maggsmaggs Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 (edited) Here's to Danks he is gonna need to pitch lights out to win this ball game. In this cold, we are not going to be scoring many runs, if any, against Johan. So hopefully, Ozzie gets Ozuna, Anderson and Molina n the lineup for Pods, Thome and AJ. Yeah, Thome. Stack the righties in there. No offense to Pods, but he cant hit Johan, Thome can't as well and well AJ needs an off-day, so he can play every game in Oakland. Looks like a s*** lineup, but u need the righties in there. Edited April 8, 2007 by maggsmaggs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black jack Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 WTF....I thought we were going to miss Santana because of the canceled game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkBomber Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 I could see us maybe dropping one lefty in the lineup but I dont know about all that. I also wouldnt want PK batting 3rd. If anything throw JD in there or something but I doubt Thome doesnt play. Maybe we can get a similar gem to the one we got when we first saw BMac at Wrigley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3E8 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 We need Thome in the lineup. All our hitters have awful stats against Santana, but at least Thome has hit 3 homers off him. Stacking hits together is difficult against Johan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 QUOTE(black jack @ Apr 8, 2007 -> 10:05 AM) WTF....I thought we were going to miss Santana because of the canceled game? Why on earth would the Twins ever have Santana miss a series against us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkBomber Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Im making a bold prediction about Johan having a terrible game and Danks getting the W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn12 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Some numbers for our lefties against Johan... Player AB H R 2B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP Thome 21 4 -- 0 3 4 1 7 .190 .261 Erstad 29 8 -- 1 0 3 0 1 .276 .276 Pods 9 1 -- 0 0 0 1 5 .111 .200 AJ 11 1 -- 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 Just say no to Pods today, hell Thome too if we were smart, but that won't happen. Hell, Dye has had about the most success against Johan besides Erstad, with a .227 BA in 44 ABs. Sad when .227 is considered good for us against a pitcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsmaggs Posted April 8, 2007 Author Share Posted April 8, 2007 QUOTE(Capn12 @ Apr 8, 2007 -> 10:40 AM) Some numbers for our lefties against Johan... Player AB H R 2B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP Thome 21 4 -- 0 3 4 1 7 .190 .261 Erstad 29 8 -- 1 0 3 0 1 .276 .276 Pods 9 1 -- 0 0 0 1 5 .111 .200 AJ 11 1 -- 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 Just say no to Pods today, hell Thome too if we were smart, but that won't happen. Hell, Dye has had about the most success against Johan besides Erstad, with a .227 BA in 44 ABs. Sad when .227 is considered good for us against a pitcher. Anderson was doing well in ST going the other way, so he would have to best approach against Johan. And those numbers back up the fact that Thome, AJ and Pods cannot hit Santana. Let Anderson play, let Pablo play and let Molina play. Molina especially since Johan has never seen him and maybe Molina just gets one hit, more importantly with Danks on the mound and Molina behind the plate, we can control the Twins running game, so offensive becomes that much harder for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 QUOTE(Capn12 @ Apr 8, 2007 -> 10:40 AM) Some numbers for our lefties against Johan... Player AB H R 2B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP Thome 21 4 -- 0 3 4 1 7 .190 .261 Erstad 29 8 -- 1 0 3 0 1 .276 .276 Pods 9 1 -- 0 0 0 1 5 .111 .200 AJ 11 1 -- 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 Just say no to Pods today, hell Thome too if we were smart, but that won't happen. Hell, Dye has had about the most success against Johan besides Erstad, with a .227 BA in 44 ABs. Sad when .227 is considered good for us against a pitcher. Scott Reifert posted the leagues top 10 hitters against Johan in terms of average: Looking Ahead Of the top hitters against Johann Santana (minimum 30 career at-bats, which pretty much means Central division hitters), the White Sox feature three. The top 10 (by batting average): Ordonez, .394 Ozuna, .323 Blake, .282 Martinez, .281 Sweeney, .273 Iguchi, .250 (two RBI) Rowand, .250 Crisp, .242 Dye, .227 Also of note: Paul Konerko is only 6-45 (.133) against Santana, but two of the six hits are home runs. Joe Crede (7-39, .179) also has two career homers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn12 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Somehow I totally missed Ozunas numbers against Johan. 