Peter Gammons: 6 Teams to Watch

[striker]

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...tent_id=8980514

 

4. White Sox

This team confuses me at times, and Ozzie Guillen is right when he says, "We have to be healthy, we can't have happen to us what happened to Cleveland last year." They are not deep, so Carlos Quentin and Gordon Beckham have to be healthy.

 

But they can pitch. Mark Buehrle, Jake Peavy, John Danks and Gavin Floyd comprise a solid foursome; they're hoping on Freddy Garcia, but he's been 84-88 mph all spring, so Daniel Hudson could become important. If Bobby Jenks' ankle holds up, they have a chance for a power bullpen. Matt Thornton could close, J.J. Putz's stuff has come back, Scott Linebrink, Sergio Santos and Tony Pena give Guillen a lot of flexibility, and they fall into the very capable and winning hands of A.J. Pierzynski.

 

Scoring runs, however, could be an issue and put a lot of pressure on Beckham and Quentin. Alex Rios' spring moments have been in and out, Andruw Jones is carving a comeback, Juan Pierre brings speed and hustle, and they think Mark Teahan will produce at 28 off a year in which he hit 12 homers and had a 37-123 walk-strikeout ratio.

[SoxAce]

http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?sh...5&start=765

 

[ScottyDo]

4. White Sox

This team confuses me at times, and Ozzie Guillen is right when he says, "We have to be healthy, we can't have happen to us what happened to Cleveland last year." They are not deep, so Carlos Quentin and Gordon Beckham have to be healthy.

 

But they can pitch. Mark Buehrle, Jake Peavy, John Danks and Gavin Floyd comprise a solid foursome; they're hoping on Freddy Garcia, but he's been 84-88 mph all spring, so Daniel Hudson could become important. If Bobby Jenks' ankle holds up, they have a chance for a power bullpen. Matt Thornton could close, J.J. Putz's stuff has come back, Scott Linebrink, Sergio Santos and Tony Pena give Guillen a lot of flexibility, and they fall into the very capable and winning hands of A.J. Pierzynski.

 

Scoring runs, however, could be an issue and put a lot of pressure on Beckham and Quentin. Alex Rios' spring moments have been in and out, Andruw Jones is carving a comeback, Juan Pierre brings speed and hustle, and they think Mark Teahan will produce at 28 off a year in which he hit 12 homers and had a 37-123 walk-strikeout ratio.

No...no he did not.....really?

[striker]

http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?sh...5&start=765

 

I looked in there but missed it

[chw42]

No...no he did not.....really?

 

My goodness. Do people really have this hard of a time with the spelling of "Teahen"?

 

I mean, I expect it from a name like Jeff Samardzija. But Mark Teahen? Tea Hen. Come on...

Edited March 29, 2010 by chw42

[ScottyDo]

My goodness. Do people really have this hard of a time with the spelling of "Teahen"?

 

I mean, I expect it from a name like Jeff Samardzija. But Mark Teahen? Tea Hen. Come on...

Especially from knowledgeable writers like Gammons. Plus, this is like his 5th year in the league, it's not like they haven't had plenty of time to figure it out.

[SockMe]

The pitching will be great it all come down to the offense as we all know.

 

 

[Texsox]

I've liked Gammons, even whan he thinks we suck.

[Balta1701]

Plus, this is like his 5th year in the league, it's not like they haven't had plenty of time to figure it out.

Well, he has been playing for the Royals, so it's not like those really counted.