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This is from today's Sun Times:

 

Pitching questions are forming for the White Sox with the demotion of fifth starter Dan Wright to Class AAA Charlotte, but manager Ozzie Guillen isn't jumping the gun for answers.

 

For the time being, off days will allow the team to use a four-man rotation. Left-hander Mark Buehrle, who pitched Saturday, will go on short rest to start Wednesday in Baltimore, but will get the extra day back before his following start, Guillen said.

 

As for the rest of the rotation, Guillen is sure of only one thing -- when it comes time to reinstate the five-man rotation, rookie Neal Cotts won't be in it.

 

''[People] think I'll make Cotts a starter. He's not,'' Guillen said. ''I'm not going to fix something that's not broken. I'm going to build him to be a starter [in the future], but I won't go from someone who's doing a tremendous job and take him backward. He's a big piece of the [bullpen] puzzle.

 

''I think this kid could be a starter in the future, but right now he's doing a great job for us.''

 

If Wright isn't back, the options could be in Class AAA.

 

The best performer at Charlotte currently is right-hander Felix Diaz, a 23-year-old Dominican native who came to the Sox as part of the July 2002 trade that sent Kenny Lofton to the San Francisco Giants.

 

Diaz is 4-0 with a 2.01 ERA in five starts. He has 29 strikeouts in 31-1/3 innings.

 

''He's throwing the ball real good now,'' Guillen said.

 

Jon Rauch, who has spent parts of the last two seasons with the Sox, is 3-2 with a 3.77 ERA in five starts, while right-hander Ryan Kohlmeyer, 26, is 1-1 with a 2.28 ERA in four starts and right-hander Jason Grilli is 1-2 with a 3.80 ERA in four starts.

 

I wouldn't mind seeing Diaz get his shot, but I am a bit disturbed that an option wouldn't be to bring Cotts to the rotation and put Wunsch back in the pen...There must be a reason that this isn't being considered...No confidence in Kelly? Trading Kelly? What gives?

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This is the same guy who s*** his pants at Yankee Stadium, slow is fine for me.

I don't believe he did THAT! :lol: He has rebounded quite well I think, but it will at least be interesting speculation for the next 2-3 weeks on who gets the call to be the 5th starter. I wonder why Munoz was not mentioned in the

article?

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Wunsch = He Gawn.

Very concise way to put it! :lol:

 

Agree 100%. I think they're just waiting for him to get healthy and then he gets traded.

 

If it's me, I go for a pitching prospect from some team that's desperate for a lefthanded reliever.

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He was a 1st round draft choice of the Brewers way back when, so it's possible they've kept an eye on him.

 

I'd like to see them get a prospect who's close to the majors and could fill in if there's an injury or two.

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I wouldn't mind seeing Diaz get his shot, but I am a bit disturbed that an option wouldn't be to bring Cotts to the rotation and put Wunsch back in the pen...There must be a reason that this isn't being considered...No confidence in Kelly?  Trading Kelly?  What gives?

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

 

Cotts - 9G, 10.2IP, 8H, 2ER, 5BB, 9SO, 1.69ERA, 1.22WHIP

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I think that seeing some dividens payed off for firesale of '02 would be nice.

 

Adkins from The Ray-Ray trade...

Diaz from the Lofton trade... Meaux also doing well

Pacheco from the Sandy Trade...

 

Diaz could be a gem who knows.

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Wunsch = He Gawn.

True.

 

But 'why' is an issue. The righties batted under .200 agaisnt him last year and lefties about 140 -- and he wasn't even that healthy. When he WAS healthy -- in ST and to start off the year , he was UNTOUCHABLE -- something like 5 hits in 15 innings, only 1 extra-base hit and 20 Ks from March through mid-April.

 

His salary is nothing. He could help out Shingo deal with LH'ers.

 

And he is a well-known personality in the clubhouse.

 

If/when he is healthy, why on earth would we want to run him out of town? :huh

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True.

 

But 'why' is an issue. The righties batted under .200 agaisnt him last year and lefties about 140 -- and he wasn't even that healthy.  When he WAS healthy -- in ST and to start off the year , he was UNTOUCHABLE -- something like 5 hits in 15 innings, only 1 extra-base hit and 20 Ks from March through mid-April. 

 

His salary is nothing.    He could help out Shingo deal with LH'ers.

 

And he is a well-known personality in the clubhouse.

 

If/when he is healthy, why on earth would we want to run him out of town?  :huh

It is a rule for all player reps to be traded as soon as possible.

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True.

 

But 'why' is an issue. The righties batted under .200 agaisnt him last year and lefties about 140 -- and he wasn't even that healthy.  When he WAS healthy -- in ST and to start off the year , he was UNTOUCHABLE -- something like 5 hits in 15 innings, only 1 extra-base hit and 20 Ks from March through mid-April. 

