Vazquez Downtime To Be Covered Live Off-Site

by The Cheat on Dec 2, 2008 9:00 PM CST Comment 19 comments

Open this page in a separate window or tab, and Do Not Refresh (as SSS is set to go dark in the next half hour). The Cover It Live box should remain active and allow discussion in the downtime. Comments are closed, to be opened when we return from darkness.

[Note by The Cheat, 12/02/08 10:59 PM CST]: It appears as though I may have overreacted to my email, as the outage was only supposed to last for minutes during the timeframe listed. Oops. Comment reopened. I'll have a trade recap up before I hit the sack.

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t-flo

The 6-foot-4-inch, 245-pound Flowers probably is two years from reaching the majors, but scouts rave about his upside.

“I was just talking to my parents,” Flowers told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "They’re a little upset about it, but it’s probably good for me, considering there’s a designated hitter [in the AL].

“That’s another position I can possibly play. That’s definitely a plus. And I know some guys in their organization.”

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/chi-081202-chicago-white-sox-trade-javier-vazquez,0,628845.story

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Dec 2, 2008 11:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Damn even he thinks he wont stick at C.

I don't need to look at fancy stats

to see if a guy is good or not. You might have to.

by Where Triples Go to Die on Nov 30, 2008 4:16 PM CST

by omnipotent grab on Dec 2, 2008 11:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I thought the same thing

FifthFeather.com

by El Duque's Raft on Dec 2, 2008 11:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

His fatalist attitude makes him an excellent addition to our tallest midget show

"It never is, because I'm the Shogun. And before you get to the Shogun, you gotta go through a lot of ninjas."

by Ozzie Montana on Dec 3, 2008 12:02 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah...that's a terrible quote to see...

Plus, the stuff posted in the BTF thread about him having a bad body, bad knee, and juicing in JuCo…not good. I think the Sox made a poor trade if they were hoping to acquire a major-league C prospect.

by hitlesswonder on Dec 3, 2008 12:04 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yo T-Flow

If there is one thing the Sox do not need… its another DH

by 815Sox on Dec 3, 2008 12:04 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

no matter

what your parents think

by 815Sox on Dec 3, 2008 12:06 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

This offseason is weird

Sure I wanted to get rid of Javy… but I don’t know about these prospects

Same goes for the Swisher trade, but IMO the Swisher trade makes way less sense then this one

by 815Sox on Dec 3, 2008 12:06 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Well, Flowers can be considered a B prospect I suppose

The Swish trade netted the Sox a bad utility infileder. If Flowers were really a C, I think Vazquez trade would have been fine. But given that he’s pretty clearly a DH in his own mind, I think they were both pretty poor trades.

by hitlesswonder on Dec 3, 2008 12:10 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs