Your 2005 Chicago Whitesox

[Boxer83080]

I don't know..I'm still not feeling too comfortable with this offense...Yea we lost Carlos...Mags...Valentin...our boppers...but our bottom of the lineup has question marks...Like everyone loves Aaron Rowand...but is he really a number 2 hitter..with his power and average speed..he could be a #6 hitter...I mean I don't know why everyone keeps putting aaron as the number 2 hitter...Can Aaron bunt? I don't KNOW...that's not his game. Scenario: Leadoff walk Spods..Aaron get him over...bunt? hmmm..question mark there? Then Ben Davis is like an automatic out everytime to the plate...Harris has speed..but will he be consistent? Uribe..average ball-player...he had one good month last year...Thomas injuries are a question mark...Dye the same...Now if we grab AJ Pierzinski that will change a lot of things because he could put a spark in ur offense a little more..And just think what that would do to the twins..grabbing their old catcher...HEY TORII TRY RUNNING OVER PIERZINSKI INSTEAD OF BURKE!!! Hey our pitching staff is pretty good right now with a rotation of Garcia, Beuhrle, Contreras, Garland...Bullpen is strong with Marte, Takatsu, Vizcaino, Hermanson, and Politte...But compare the teams...You know the Twins are gonna be there...The Indians and Tigers too..Yea its too early to tell, but do we have what it takes to win with Guillen, the coaching staff, and the 40 men on the field..Can the Sox ever be a contender with JR as the owner or will we continue to be pretenders?

[CanOfCorn]

I don't know..I'm still not feeling too comfortable with this offense...Yea we lost Carlos...Mags...Valentin...our boppers...but our bottom of the lineup has question marks...Like everyone loves Aaron Rowand...but is he really a number 2 hitter..with his power and average speed..he could be a #6 hitter...I mean I don't know why everyone keeps putting aaron as the number 2 hitter...Can Aaron bunt?  I don't KNOW...that's not his game.  Scenario:  Leadoff walk Spods..Aaron get him over...bunt?  hmmm..question mark there?  Then Ben Davis is like an automatic out everytime to the plate...Harris has speed..but will he be consistent?  Uribe..average ball-player...he had one good month last year...Thomas injuries are a question mark...Dye the same...Now if we grab AJ Pierzinski that will change a lot of things because he could put a spark in ur offense a little more..And just think what that would do to the twins..grabbing their old catcher...HEY TORII TRY RUNNING OVER PIERZINSKI INSTEAD OF BURKE!!!  Hey our pitching staff is pretty good right now with a rotation of Garcia, Beuhrle, Contreras, Garland...Bullpen is strong with Marte, Takatsu, Vizcaino, Hermanson, and Politte...But compare the teams...You know the Twins are gonna be there...The Indians and Tigers too..Yea its too early to tell, but do we have what it takes to win with Guillen, the coaching staff, and the 40 men on the field..Can the Sox ever be a contender with JR as the owner or will we continue to be pretenders?

Carlos...tough loss.

Maggs...might never be what he was.

Jose...Rob Deer at SS.

 

Rowand is good as a number 2 because he makes contact. Remember Ryne Sandberg was a damn good hitter and he hit right behind Bobby Dernier and that worked out pretty well (sorry for the Cub ref., no matter what I'll always like Ryno).

 

I'm not 100% sold on this team, either, but the more I look at it, the more balance it looks:

 

Speed and contact at the top

Power in the middle

Speed and power at the bottom (with some unknowns)

 

All signs are pointing in the right directions, Crede working on his swing, Pods going back to what won the ROY, Everett working out to stay healthy, now they just have to produce.