Roster Surprises

[caulfield12]

Fewer than I expected too but it makes sense with the contracts. Sold high on Santos and sold probably as high as we could on Quentin. Job well done in my book.

 

But next year we hopefully get to sell higher on Peavy, sell Rios somehow hopefully, and AJ will come off the books.

 

That'll give us a pretty high turnover over a 2-3 year stretch counting Morel, De Aza, Lilli, Viciedo, Flowers and Bacon. Add to that these new pitchers sliding into spots. If our kids start panning out we could be young n stocked for a long time.

 

Not ready to send KW to the firey furnaces yet. Let's all just hope Ozzie was holding everyone back and now we are fixed.

 

 

With that costly buyout, we're not going to get anything but salary relief and a C prospect for Peavy...unless he pitches like the 2007 version, in which case KW would undoubtedly hold onto him if we were within 5-7 games of first place around the ASB.

 

Rios...who knows, and you're assuming Dunn rebounds as well, yes?

 

If Rios plays at the level he did last year, you're looking at a Zambrano-esque distraction in terms of his behavior/attitude, influence on the clubhouse/chemistry...it might be the biggest challenge for Ventura, how to coax better performances out of the non-performers from last year. There's only so much he can realistically do to "motivate" them, but Ozzie being gone gives everyone a clean slate and do-over from 2011.

 

 

[witesoxfan]

Dan Johnson will make the roster as a surprise. Nobody else really available to backup at 3B and he provides a left-handed power bat.

 

I think he would back up 3B about as well as Ryan Braun could back up 3B.

Edited February 4, 2012 by witesoxfan

[TaylorStSox]

that's a real sad group of candidates.. It is going to be a long year.

I have an idea. You should piss on every single White Sox related thread. It'll be both fun and fulfilling.

[sunofgold]

I think he would back up 3B about as well as Ryan Braun could back up 3B.

 

True. But who else do we have? Dallas Macpherson might be the only other guy.

 

[witesoxfan]

True. But who else do we have? Dallas Macpherson might be the only other guy.

 

MacPherson can actually play 3B, and he's got a bit of pop in his bat. He might actually be a pretty good bench guy for the Sox.

[Balta1701]

MacPherson can actually play 3B, and he's got a bit of pop in his bat. He might actually be a pretty good bench guy for the Sox.

He can't really play 3b well though. But with this roster setup and the lack of lefties off the bench, he might take that spot.

[caulfield12]

This just goes to show the value of someone like Uribe that can play all those positions well defensively.

 

Omar couldn't play SS anymore (effectively), and you have the same type of issues with Lillibridge, Escobar, Ozzie Martinez and Kuhn being moved to different infield positions that they're not accustomed as well.

 

For all the Kuhn hype last year, he's still probably more CJ Retherford than Aaron Miles Lite.