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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.

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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.

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Same could be said for the Sox. The corners stay, everything up the middle is new.

 

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.

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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.

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