Sox Trade for Franklyn German

[witesoxfan]

Valido! Valido! Valido! His stock has never been higher, 3 HR & 27 RBI. He'd defy logic and become a stud for the Pirates.

 

let's hope we get anything for that POS

[caulfield12]

Ozzie

 

 

The only reason for that is because he has serious misgivings and doesn't trust anyone (Fields, Wasserman, Logan, Richard, Haeger, Broadway, etc.) to actually come up and get the job.

 

Say what you want about DJ Carrasco and his 83-88 MPH fastball, at least he's gotten some big outs since he joined the club.

 

Look at the SunTimes today...Ozzie is expressing serious misgivings about taking Carrasco out of the pen, because that means there will be 2-3 games where he can't be used in the bullpen as the fourth guy after Jenks/Dotel/Thornton.

 

We're missing that critical 6th-7th inning pitcher who can be relied upon. Obviously, it's not Adam Russell yet.

 

As of now, there's no official decision on Thursday's starter. Since we're going out to OAK, if we can take a 1 1/2 game lead into Thursday's start, I wouldn't be surprised at all if Broadway gets the start at all. If it's 0.5 ahead or behind, I think he will go with Carrasco instead. Just a hunch.

 

Remember, there are three times (at least) in the last 8-9 times through the rotation we can skip the 5th spot. I also think this was another factor in not acquiring Byrd...Ozzie said himself they didn't believe he was any better than their in-house options, although Byrd was admittedly having mechnical problems and has really pitched well the last 4-6 weeks for CLE.

 

Also, perhaps there was the idea that the AL Central opponents were already more familiar with him...that the advantage of a new "look" from a rookie might be better than a veteran every team has seen 2-4 times in the last couple of seasons. Then again, that rookie theory didn't work so well with Boston's starter yesterday or Richard either (or any White Sox pitching prospect in seemingly 5+ years).