Halfway home in 2009

[daa84]

my grades and comments

 

Mark Buerhle: A. Has been everything I had hoped for

John Danks: B. Inconsistent, yet reliable and still has surprisingly good numbers

Gavin B-. Bipolar season thus far...not much in between

Jose Contreras: C. demerits for coming back too soon (though that should probably be on the coaching staff) but has solidified our rotation in his return

Bartolo Colon: D+ Unearned runs have masked his ERA...he was pretty bad. 12 HR in 55 innings is horrendous

Clayton Richard: C. Expected inconsistency, and thats what we got. He's a 5th starter, and nothing more, but that has value.

 

Bobby Jenks: A-. Good year so far

Matt Thronton: A-. been a bit shaky lately, but generally very consistently good

Scott Linebrink: B: hiccup against the cubs hurts. another guy whos ERA masked by unearned runs, but still has been better than Soxtalk gives credit for

Octavio Dotel: B. He's been fairly consistent. I think youd be hard pressed to find many teams with better 4th relievers

DJ carrasco: B. Eats innings, and keeps us in games. I think youd be hardp ressed to find many teams with better 5th relievers

Gobble: D. Does he ever pitch? not sure his role

Poreda: Too few IP to grade.

 

AJ Pierzynski: C. HR have been nice, but where did the 2bs go? On base still subpar but better than expected from him. Has had the worst defensive year I can ever remember watching a catcher

Paul Konerko: B+ Real solid year so far from Paul, but certainly not spectacular

Chris Getz: D+. I like the way the kid plays but a .644 OPS and .303 OBP just isn't going to cut it long term. I have soured on him since Spring training, hes got limited upside

Alexei Ramirez: C. Another wildly inconsistent player who gets big time knock cuz of his terrible defense, which i predicted in spring would be horrible. He needs to be moved to CF long term IMO

Josh Fields: D. Was bad as a regular and has seemingly been better as a reserve. I still like his upside better than Getz, and would like to see him at 3b a bit more with Gordon somewhere in the middle IF. Gave getz a D+ and him a D because of defense

Gordon Beckham: B-. Rough start. really coming on now. kid is gonna be a player

Jayson Nix: C. not much average and not much obp, but really nice power and superb D at many positions

Wilson Betemit: F

Brent Lillibridge: F

Dewayne Wise: F

Scott Podsednik: B+. Nice average and obp. power has been nice for leadoff. defense has been better than people credit him for

Brian Anderson: C-. Little Power, Low average. Decent BB rate and good Defense keep him from a D

Jermaine Dye: A-. Consistently very good. Really picked it up with Q out. Defense could have knocked him down to B+

Jim Thome: B+. .400 obp and good power.

Corky Miller/Ramon Castro: D. I like Castro better than Miller

 

 

[CaliSoxFanViaSWside]

I agree 100% with this post, and how could anybody imply that Linebrink perhaps deserves a lower grade? One more thing, how does Jimmy Gobble not get an F. Josh Fields has been a disappointment, but he's certainly done some positive things for this team at times, Jimmy Gobble has not. LMAO at Jimmy Gobble getting the same grade as Alexei, come on now.

Put up your grades and maybe we can LMAO at your grades. He already said grades are not purely based on performance but expectations also. It's subjective, have some bllss and put your assessments of the players not your assessment of his assessments.