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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 11:27 AM) If Teahen did anything in his earlier ABs there might not have been a need for late inning heroics. He did hit a single to tie the game up in the middle of the game though... I don't know if he really could have done anything more until that point.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 11:25 AM) He's so dreamy with a good WPA. Only in yesterday's game... It most likely won't carry over.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 11:09 AM) So did Jones. Jones added .398, also pretty good, but Teahen nearly doubled that. It's just that Teahen's hits came a lot later than Jones'.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 10:36 AM) Mark Teahen gets some well-deserved pimpage from Fangraphs after carrying the Sox last night. "The winning team, as a whole, will only have a +.500 WPA. Teahen shouldered the entire load and some more for the White Sox on Monday night in what could be one of the biggest, in terms of clutch hitting and value to the team, performances of the entire year. In his final 3 PAs, in which he went 3-3 with a 3B, a HR, and 3 RBIs, the run he knocked in either tied the game or gave the White Sox the lead. The leverage index of these three plays were 1.86, 2.90, and 3.43, respectively. Teahen came up huge in big spots for Chicago. To do so once can make you a hero. To do so three times in the same game? That’s simply amazing." http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/t...rries-white-sox Damn it, you beat me to it.

Article Mark Teahen's 3-5 game last night yielded a WPA (win percentage added) of .765, which is insane considering an entire team only needs a WPA of .500 to win a game (this just means the rest of our team sucked a lot though, most likely the pitching part). To quote Jack Moore, "Teahen came up huge in big spots for Chicago. To do so once can make you a hero. To do so three times in the same game? That’s simply amazing." Looks like this game meant a lot more than some of us thought for Teahen.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 08:05 AM) What a garbage article. It totally ignored the other job offers that Dye had and turned down for more money. It also fails to mention that Garrett Anderson and Ken Griffey Jr. still have jobs.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 06:38 AM) The Mariners seem to be saying a lot of things about Milton Bradley that have been said before http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5079777 I'm rooting for Milton, but he's gotta start hitting soon or this is going to turn into another 2009.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 06:42 AM) Orlando Hudson says racism is the reason why Dye, other black players are jobless. Hahahaha. Are you freaking serious? Then I'm guessing Prince Fielder won't get Mauer and Teixeria money then... This is ridiculous. Nobody give a s*** about race as long as you don't suck, but in almost everybody's mind, JD is a terrible defensive player and Sheffield sucks.

Lance Berkman would be so awesome for this team...a much needed switch hitter, to which we have none of. I don't think Omar Vizquel counts.

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 02:20 AM) He has a career batting average of .300 with 1,666 career hits including 7 seasons of over 170 hits going into this season. Sure looks like a hitter to me. Yeah, and his wOBA is somewhere around the .300 range too... He's one of the worst offensive players on this team.

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 02:08 AM) Screw the platoon. Bat Jones 5th and plant his ass in LF. And DH Juan Pierre? He might be the WORST full-time DH ever then, lol. I mean seriously DH = designated hitter. Isn't it kind of ironic that we would have a guy who can't hit, but does nothing but go up to bat as our DH?

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 01:32 AM) I think ideally, you play Rios in CF everyday, Jones in RF close to everyday, and DH/LF Quentin and Pierre in whatever order you want. Kotsay can get a spot start at DH/1B/RF to spell somebody every once in a while, but that's it. I think this is where the rotating DH could help. With guys like Quentin and Jones, who are both injury prone, it's good to have them out of the field once or twice a week. A rotating DH of Quentin, Jones, Konerko, and maybe Pierre and Kotsay once in a while can probably work pretty well if used correctly.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 01:25 AM) I'm with you, with one other thing, Jones in the lineup I imagine helps our D out a lot more. I'm anxious to see what the data would read, but when Jones takes out one of either Quentin or Pierre in LF/RF he adds at least an arm upgrade. And an OF of PIerre/Rios/Jones is our most optimal in terms of getting to the ball. Quentin took an absolutely horrid route to a double today. Kotsay really doesn't provide that benefit. Nor does he have the upside, as you said. Jones adds a range upgrade in comparison to Quentin and I'm willing to say that Jones might have similar range to Pierre in left.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 01:36 AM) BTW, one West matchup is now set. #1 Lakers vs #8 Thunder. It amazes me that a 50 win team like OKC is the freaking 8th seed...

