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Thome with his 3rd HR of the season, hitting .222. He did K with the bases loaded. Minnesota cruising behind Pavano, up 5-1. Pods 0/2.

Walker needs to sit down with Beckham and show him some tape from last year. He's developed a little bit of a loop...last year he was locked in, short, quick and level. Up the middle and to RCF, doubles gaps....turning on some pitches and jacking them out. We're going to rue that DP ball...once again, the bullpen has to deal with no margin for error. 4-2 would feel a lot more comfortable, because the M's aren't exactly an offensive powerhouse either.

Nix has a very strong arm, even for 3B. Not sure if he made up for his error, but nice to see him rebound and make a strong play.

I don't know about putting Peavy ahead of Floyd... You can argue at least Garcia threw one QS out of 2. Peavy's been hit hard or wild three out of four times out there. Ramirez/Lucy/Nix...one of the weakest bottom 3's we have had since Mark Johnson and Royce Clayton in 01/02/03.

Trayce Thompson 0/3 Danks 2/2 For some reason, when I click on MILB here in China, it won't refresh now to get most recent stats.

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Apr 23, 2010 -> 06:51 PM) Is Nix playing today cause Ozzie took a day off? I didn't see Ozzie in the dugout yet, and they've been showing Cooper a lot. And yea, I know it's prolly only cause Floyd is stinking up the joint. Hey the game's tied 2-2, ...terrific. TEAHEN 0 for 11 with 4 K's lifetime against RRS. I think Hillman proved he's not a good match-up for most lefties. If we lost this game, this would be the 8th game already we've lost out of the first 17 where we were leading at one point.

One pitch pitcher again...50+ pitches already, bullpen will get 3-5 innings. Don't throw a fastball up in the zone please.

In related good news, Twins leading they Royals 2-0 and threatening for more. 7 GB?

Ugly D facilitates the crooked number inning. Figgins almost hits a homer, that would have been a news flash. WHERE IS THE BOTTOM?

Nix with the miscue...3B hasn't been solid for us at all since Crede. Yikes, we were so spoiled for 20 years in Chicago.

Comeback Player of the Year. Just keep it going. Fingers crossed. Jordan Danks 2/2, but just CS. Just saying. We know that Pierre is going to be there no matter how many times he rolls weak GB's to 2B.

How can Ichiro maintain his speed in mid 30's but Pierre can't? Second, QUENTIN=DH...somehow, his D might be more disappointing than his offensive decline. Hard to argue he's more than a notch above JD. Play Jones and Rios in RF.

Flowers and Hudson, maybe Danks....they're the only ones you can think of promoting in the first half of the season. No way Morel or Morel are ready yet. Lillibridge and Gartrell might never be on the White Sox 25 man roster. CJ Retherford has a chance to stick in Nix's/Vizquel's spot.

FWIW, Marte was ALSO out of options (from his time in SEA and NYY) when we traded Guerrier, who was something like our 7 prospect at the time...granted, our system was very weak and he would be been 9-12 in many other organizations.

Lester's deal 2009 – $1 M 2010 – $3.75 M 2011 – $5.75 M 2012 – $7.625 M 2013 – $11.625 M 2014 – $13 M or $250,000 buyout I guess the other contract we'd have to look at would be Fausto Carmona....that was $15 million. But Lester's deal was signed after Year 2, Danks' would be after Year 4....so a Danks deal would start basically at the 2011 step in the Lester contract: It would work out to $38 million for 4 year for JD1, average yearly value of $9.5 million per season.

Well, let's start with this idea. Blackburn and Floyd are at $14 million/4 years, I think....something like that. Slowey wants the same deal, basically. Now I'll throw out a name just for argument's sake, because it's current/topical: Zobrist and the Rays have agreed to a five-year contract extension, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Spin: The deal is guaranteed through Zobrist's arbitration years and includes team options for 2014 and 2015, his first two years of free agency. Zobrist narrowly missed Super Two eligibility for arbitration this winter, but guaranteed money for at least the next three seasons (financial terms will be revealed later on Friday) is a nice vote of confidence from the Rays after his breakout 2009 campaign. This would be one possibility for the Sox, a two year deal for Danks (not year to year or going arb) with a team option for 2013. Zobrist is getting $30 million guaranteed, so, I think I'd offer JD1 $33-39 million for 3 years, if he agrees to the club option or simply making 2013 a guaranteed contract year. Or perhaps a "mutual option." Considering what we are paying Peavy and Buehrle, what we paid Contreras, it doesn't seem like such a bad or unfair deal at all. You might have to go into the low 40's to get it done or risk losing him....or being forced to trade him. It's not going to make Gavin Floyd very happy, that's for sure. But we can't just let our best player walk, either.

