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Daubach= starting 1B?


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I think with Loaiza and Colon we have enough starting pitching if we lock them up for a couple of years. We really should lock Colon up long-term if we were serious, we are not. I really think the Buerhle situation needs to be dealt with ASAP and until the KW situation is resolved we will continue to flounder. I think Konerko really needs to go. I think Buerhle/Konerko for some major league talent could help. Buerhle is the key to the remainder of this season. I think he is cracking under the pressure of performing for both arbitration and successful playoff run. He is the key guy as he is jsut getting pounded. I don't f***in know what I am talking about I just want to be able to watch them again, christ. I am about to give up hope as long as Rick White is alive.

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Definitely! Get him out of here for something before it gets too late.

Agreed. He has a good work ethic but its time we cut him loose, even if his hitting does improve. A situation in the Twins series earlier crystallized it for me. I don't remember the exact scenario but I do know he was on second and I believe the bases were full in a close game. There was a single to center and he could not advance past third on the play. It was a 1 or 2 run game at the time, and he never did score.

 

What it told me was that even when he gets on base, his lack of speed just gums up the basepaths. If you are as slow as Paulie, you better damn well be a home run hitter and Paulie is not - as I see it, he is a doubles hitter even when at his best. The problem is that he is so slow he is a liablility on the basepaths. If he doubles, you could almost consider it a single, since he is often to slow to score from second on a base hit, and too slow to score on a fly if he advances to third. That is bad enough but I have seen more than once when the sox have rallied and he not only has been too slow to advance the extra base, but also has prohibited the guy behind him from advancing as well.

 

Like I said, he gums up the basepaths and it is a detriment even when he *is* hitting.

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Heck I would even be in favor of seeing Rios and Daubach starting at the sametime until Harris gets back. That would give us two lefty bats plus Jose and D'Ang switch hitting, we could almost have a balanced line up

 

Jimenez

Valentin

Thomas

Ordonez

Daubach

Lee

Rios

Crede

Olivo

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We should trade PK and Jon Garland for JD Drew and Simontacchi. Daubach plays 1B and PK needs some bench time like Frank last year, so PK will see how is pass some time in the bench. PK looks like a PIG running. :lol:

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Whether one should put Daubach at 1st base, I might agree, but it is the only position to put him in because he sucks like hell in the outfield.

 

All the b****ing about PK - May has always been most dismal month, far and away, which is what frightened me after his horrid April. PK has been a fan favorite but I'd just as soon see Frank play 1st for a while and let PK sit on the bench or get traded or something because he isn't doing much right now.

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A situation in the Twins series earlier crystallized it for me...What it told me was that even when he gets on base, his lack of speed just gums up the basepaths.

 

Yeah, that was awful s*** to watch...not that we didn't know Paulie is the worst base-runner in the majors this year, possibly worse than 40yo banged up Edgar. What you didn't mention however, is how many runs Konerko's D. has cost the Sox against Kansas City and Cleveland alone. He played well in Minnesoata for a change (unlike July 2001 series where he royally f***ed Foulke in the ass), I'll give him that.....So, you're right, at 8 million a year, Konerko absolutely must hit to the tune of 900 OPS and drive in 110-120 runs out of 5th spot. If he can't do that, he is worthless to the Sox. Forget about improvement, he has regressed and is worse than he was in 99, 2001, 2002 or even 2000.

 

If you are as slow as Paulie, you better damn well be a home run hitter and Paulie is not - as I see it, he is a doubles hitter even when at his best

 

I disagree- I think Konerko has 40 homer potential if healthy and he has that pretty, very quick RH swing...Too bad the midlife crisis he's mired in, combied with f***ed up hip have robbed him of his power- he is all tentative now and does not utilize lower body strenght or generate any significant torque...which means he is all-hands now, and unless you are Carlos Delgago or McGwire, there is no way you can hit it to opposite field or or center with authority; even when he connects, what used be home runs are now merely flyouts.

 

Add to it the fact that, like Crede, Konehead had never enough self-discipline or pure "eye" to be able to walk a 100+ times when he is struggling. Say what you will about Mark Belhorn or Jeremy/Jason Giambis, at least they take their base when they can't hit a lick.

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Yeah, that was awful s*** to watch...not that we didn't know Paulie is the worst base-runner in the majors this year, possibly worse than 40yo banged up Edgar.  What you didn't mention however,  is how many runs Konerko's D. has cost the Sox against Kansas City and Cleveland alone.  He played well in Minnesoata for a change (unlike July 2001 series where he royally f***ed Foulke in the ass), I'll give him that.....So, you're right, at 8 million a year, Konerko absolutely must hit to the tune of 900 OPS and drive in 110-120 runs out of 5th spot.  If he can't do that, he is worthless to the Sox.  Forget about improvement, he has regressed and is worse than he was in 99, 2001, 2002 or even 2000.

 

 

 

I disagree- I think Konerko has 40 homer potential if healthy and he has that pretty, very quick RH swing...Too bad the midlife crisis he's mired in,  combied with f***ed up hip have robbed him of his power-  he is all tentative now and does not utilize lower body strenght or generate any significant torque...which means he is all-hands now, and unless you are Carlos Delgago or McGwire,  there is no way you can hit it to opposite field or or center with authority;  even when he connects,  what used be home runs are now merely flyouts

 

Add to it the fact that, like Crede, Konehead had never enough self-discipline or pure "eye" to be able to walk a 100+ times when he is struggling.  Say what you will about Mark Belhorn or Jeremy/Jason Giambis, at least they take their base when they can't hit a lick.

Agreed on all parts.

 

Couldn't have said it better myself

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