The Brewers got a huge bargain with Braun.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 01:47 AM) I've based my Jones dislike on a rabid Rangers fan I know very well who told me he was a stiff and Rangers fans despised him. Also the fact I figured he was actually worse than the Dye we'd still have this year if we signed Dye. Don't listen to people with rabbies, they're mentally unstable.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 01:15 AM) I wonder what the chances are that once Kenny realizes he can not get A-Gon, that he will throw some money at Jermaine (assuming he does not have a team). 50-60% If Dye doesn't take this deal, he's pretty stupid. Him getting $4 million at this time is a lot of money for a guy of his caliber. If he doesn't though, good for us, we have a viable insurance option.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 12:30 AM) Yeah I really deserve to be slapped around after tonight. If Jones and Teahen build on this I may never live it down. I could never imagine Jones blasting two home runs in a game. We shall see what happens. Obviously the offense has awakened. But I am glad to be exposed as a fraud. First and foremost I am a Sox fan. I will admit it when I'm wrong and tonight I congratulate Jones/Teahen for doing something I didn't think they would ever do. What about Peavy? He can't be happy with his first two outings this season. I don't think anybody is more mad about his performance than him.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 12:39 AM) http://www.examiner.com/x-425-Chicago-Whit...te-Sox-Examiner Interesting. But I noticed he didn't talk about the lack of velocity at all. A 2 MPH difference on a fastball can end with a pretty different result. That has to be part of the reason why his fastball wasn't as effective.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 12:26 AM) Jenks looked good against Minnesota? I'm not so sure about that. Those were two pretty shaky saves, although I guess they all look like 1-2-3 innings as far as converted save/save opportunity, which is the bottom line. Jenks had his velocity and almost blew it... Back in 07, Bobby was one of the best closers in baseball. He's taken a real long dive since then.

If it's indeed $4 million, he better take it. The Nationals have a hell of a dilemma. Play Dye in RF or Dunn in RF? Hahaha. Either way, you lose.

QUOTE (heirdog @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 12:11 AM) I was just making the point because you mentioned Jenks walked Bautista and Alex Gonzalez. Well Gonzalez would be our top hitter right now with his .350 avg and 4 homers. He's been on a tear and like you or someone else later said, if he's locked in (the near homer), the walk isn't the worst thing. A closer, even the best, will make it interesting from time to time and you are basing Bobby sucking from today's game alone. He hasn't blown a save and looked good in his previous save so it may be too early to write him off. That's all I am saying. You have said that it doesn't matter how nasty Bobby's stuff is if he let's base runners on he will pay the price. Well, if his stuff is nasty, the odds are he won't allow as many base runners on most nights. I would worry less about the walks and worry more if his stuff looked awful. It doesn't. Bobby does have very good stuff, but the issue with him right now ever since last season is that his stuff isn't consistent. You have a 50% chance to see a dominating Bobby and you have a 50% chance of seeing one like tonight. A closer cannot do this. Good closers don't have it maybe 10-20% of the time, the great ones have it nearly all the time. Bobby's been on the down road ever since 2008 and what we've seen from him thus far isn't encouraging.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 12, 2010 -> 11:45 PM) How bad was Ozzie's managing when he decided to have Kotsay bat for Alexei in the 11th to get the lefty-righty match-up, and then Kotsay singles? Puts in Vizquel to pinch run, and he scores on the triple. You gotta be right one time out of like 15.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 12, 2010 -> 11:44 PM) Was this a brutal game thread? I didn't see the game tonite. Good thing you didn't, a lot of us asked for apologies when Andruw Jones had 4 RBIs and 2 home runs...

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 12, 2010 -> 11:28 PM) I agree with all of this except for the bold. And I really have nothing to say. Wite said basically what I was going to say. That turd face. It really sucks that Boone Logan fizzed out. We haven't had another good left handed reliever since early 08. I think Ozzie should help Bobby out. If there's a lefty leading off the 9th, use Thornton to get him out, then let Bobby get the last out for the save or something. Makes it a lot easier on us and Bobby as well.