rangercal Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) This is over a week old, but I have not seet it here yet http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3383534 To: Carlos Quentin From: ESPN The Mag.com Q, (can we call you "Q"?) In case you didn't realize this—and we don't see how someone with such an eagle eye at the plate (15 walks so far!) could miss anything—as of this morning, you're tied for the AL lead in home runs with eight. Ozzie Guillen seems to have noticed. He batted you second yesterday—second!—and thinks you're *&^%ing fantastic! According to Baseball Prospectus' highly accurate PECOTA formula, this is three less than you're projected to get for the entire year. But don't blame them. (And don't blame us if we're a little flustered as we dictate this letter to our assistant.) Miss Cleo couldn't have predicted your gaudy .407 on-base percentage, your .583 slugging percentage, your 22 RBIs or, heck, even your 2 stolen bases. Sure, the signs were there. You were an OPS-hog in the minors, with a career .940 line. And you did manage to park 55 homers in 1337 at-bats—which roughly translates to about 22 a season—but who could have expected that you'd have this in you? How could a prospect whose career was being derailed by injuries and an overcrowded Diamondbacks outfield turn into Q the Magnificent? And now that you're firmly entrenched on the left side of the White Sox outfield we can only expect more. Who would've guessed Kenny Williams was a genius, aside from Kenny Williams, at least? Don't be surprised if, years from now, when future generations look at the annals of history under the letter Q, instead of seeing the James Bond gadget-master or the mischievous omnipotent being from Star Trek: The Next Generation, they'll find your chiseled smiling mug. At worst, it would be right under Quentin Richardson's. Q, we love your grit, your heart, your swaggering Jose Canseco-like batting stance (you even look like Jose), the fact that you're leading baseball in being hit by pitches (7), and that you picked off a careless Edgar Renteria, on his way back to first after a pop fly, with a bullet peg from left field! But most importantly, we love that we got you for $1 in our AL-only fantasy league. What we're trying to say in all of this rambling swooning prose, Q, is that we love you. But we're still going to try to sell you high. Don't ever change, Mag.com staff Edited May 15, 2008 by rangercal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 CQ isn't going anywhere in my fantasy leagues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanne Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 What's funny is listening to all the DBack fans out here b****ing right now about getting rid of him (for a minor leaguer) and giving Byrnes a big contract. Cracks me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 QUOTE (Wanne @ May 15, 2008 -> 12:37 PM) What's funny is listening to all the DBack fans out here b****ing right now about getting rid of him (for a minor leaguer) and giving Byrnes a big contract. Cracks me up. D-Backs fans b**** about Quentin. Phillies fans b**** about Floyd. Rangers fans have long b****ed about Danks. KW does thing right once in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ May 15, 2008 -> 02:02 PM) D-Backs fans b**** about Quentin. Phillies fans b**** about Floyd. Rangers fans have long b****ed about Danks. KW does thing right once in a while. Even KW's harshest critics (I'd be in that group) would admit he has an outstanding record with making trades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ May 15, 2008 -> 01:06 PM) CQ isn't going anywhere in my fantasy leagues. Luckily I have him in the Soxtalk Keeper league! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanne Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 If you stop and think about this for a sec...if Kenny would have sent BA to the DBacks instead of Young in the Javy deal and BA did fairly miserable at the plate (although very good D)...in all likelihood the DBacks would have held on to Quentin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) IIRC the Dbacks didn't want Anderson. They wanted Young, correct? Edited May 15, 2008 by Jordan4life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangercal Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 QUOTE (Wanne @ May 15, 2008 -> 03:45 PM) If you stop and think about this for a sec...if Kenny would have sent BA to the DBacks instead of Young in the Javy deal and BA did fairly miserable at the plate (although very good D)...in all likelihood the DBacks would have held on to Quentin. that's a good point actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 15, 2008 -> 02:48 PM) IIRC the Dbacks didn't want Anderson. They wanted Young, correct? That depends on who you ask. Really, I don't think anybody actually knows the answer to that, but people say they know one way or the other based on how they want to spin that trade. However, Wanne's point is a good one, maybe if we send them BA and he fails, we never get Q. Edited May 15, 2008 by whitesoxfan101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ May 15, 2008 -> 01:49 PM) That depends on who you ask. Really, I don't think anybody actually know the answer to that, but people say they know one way or the other based on how they want to spin that trade. The way I understood it, and take it for what it's worth, is that the DBacks would have accepted either one, but because BA was thought to be much more ML ready and Rowand was gone, KW chose to send Young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 I hope you're wrong on that one Yas. Or hopefully Kenny fired the person/people who thought Anderson was more ready than Young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirdog Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 15, 2008 -> 02:55 PM) I hope you're wrong on that one Yas. Or hopefully Kenny fired the person/people who thought Anderson was more ready than Young. Hindsight is great. Not many of us would have thought that Young was "more" ready than Anderson heading into the 2006 season. We got a taste of Anderson in 2005 hitting 2 bombs off King Felix and his always stellar CF so there was no reason to think otherwise. KW even said after the trade that this one (Chris Young) was the first guy he gave up that he truly felt was going to come back to haunt him but it was the right deal in his mind to get Vasquez. Can you disagree that Vasquez has been solid for us? Chris Young is a 30-30 type guy with a low avg and low OBP and high Ks and makes a difference but so does Vasquez, if not more. The White Sox organization knew that Chris Young could play but probably didn't think he would be ready for the majors until at least 2007, which due to his injury in 2006 was the right time frame. We were looking to repeat in 2006 and we needed a CF with Rowand gone so it was probably the right judgement call at the time. But hindsight tells us differently. Edited May 15, 2008 by heirdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 It would be nice to add his name to this list Luis Aparicio, Gary Peters, Tommie Agee, Ron Kittle, Ozzie Guillen, ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 QUOTE (Texsox @ May 15, 2008 -> 03:13 PM) It would be nice to add his name to this list Luis Aparicio, Gary Peters, Tommie Agee, Ron Kittle, Ozzie Guillen, ? I believe he has to much MLB experience to join that list. His time has passed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ May 15, 2008 -> 03:16 PM) I believe he has to much MLB experience to join that list. His time has passed. Duh, you are right. Thanks. I'm a bit distracted today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 FWIW, regarding Young and Anderson, I was always under the impression that the DBacks would have accepted either, but to eat the contracts of Duque and Vizcaino, they needed Young, who they viewed as more talented, over Anderson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 15, 2008 -> 03:09 PM) Luckily I have him in the Soxtalk Keeper league! And.. all the other Soxtalk leagues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 An Open Letter to Carlos Quentin Dear Carlos, I love you. You are awesome. Love, Me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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