Gene Honda Civic Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 From Benmaller.com The Twins are interested in signing free-agent left-handed starting pitcher Jim Parque. Parque, 27, was 13-6 for the Chicago White Sox in 2000 but has had arm problems. He pitched most of last season for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays' Class AAA team in Durham, N.C. Source: Pioneer Press Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 They're hard up for pitching, aren't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 If they do, we should trade whatever it takes for Mike Cameron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 nice, if the twins get him, that gives us a better chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted January 14, 2004 Author Share Posted January 14, 2004 If they do, we should trade whatever it takes for Mike Cameron. absolutley... he'd be good for at least another 5-8 homers on the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooftop Shots Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 I hope the Twins get him, so that when we play them, Parque owes us quite a few home runs in return for what he gave to others when he was with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aboz56 Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Even if they do get him, chances are his sorry ass would be in AAA or cut by the time he ever got the chance to toe a major league rubber again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooftop Shots Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Before he goes to AAA, I'd like to see Par-Kay, "Butter" up our hitters bats for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Ha! good luck with the twins butter. I don't know why the twins wasted their time signing this guy...then again...he might surprise people just like loaiza.(dout it, but you never know). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aboz56 Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Ha! good luck with the twins butter. I don't know why the twins wasted their time signing this guy...then again...he might surprise people just like loaiza.(dout it, but you never know). Like Loaiza added the cutter, Parque hopes to add the home run ball to his....wait he's already got that in his arsenal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Rant on Parque all you want, but he was a gutsy little lefty that was dependable, if not great, until his arms problems came up. I always liked the guy. He reminded me of Greg Hibbard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Rant on Parque all you want, but he was a gutsy little lefty that was dependable, if not great, until his arms problems came up. I always liked the guy. He reminded me of Greg Hibbard. He was a whiney couldn't get passed the 5th inning type of pitcher. He was decent for the 5 innings you got, but if you tried to stretch him past that point, he blew up. (I do remember once or twice he managed to get to the 8th, but he proceeded to be crap for the next two outings.) I don't wish any harm to him, but I am more than grateful he isn't in the White Sox organization any longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 We shouldn't even get our hopes up. This guy won't even sniff the Twins 40 man roster, unless they are decimated by injuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winninguglyin83 Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 it's amazing to thing about what happened to so many of the pitchers on that 2000 team Parque -- scrambling for a job. Sirotka -- hasn't pitched for three seasons. Baldwin -- probably out of the game Eldred -- sat out a season and now in the Cardinal bullpen Howry -- major arm/elbow trouble and hoping to make it back with Cleveland, I think. lots of Major major arm problems. You've got at least four guys who are probalby finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwsox Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Rant on Parque all you want, but he was a gutsy little lefty that was dependable, if not great, until his arms problems came up. I always liked the guy. He reminded me of Greg Hibbard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 it's amazing to thing about what happened to so many of the pitchers on that 2000 team Parque -- scrambling for a job. Sirotka -- hasn't pitched for three seasons. Baldwin -- probably out of the game Eldred -- sat out a season and now in the Cardinal bullpen Howry -- major arm/elbow trouble and hoping to make it back with Cleveland, I think. lots of Major major arm problems. You've got at least four guys who are probalby finished. Can you imagine the b****ing if the team had signed these pitchers to long term contracts, much like people are b****ing about not being given to guys like Bartolo Colon now? THIS IS WHY THIS TEAM DOES NOT GIVE PITCHERS LONG TERM CONTRACTS! Heck go back to the last batch of stud pitchers we let go McDowell, Alvarez, and Fernandez. What did they do after they left Chicago? They sure didn't justify the huge contracts that they got once they left. It will be interesting to look at the 2003 staff in say 2007 and see what any of them are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwsox Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 it's amazing to thing about what happened to so many of the pitchers on that 2000 team Parque -- scrambling for a job. Sirotka -- hasn't pitched for three seasons. Baldwin -- probably out of the game Eldred -- sat out a season and now in the Cardinal bullpen Howry -- major arm/elbow trouble and hoping to make it back with Cleveland, I think. lots of Major major arm problems. You've got at least four guys who are probalby finished. which again proves that anyone could have managed the 2000 team and JM who can't manage didn't contribute a thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwsox Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Can you imagine the b****ing if the team had signed these pitchers to long term contracts, much like people are b****ing about not being given to guys like Bartolo Colon now? that too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winninguglyin83 Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 My suspicion is that Gandhi and Nardi pitched all of those guys the waiting room at Dr. Andrews' clinic in Birmingham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 My suspicion is that Gandhi and Nardi pitched all of those guys the waiting room at Dr. Andrews' clinic in Birmingham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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