings yesterday before being pulled for minor leaguers in the 6th?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 08:20 PM) Crede was pretty banged up for the most part when determining his averages If you only count the 4 years in which Crede played close to a full season ('03-'06) and Teahen's last 3 years (taking out his seemingly anomalous '06 campaign) they have the exact same OPS+ (95). Of course then I'm counting Crede's '06 performance which was far and away his best offensive season so I'm not really being fair to Mark, so Crede's '03-'05 OPS+ is 90 and Teahen's '07-'09 OPS+ is 95. So in conclusion; I have no idea.

QUOTE (joeynach @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 08:28 PM) Is that something u get from the Bill James handbook. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/credejo01.shtml 9th column from the right. Remember: baseball-reference.com is your best baseball friend