10 for 31, 3 doubles, .323 BA and .364 OBP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3E8 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 QUOTE(Capn12 @ Apr 8, 2007 -> 09:40 AM) Just say no to Pods today, hell Thome too if we were smart, but that won't happen. Hell, Dye has had about the most success against Johan besides Erstad, with a .227 BA in 44 ABs. Sad when .227 is considered good for us against a pitcher. Like I said above, leaving Thome out of the lineup would not be smart. Comparing batting averages makes no sense, they are all terrible. Ozuna may be the only exception, he's got over 10 hits in not that many ABs. But the chances of stringing 3-4 hits together to put runs on the board? Slim. Thome might strike out two or three times today, but 3 of his 4 hits off Santana are home runs. He needs to be starting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn12 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Maggs absolutely raked against Johan: 13 for 33, 3 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 12 RBI, .394 BA and .405 OBP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3E8 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 QUOTE(Felix @ Apr 8, 2007 -> 09:57 AM) Scott Reifert posted the leagues top 10 hitters against Johan in terms of average: His numbers are wrong. Iguchi = .255 Ozuna = .286 Dye = .186 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 can we not have "predicted" lineups in the first post of a gamethread? That kinda gets confusing.....and annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn12 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 And no one misspelled 'our' as 'are' yet either!?! How are we supposed to win if people don't know their roles!?! Predicted lineup got me confused as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 First game I will get to see this year (won't be able to see all of it, but should be able to see most of it). GO SOX!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedge Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 I think are chances our alright today. It's like Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader. Use the Force, John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Maybe give Thome a day off, slide Paulie to DH and let Darin play 1st, Pablo in LF and Brian in center? Or, let Pablo DH? God, that feels weird to type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsmaggs Posted April 8, 2007 Author Share Posted April 8, 2007 QUOTE(SnB @ Apr 8, 2007 -> 11:17 AM) can we not have "predicted" lineups in the first post of a gamethread? That kinda gets confusing.....and annoying. Took em out, I can see how it would confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn12 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 QUOTE(Heads22 @ Apr 8, 2007 -> 12:31 PM) Maybe give Thome a day off, slide Paulie to DH and let Darin play 1st, Pablo in LF and Brian in center? Or, let Pablo DH? God, that feels weird to type. Sounds logical to me, so don't count on it happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoota Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 QUOTE(Heads22 @ Apr 8, 2007 -> 11:31 AM) Maybe give Thome a day off, slide Paulie to DH and let Darin play 1st, Pablo in LF and Brian in center? Or, let Pablo DH? God, that feels weird to type. I like it, and it allows Guillen to pinch hit Thome whenever he pleases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 (edited) Starting lineups: Castillo, 2B; Punto, 3B; Mauer, C; Cuddyer, RF; Morneau, 1B; Hunter, CF; Redmond, DH; Tyner, LF; Bartlett, SS. Santana pitching. Ozuna, LF; Erstad, CF; Konerko, 1B; Thome, DH; Dye, RF; Crede, 3B; AJ, C; Iguchi, 2B; Uribe, SS. Danks making his ML debut. Basically what I expected. Edited April 8, 2007 by Felix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Side Fireworks Man Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 QUOTE(Felix @ Apr 8, 2007 -> 10:43 AM) Starting lineups: Castillo, 2B; Punto, 3B; Mauer, C; Cuddyer, RF; Morneau, 1B; Hunter, CF; Redmond, DH; Tyner, LF; Bartlett, SS. Santana pitching. Ozuna, LF; Erstad, CF; Konerko, 1B; Thome, DH; Dye, RF; Crede, 3B; AJ, C; Iguchi, 2B; Uribe, SS. Danks making his ML debut. Basically what I expected. Pretty good lineup to throw in there against Santana, although I would have flipped Dye and Paulie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxpranos Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Go Sox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn12 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Or at least gave AJ the game off, he won't hit Johan at all...seemed like a good time to get him a day off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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