into year one of Free Agency? Since he's basically the most valuable player on our entire roster (yes, over Beckham...although some would argue Gordon because he's an everyday player and cheaper, but Danks is getting closer and closer to elite status, left-handed, Santana-Lite)...how high do you think the organization is going to be willing to go, knowing we MIGHT lose Buehrle sooner than later? The whole idea of having the same deal on the table as Floyd doesn't hold as much water anymore. You have to treat Danks differently, and that's not just based on four 2010 starts...it's the accumulated evidence from 2008-2010. How much pressure does KW put on him...to imply he will deal him if he doesn't extend as he has done in the past as a negotiating tactic? Does Danks really want to play out the string on one year deals and then test the free agency waters? How much will Danks get on the open market? How does D2 figure into the considerations, the fact that he's pretty close to the majors and playing with his bro, which is darned cool. What kind of package would you have to get in return to consider dealing D1? What are the odds that Danks is the starting pitcher for the Chicago White on Opening Day in 2013?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5129232 Ben Zobrist to sign $30 million extension with the Rays. Well, that's another good argument for revenue-generating strength of MLB for small markets. It's basically the same amount the Reds spent on Chapman. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-alignment042010 JEFF PASSAN on baseball realignment

QUOTE (docsox24 @ Apr 23, 2010 -> 02:52 PM) its only because he hasnt sucked yet. dont worry if he gets PT and cant hit the divorce will be on. So the only players to love right now are Lucy, Nix and Santos, haha. They're probably the 3 least accountable for the mess we're currently digging ourselves out from under.

We traded Guerrier for Marte....and Matt was one of our top 10 prospects at the time. The Pirates already had 2 two LHP's they were pretty sure to keep coming out of ST (think one of them was Beimel), so Damaso was going to have to clear waivers first but KW pulled the trigger, which turned out to be the wise move as he becamse one of the top 2-3 LH set-up men in baseball from 2002-2004. The Borchard for Thornton move also comes to mind. I'd rather get ANYTHING/SOMETHING back in return...at least TRY. The more times we roll the dice in getting "a bundle" of the prospects that KW and the scouts have identified, the better off we'll be.

THEN, if we want to get "something for free" since we basically stole Nix from Colorado...why don't we simply (crossing that bridge when we get to it) try to get more regular at-bats for Nix in the second half of the season and see if we can somehow get a B prospect in return for him? I'm assuming that if things completely fell apart, they would waive/trade Vizquel at age 43 (marketing him to a contender as a defense first, 3 position utility IF in the Juan Castro mode). Hopefully some team will have a 2B go down...that's the best-case scenario for maximizing Nix's value.

Teahen is 0 for 11 lifetime with 4 K's against RR-S. That's why he is sitting...although with the way he's been going, not sure it's the right move. Definitely the "by the books" move. http://espn.go.com/mlb/players/bvsp?playerId=6183 Rios and Andruw historically are the 2 guys that hit him the best, but very small sample sizes to say the least. Nix 1/3 with two punchouts against him. Vizquel, amazingly, has never faced him.

Thunderbolt, I'm a little unclear. It seems you want to give Dayan and CJ one-half season (at the big league level) to get their feet wet, while simultaneously not being recalled until the minor league season is over at the end of August....? What will they do to get used to the big leagues? It seems you really can't promote Dayan unless he would be playing in at least half the games, which would mean a platoon at DH and/or 1B (Kotsay gone/Konerko dealt). Retherford, you don't have to worry about quite so much sitting on the bench more often. Wouldn't it make more sense to DFA or waive Vizquel and replace him with Retherford...but then keep Nix in AAA playing 2B everyday (affording the spot to say D2)? Or your idea is that he might be claimed by another team if he goes through the process? Or, since Ozzie will never be part of embarassing/shaming Omar, they'll just flip flop Nix and Retherford on the 25 man?

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AmtV...dominican042210 Sandy Alderson trying to clean up the Dominican "buscones" (player agents) mess....and a mention of Dave Wilder. Very interesting article.

Which is like arguing that Corky Miller after a multiple hit game last year in April was, too. The future at catcher begins and ends with Flowers....Gonzalez and Phegley are 2-3 years away.