sin city sox fan Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Right now, I'd say Alex Rios is a lock. Paul Konerko and Bobby Jenks have to be possibilities as well. Anyone else have different opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Jun 18, 2010 -> 09:22 PM) Right now, I'd say Alex Rios is a lock. Paul Konerko and Bobby Jenks have to be possibilities as well. Anyone else have different opinions? ?!?!?!? But I think Rios and Paulie get in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Konerko will have a hard time. There will be 4 1B on the team already ahead of him (Youkillis, Tex (you know Girardi will take him if he rebounds), Cabrera, Morneau). If Tex continues to suck and loses the fan vote, Konerko should be on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sin city sox fan Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 I think Jenks actually has a better chance than Paulie....his save percentage is among the best in the AL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Jenks' ERA is too high, the manager won't take him. And there's also Billy Butler with the Royals. They need somebody to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Jun 18, 2010 -> 09:33 PM) I think Jenks actually has a better chance than Paulie....his save percentage is among the best in the AL. And there are guys with similar or better save percentages who have been ultra dominant in all types of situations this season. Generally you'd hope the super elite closers would make the All Star team. You know Rafael Soriano, Mariano Rivera, Jonathan Papelbon, Jose Valverde guys like this. At least Konerko has the 4th highest wOBA among AL 1B, he's actually been one of the elites at his position this season. Alex Rios should be a lock at this point. BTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 18, 2010 -> 09:34 PM) Jenks' ERA is too high, the manager won't take him. And there's also Billy Butler with the Royals. They need somebody to go. Joakim Soria or David DeJesus I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prochisox Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Rios, Konerko, Danks, or Thornton.. In that order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Rios /close thread/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 (edited) Rios is a lock. Paulie should make it but won't. Jenks should make it and might. Thornton would make it if set up men made it. He won't. The starters were too s***ty for too long a period for any of them to make it. But Danks is our finest starter. Prediction: One and one only: Alex Rios. Edited June 19, 2010 by greg775 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Bobby Jenks would have to go on a 2003 Eric Gagne type run between now and when the teams are selected to justify any kinda consideration for the All-Star team. Rios is a lock and will be there. In most years PK would be. But you know Cabrera and Morneau will be there. Tex (like somebody mentioned, Girardi won't leave him off) will be there. Youk's gotta be there. You can only have so many 1B. Danks has a shot if he can go on a run between now and selection time. That's about it. Nobody else is even close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R U Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Jenks will not be an allstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Omar Vizquel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschmaranz Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Jenks? How about Linebrink then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 18, 2010 -> 10:28 PM) Rios is a lock. Paulie should make it but won't. Jenks should make it and might. Thornton would make it if set up men made it. He won't. The starters were too s***ty for too long a period for any of them to make it. But Danks is our finest starter. Prediction: One and one only: Alex Rios. Jenks should make it??? There are 9 closers in the AL that have better numbers than him. He should not be anywhere near an All-Star spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 18, 2010 -> 10:28 PM) Rios is a lock. Paulie should make it but won't. Jenks should make it and might. Thornton would make it if set up men made it. He won't. The starters were too s***ty for too long a period for any of them to make it. But Danks is our finest starter. Prediction: One and one only: Alex Rios. Do you even slightly follow teams other than the White Sox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Jenks? How about Linebrink then? Yeah, Jenks deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Linebrink. My god. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Jenks? All-Star? Seriously? I guess maybe if we erased everything that happened before June when he pulled his head out of his ass, then yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jun 19, 2010 -> 06:18 AM) Do you even slightly follow teams other than the White Sox? There's probably 15 set-up men with a better ERA than Matt Thornton this season as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vote4Pedro Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Rios is a lock If any sox pitcher would be considered I would have to seriously consider freddy garcia he's been the savior for our rotation so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 After reading this thread I'm starting to reconsider the whole "Sox fans are smarter than Cubs fans" myth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodAsGould Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Rios, Konerko, and Danks all deserve looks to make it but I agree with most in saying Rios will be our lone selection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeNukeEm Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Rios and Paulie should, only Rios will. That's fine, we dont deserve any more than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminor3rd Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Jun 19, 2010 -> 11:08 AM) Rios and Paulie should, only Rios will. That's fine, we dont deserve any more than that. This is it ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 (edited) After reading this thread I'm starting to reconsider the whole "Sox fans are smarter than Cubs fans" myth. Why? Most of us said only Rios will make it. We added some other guys who should be considered. But nobody said 5-6 guys should be in. We said Rios will be the only one. As far as Jenks, I don't apologize for listing him as somebody who could or should make it. He's been one of the better closers in baseball and sometimes they take guys on reputation and he's had a great season so far. Just look at all the Red Sox and Yankees who make it on reputation year after year. If you guys want to continue to devalue White Sox players, go ahead. Jenks ranks right up there with the elite closers. He has for years. Edited June 19, 2010 by greg775 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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