JUGGERNAUT Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Ok, let me clarrify what I'm saying. It's not difficult to improve over 04. You had Maggs & Thomas sidelined for most of the year. If Thomas plays more in 05 than in 04 you just improved the team. So w/out question KW improved the team. But he could have done a lot better getting a LOT more for Lee. Will it make a difference? If Pods sucks yes. If Pods regains his 2003 form no. If he's somewhere in betw maybe. In terms of the ALC we can expect: MIN - decline. There is no way you lose most of your IF & improve. The loss of defensive skill in the IF should put added pressure on the pitching staff. No real upgrades. CLE - improved. Milwood is definitely an improvement over what they had. DET - Major improvement. With the addition of Percival I don't know if we can win the season series from them. Moroth & Johnson both own winning records against us & Johnson might not even be there #2 guy. Thank God they did not get Pavano. KC - Decline. Could be the worst team in the AL next year. CWS - Improved over an injury plagued 04 but declined since 03. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 QUOTE(babybearhater @ Jan 11, 2005 -> 02:06 PM) this is coming from someone who has said that KW improved the team-here is a quote from your previous post "Speed? : Improved with Pods Rotation? : Improved with El-Duque Defense? : Improved with Dye. Hitting? : Improved with healthy Dye, Thomas, & AJ. Relief? : Improved with Hermannson a lot, Luis a little. Meanwhile the Twinks lost Koskie, Guzman, Mientcy. Re-vamping their IF in 2005. What's the probabilities the new guys will be as good or better D than the old ones? If you were a betting man you would say the CWS improved over last yr's injury plagued team at the same time the Twinks got weaker. That should give the CWS a nod in the div race. " Looks like you let him off the hook already Juggs Hitting Maggs, Frank, Lee, > Dye, Thomas, & AJ Defense will also depend on how the middle infielders settle in and declined with AJ behind the plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 MIN - decline. There is no way you lose most of your IF & improve. Same could be said for the Sox. The corners stay, everything up the middle is new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUGGERNAUT Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Same could be said for the Sox. The corners stay, everything up the middle is new. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well not yet, but we're hoping Uribe played some SS last year & Harris played nearly all of 2B. So I wouldn't consider that new. If not Harris then an established player will fit that spot. That's different than MIN grooming new players in their IF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Did you all miss the thread on page 2 of pale hose talk ? The player to be named had been named. He is Travis Hinton, Class A first baseman. It was announced 1-10-05. There is a press release on Whitesox.com. Type Travis Hinton in search to find the report or just read the 7 page thread on page 2 of Pale Hose Talk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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