GoodAsGould Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 if griffey's contract wasnt what it is i would be all for it.... but with him on the team we wouldnt be able to afford any other stud players and if he was in his prime we might of been able to of done it but now who knows.... i still think he can get his batting avg up as the season goes on but its just to risky with him being injured what 3 or 4 years in a row now..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 You said: "I am sure it has nothing to do with Lee's, Konerko's, Crede's and Rowand's selfishness and stupidity..." Have you ever played baseball Bran? Why are they selfish and stupid just because they currently are having problems hitting a baseball thrown at them 90 to 100 mph or bending like a boomerang? p.s. I don't want Griffey. He will get hurt again. SIGN MAGGS!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDylan Posted May 10, 2004 Author Share Posted May 10, 2004 if griffey's contract wasnt what it is i would be all for it.... but with him on the team we wouldnt be able to afford any other stud players and if he was in his prime we might of been able to of done it but now who knows.... i still think he can get his batting avg up as the season goes on but its just to risky with him being injured what 3 or 4 years in a row now..... Agreed, but there are players the White Sox can get rid of for us to be able to afford this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 if griffey's contract wasnt what it is i would be all for it If Griffey's contract wasn't like it was, do you think Cincinatti would want to get rid of him? Personally, I want an ace, a LH power hitter(not Everett-like numbers, I'm talking Delgado, Helton, Thome numbers), a closer, and then more pitching, in that order. It involves getting rid of Lee, possibly Konerko, and prospects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 Found this on Griffey Jr., Time will tell if Ken Griffey Jr. is truly reviving. Griffey took three called strikes in a recent pinch-hitting appearance against Brewers RHP Brooks Kieschnick with runners on first and third and one out. "He doesn't look like he enjoys himself," one G.M. says. "That fastball inside you would have been scared to death to throw him before, now you can get it in there on him." . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 What do you think the price on this guy is now? If he can stay healthy, maybe losing Magglio isn't so bad afterall. Therein lies his problem. Griffey is now totally injury prone while Maggs has been a rock in the lineup. Pass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 He has an 800 OPS. Jeremy Reed could give you that. He is old. He is brittle. He is very, very expensive. Sox don't have the money. Sox need an ace pitcher Sox need a lead-off hitter' Sox need a closer. That argument you made is unf***withable. Very nicely put. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 I can't see anything about the prospect of getting Griffey that would justify 66.5 million of the Sox always in short supply payroll dollars, let alone the players they'd have to give up to make such a deal. Griffey was a great player in his day, but that day has passed. There are better, younger, cheaper players out there that the Sox could spend that $66.5 Million on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
israel4ever Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 Carlos Lee will justify the money that KW "gave" him, Konerko will not. I think if we can get an average to above-average player for PK, we ought to ship his ass a.s.a.p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 Carlos Lee will justify the money that KW "gave" him, Konerko will not. I think if we can get an average to above-average player for PK, we ought to ship his ass a.s.a.p. You make the value trade here. Trade whoever you can get the better value out of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwsox Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 The original question: how does Grifey look now... my answer: like a piece of s***. Does my answer depend on whether we sweep or are swept by the Blue Jays? Not in the least. No one on the Sox is as undependable as Mr. DL. Griffey is a person with a bad attitude and a poor team ethic and horribly injury prone and there is not a thing that he would add to the Sox but a lot he would subtract from the Sox. If we lost every game the rest of the season, there is still no way in hell we would be better with Grifffey in a Sox uniform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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