 

His salary is nothing.    He could help out Shingo deal with LH'ers.

 

And he is a well-known personality in the clubhouse.

 

If/when he is healthy, why on earth would we want to run him out of town?  :huh

"we" don't want him run out of town, and neither do his teammates. Kenny Williams wants him gone. There isn't much more that needs to be said.

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Player      W  L  ERA  G  CG  SHO  SV  IP  H  R  ER  HR  BB  SO

Jason Grilli 1 0 1.5 1 0      0      0    6 3  1  1    0    1  8

 

Jason Grilli Minors stats

 

these are his stats according to the official white sox site. i dk if they are updated reguarly though.

Full Charlotte stats --

 

 

2004 Individual Statistics - Charlotte Knights

Complete through Monday, May 3

Batters BA SLG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
J.Aceves .400 1.200 2 5 1 2 6 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
R.Paz .364 .636 3 11 1 4 7 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1
J.Reed .323 .419 23 93 11 30 39 7 1 0 7 5 14 7 2 0
B.Nelson .293 .455 25 99 15 29 45 7 0 3 13 9 6 3 1 2
B.Smith .270 .483 23 89 9 24 43 10 0 3 14 2 25 2 0 2
M.Bell .238 .524 24 84 12 20 44 7 1 5 15 6 23 3 1 5
M.Valenzuela .227 .386 14 44 6 10 17 1 0 2 4 2 13 0 0 0
A.Torres .226 .290 9 31 0 7 9 2 0 0 3 2 8 0 1 0
J.Borchard .220 .319 25 91 14 20 29 3 0 2 10 10 20 3 1 0
R.Hankins .156 .244 14 45 4 7 11 1 0 1 5 7 9 1 1 0
S.Bikowski .152 .239 15 46 5 7 11 1 0 1 1 8 13 0 1 0
G.Reyes .083 .083 4 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0
J.Valentin .053 .053 5 19 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 1

Pitchers W-L ERA G GS CG GF SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP
J.Santiago 0-1 1.15 8 0 0 3 0 3 15.2 8 2 2 0 2 10 0
F.Diaz 4-0 2.01 5 5 0 0 0 0 31.1 23 9 7 3 3 29 0
V.Darensbourg 1-0 2.25 11 0 0 3 0 0 8.0 7 2 2 0 3 10 0
M.Wylie 1-2 2.77 7 0 0 3 0 0 13.0 9 4 4 1 4 10 0
C.Duncan 1-0 2.89 6 0 0 2 0 0 9.1 6 3 3 0 4 7 2
E.Pacheco 0-0 3.38 7 0 0 2 0 0 10.2 9 5 4 0 7 8 1
J.Rauch 3-2 3.77 5 5 0 0 0 0 28.2 25 12 12 5 4 22 0
R.Kohlmeier 1-2 3.81 5 5 0 0 0 0 28.1 24 13 12 3 7 24 0
G.Majewski 0-1 4.00 9 0 0 7 0 3 9.0 6 5 4 1 4 10 0
J.Stewart 0-2 4.00 5 5 0 0 0 0 27.0 31 12 12 4 7 18 0
J.Grilli 1-3 4.45 5 5 0 0 0 0 28.1 31 20 14 6 8 30 3
K.Wunsch 0-0 4.91 7 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 2 2 1 1 3 2
D.Sanders 0-0 7.27 8 0 0 5 0 0 8.2 12 8 7 3 4 9 2

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True.

 

But 'why' is an issue. The righties batted under .200 agaisnt him last year and lefties about 140 -- and he wasn't even that healthy.  When he WAS healthy -- in ST and to start off the year , he was UNTOUCHABLE -- something like 5 hits in 15 innings, only 1 extra-base hit and 20 Ks from March through mid-April. 

 

His salary is nothing.    He could help out Shingo deal with LH'ers.

 

And he is a well-known personality in the clubhouse.

 

If/when he is healthy, why on earth would we want to run him out of town?  :huh

One of the only reasons I can think of is that he does not last long. He was in something like 60-65 games last year and it seems to be that he pitched in 45-50 innings or so. Averaging less then an inning per is not efficient.

 

I like Kelly a hell of a lot, and I would like to keep him and use him out of the pen(hell, I'd rather have him closing then Koch), but if we can get a solid player for him, I suppose Kenny can make a move. I don't see why, but then again, with Cotts's success as a reliever, I don't see why not.

 

 

Atleast it's one of those good problems to have. Not having a consistent closer, well, that's NOT a good problem to have.

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A person forgot in this whole situation is Jason Grili.  How's he doing right now?

From Rotoworld:

 

Jason Grilli allowed six runs -- four earned -- in 4 2/3 innings for Triple-A Charlotte on Sunday.

Grilli's poor performance probably hurt his chances of joining the White Sox as a fifth starter later this month. Both Felix Diaz and Jon Rauch are pitching better.

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